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Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Justice Dept. Released a Trove of Epstein Files
Also, investigators seek a motive in killings at Brown and M.I.T. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy Center, Memorial to JFK, Is Trump’s Now, Too
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
New York Times Top StoriesEmily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland
Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court
A lower-court judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders had not been properly informed about the plan. Friday’s ruling means the pay deal, worth about $139 billion now, can proceed.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Trump, Epstein is the story that won’t go away.
New York Times Top StoriesBrooklyn Man Accused of Stealing $16 Million in Crypto From Victims
From a house in Sheepshead Bay, Ronald Spektor bilked about 100 people across the United States, prosecutors say. Then, he went online to brag.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat is the origin of the Epstein case?
New York Times Top StoriesN.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats
The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Expected to Veto Bill Requiring 2-Person Crews on Subway Trains
The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade
Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.
New York Times Top StoriesScott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New President
The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.
New York Times Top StoriesElise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.
New York Times Top StoriesToss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included
Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).
New York Times Top StoriesHow The Times is covering the latest release of Epstein files.
New York Times Top StoriesR.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Judge Overturns Conviction in Killing of D.J. Jam Master Jay
Karl Jordan Jr., godson of the musician, was convicted last year of murder in the service of a drug deal. The judge found that the government had not proved the motive.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspected Killer of M.I.T. Professor Studied With Victim, Graduating Top of Their Class
The parents of Claudio Neves Valente had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal for the United States to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE
In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.
New York Times Top StoriesNY Gov. Kathy Hochul to Sign Prison Reform Bill After Beatings and Deaths
Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found.
New York Times Top StoriesMetro-North and LIRR Commuters to Be Fined for ‘Repeatedly’ Activating Tickets on Train
Passengers on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains could face $8 fines if they keep waiting until after the train leaves to activate their mobile tickets.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers
The companies agreed to sell most of their drugs to Medicaid at the prices they charge in European countries and to sell drugs directly to consumers through a planned TrumpRx website.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, tapped Leila Bozorg, a longtime public official and development advocate, and Julie Su, who served as acting secretary of labor in the Biden administration.
New York Times Top StoriesBumpy Rollout for New Gates Meant to Stop Subway Fare Evasion
At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.
New York Times Top StoriesReal or Fake? There’s a War Over Christmas … Trees.
Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Said He Was Not Close With Epstein. His Emails Suggest Otherwise.
Andrew Farkas, a New York City real estate mogul, had assured investors that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was for business only.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Much More Can the U.S. Travel Industry Take?
Politics and border hassles have chased away foreign visitors, costing businesses billions. Some fear next year’s World Cup won’t be enough to bring tourists back.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Venezuela Went From U.S. Ally to Trump Target
Closely tied to Washington during much of the Cold War, Venezuela has gone through political upheavals over the years that now make it a major enemy in the eyes of the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesICE Allows Democratic Lawmakers Inside Migrant Cells in New York City
The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.