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The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAndy Bey, Jazz Singer Renowned for His Vocal Range, Dies at 85
An admirer of Nat King Cole, he began as a child performer and as part of a family trio before emerging as a master of the American Songbook.
New York Times Top StoriesThere Have Never Been 100 Days Like This
Also, New York banned smartphones in schools. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesThe M.T.A. Gets $68 Billion in the State Budget. What Will Riders Get?
New York State has agreed to fully fund the transit authority’s five-year capital plan. Threats from the federal government could still lead to a shortfall.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is About to Steal My Friend’s Christmas — and Yours
A disappointed supporter reflects on the madness in the president’s method.
New York Times Top StoriesNYC Joins National Effort to Ban Cellphone Use in Schools
Gov. Kathy Hochul argued that the “bell-to-bell” ban — which restricts the devices during class, lunch and other parts of school — would help prevent disruption and cyberbullying.
New York Times Top StoriesSEIU Local 721 Workers Go on Strike in Los Angeles
The nation’s most populous county was already juggling legal liabilities, wildfire costs and threats to federal funding. Now its largest union is holding a 48-hour strike.
New York Times Top StoriesDramatic Video Shows a Speedboat Flipping Through the Air at 200 M.P.H.
A widely shared video of the Desert Storm Race on Lake Havasu in Arizona over the weekend showed the high performance boat flying through the air, doing flips.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Promises Changes After Reports on Antisemitism and Islamophobia
The two reports, which run hundreds of pages, come at a difficult time for the university, which is suing the Trump administration over federal funding cuts.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum
“Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” Mr. Emhoff said in reaction to the removal of him and senior Biden White House officials from the board that oversees the museum.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions
Despite his administration’s lack of concern about climate change, a recession would give the atmosphere a break. At least in the short term.
New York Times Top StoriesIllinois Town Grieves After Car Slams Through Building, Killing 4 Young People
The car veered off a road and through a field, crashing into a center where children were cared for after school. The dead ranged in age from 7 to 18.
New York Times Top StoriesMellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils
The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.
New York Times Top StoriesMosque Killing Puts French View of Muslims Under Scrutiny
The victim was stabbed dozens of times last Friday while he was praying, and critics say officials were slow to call it a bias crime or show concern.
New York Times Top StoriesWeinstein Accuser Tells Her Story of Coerced Sex for a Second Time
Miriam Haley, one of three women who prosecutors say were victims of Harvey Weinstein, testified at his retrial in Manhattan.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Considers Suit Over F.B.I.’s Raid of the Wrong House
The legal questions were tangled, but some justices seemed incredulous at a government lawyer’s defense of a botched operation involving a battering ram and a flash-bang grenade.
New York Times Top StoriesCorporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.
New York Times Top StoriesA Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter?
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesRetailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain
Toy makers and stores are freezing holiday orders, predicting shortages and higher prices. Some are consulting bankruptcy lawyers, fearing their firms won’t survive.
New York Times Top StoriesPower Outage in Spain and Portugal Creates a Day of Confusion
Even as electricity was restored across Spain and Portugal after a daylong blackout, residents tried to make sense of 18 hours of the “insanity.”
New York Times Top StoriesBeyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour Review; The Star Remixes American History, and Her Own
The superstar’s new stage show turns reclamation, personal and musical, into joyful extravaganza.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary
The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Attacks Amazon Over Idea of Showing Tariffs’ Cost
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, attacked the retail giant over a report that suggested Amazon would highlight tariff-related price increases. Amazon said it was “not going to happen.”
New York Times Top StoriesA Lawmaker Blasted a Hospital’s Super Bowl Ad. Then He Changed His Tune.
NYU Langone Health aired a commercial showcasing its doctors during the Super Bowl. A North Carolina congressman wondered if it was a waste of money.
New York Times Top StoriesTed Kaczynski’s Brother Wrote Him For Decades to Explain Why He Turned Him In
Ted Kaczynski, whose anti-tech rants are finding a new generation of readers, shunned the brother who called the F.B.I. in an effort to halt his campaign of violence.
New York Times Top StoriesTorture and Secret C.I.A. Prisons Haunt 9/11 Case in Judge’s Ruling
Prosecutors have said they will appeal the decision, although they lost a similar appeal this year.
New York Times Top StoriesAdidas Warns Sneakers Will Cost More in the U.S. as Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect
The chief of the German sportswear giant said that unpredictability surrounding the tariffs prevented the company from issuing a full-year forecast, but he predicted a price increase for American consumers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Travels to Michigan to Mark 100 Days in Office
President Trump is trying to show his commitment to U.S. manufacturing at a moment when many are growing dissatisfied with his economic agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesDeporting Americans?
Plus, the latest on the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
New York Times Top StoriesG.M. Withdraws Profit Forecast as Trump Tariffs Take a Toll
General Motors also said its profit in the first three months of the year fell 7 percent from a year earlier.