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Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesA Winter Lull in the Fighting? Not in the Age of Drone Warfare.
Shifts in tactics and technology in Ukraine mean that the pace of fighting is no longer decided by whether tanks can navigate frozen fields.
New York Times Top StoriesHow One Food Critic Overcame His Negative Relationship With Alcohol and Sugary Drinks
In the last part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts suggest how to sidestep the perils of alcoholic or sugary beverages.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits.
New York Times Top StoriesPedro Lives in a Hospital. His Nurses Are on Strike. He Misses Them.
Pedro, a 2-year-old, needs a new heart and has spent months in a New York hospital. With his nurses on the picket line, replacement workers care for him.
New York Times Top StoriesStorm Dumps a Foot of Snow in at Least 17 U.S. States
Bonito Lake, N.M., received 31 inches, the most in the country, the National Weather Service said
New York Times Top StoriesIn Xi’s China, Top General’s Fall Shows Precariousness of Power
A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he is the most public example of disloyalty to Mr. Xi.
New York Times Top StoriesAlex Pretti’s Friends and Family Denounce ‘Sickening Lies’ About His Life
People who knew a man fatally shot by federal agents pushed back against what they called a smear campaign by federal officials. “He was a good man,” his family said.
New York Times Top StoriesGunmen Kill 11 After Soccer Match in Mexico
The mass shooting occurred in an area fought over by drug cartels, just as the Mexican government has sought to show Washington that it is combating criminal groups.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Foreign Policy Is Stuck in the 16th Century
The president’s approach is not just chaos or an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Europe’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Grows, So Does Trump’s Leverage
Tension over Greenland has prompted worries that the Trump administration could turn the U.S. oil and gas industry into a way to pressure Europe.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Taliban Say They’re Ready to Release U.S. Prisoners. But Which Ones?
Top Afghan officials say they want two American detainees released “as soon as possible,” but the Trump administration says a third one should be included.
New York Times Top StoriesPrivate Jet With 8 People Aboard Crashes at Maine Airport, F.A.A. Says
A Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed during takeoff at the Bangor airport, according to officials, as a paralyzing winter storm lashed the East Coast.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Least 15 Dead After Ferry Carrying 350 Sinks in the Philippines
It was not immediately clear how many people were missing after the ferry sank early Monday morning in Basilan Province.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Clears Early Hurdles as Storm Bears Down on New York
Mayor Zohran Mamdani made use of his strong communication skills, and the Sanitation Department said every road was plowed at least twice by Sunday evening.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting
The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting
The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
New York Times Top StoriesKilling Prompts Only a Defiant Response From Trump
Even as the second death of a protester in Minnesota brought demands for accountability, the president, insulated from dissenting voices, stuck to his pattern of reflexively blaming opponents.
New York Times Top StoriesA Sunday Snowstorm Blankets New York
The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.
New York Times Top StoriesGeorge Cabot Lodge, Last of His Family to Battle a Kennedy, Dies at 98
The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Visits to Dealerships, Pair Schemed to Steal High-End Vehicles, Police Say
An organized theft ring in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York swapped or quickly cloned key fobs to steal millions of dollars’ worth of vehicles, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesColumbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
New York Times Top StoriesAnother East Coast Storm? Don’t Buy the Hype Just Yet.
After a computer model began hinting that another storm could be on the way, meteorologists sought to tamp down speculation.
New York Times Top StoriesWinter Storm Drives U.S. Flight Cancellations to Pandemic-Level Numbers
More than 8,230 departures were canceled on Sunday, more than on any other day since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
New York Times Top StoriesEleanor Holmes Norton Files to End Re-election Campaign
It was not clear whether Washington’s 88-year-old veteran delegate, who has been in declining health but has insisted she would seek re-election, was aware of the filing.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is
The Trump team has advanced one-sided narratives to justify each of the killings, even when bystander video shows something else entirely.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
The Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Two-Week Internet Blackout, Some Iranians Are Getting Back Online
Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.
New York Times Top StoriesS.N.L. Recap: Teyana Taylor Hosts, the First Trump Awards and More
A covetous president grabbed up all the trophies on this week’s “Saturday Night Live” broadcast, hosted by Teyana Taylor, star of “One Battle After Another.”
New York Times Top StoriesGeese Gives ‘Saturday Night Live’ Viewers Something to Talk About
The buzzy Brooklyn band brought its off-kilter aesthetic to network TV this weekend, with performances that were both confounding and audacious.