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Iran Protester Dies in Custody, Raising Fears of Execution
Rights groups are investigating the death of Ali Rahbar as a potential extrajudicial killing. Iran denies executions have taken place.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTexas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats
In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
New York Times Top StoriesYou’d Be Surprised to See Where Many Olympians Keep Their Medals
Athletes train and sweat for years in pursuit of the glittering prizes. Many store them in the least glamorous places.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat C.E.O.s Are Worried About
Fractured politics, disruptive technologies and a distrust in institutions are making it harder to focus on the traditional tasks of growing sales and profits.
New York Times Top Stories‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto
With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.
New York Times Top StoriesOn the Las Vegas Strip, Local Acts at Delilah and Elsewhere Set the Vibe
On the Strip and beyond, clubs, bars and restaurants spotlight local performers who deliver some of the city’s best entertainment.
New York Times Top StoriesThe War in Ukraine Has Become a Way of Life
The war in Ukraine can look like the future and the past at once. But it’s just our present, the only one we know.
New York Times Top StoriesThere’s a Reason American Kids Are Such Picky Eaters
Blame junk food.
New York Times Top StoriesMaking the Dancing Lions for Lunar New York Celebrations
In a San Francisco garage, Corey Chan and his team create giant, spectacular lions that will lead the festivities.
New York Times Top StoriesHow $40-a-Pack Cigarettes Pushed Australians to the Black Market
Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Prosecutors to Investigate Diplomat as Part of Epstein Probe
The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was looking into three new complaints with links to the files and revisiting an earlier investigation into an Epstein associate who died in 2022.
New York Times Top StoriesRing Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad
A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Munich, Europe Says It Is ‘De-risking’ From the U.S. Amid Trump’s Unpredictability
In Munich, European leaders were also talking about “de-risking” from the United States, citing President Trump’s unpredictability.
New York Times Top StoriesCalifornia Billionaires Maneuver Now in Case Wealth Tax Passes
California’s wealthiest residents are maneuvering to reduce their net worth in case a billionaire tax becomes law. Some may even try to drop below $1 billion on paper.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ICE Is Pushing Tech Companies to Identify Protesters
The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech reporter, Sheera Frenkel, explains.
New York Times Top StoriesThousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World
Demonstrators opposed to the Iranian government gathered near the Munich Security Conference and in other European cities. Another round of U.S.-Iran talks are expected to happen on Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Sea Took Her Prosthetic Leg. Months Later, It Gave It Back.
Brenda Ogden lost her waterproof prosthetic leg 10 months ago, and with it, her zest for swimming. Then a local fossil hunter stumbled upon it.
New York Times Top StoriesSoftware? No Way. We’re an A.I. Company Now!
As their stocks tank, software makers are rebranding themselves as A.I. innovators. Sparkle emojis are everywhere, but some efforts have been more successful than others.
New York Times Top StoriesNew U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean
The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.
New York Times Top StoriesShivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On
Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.
New York Times Top StoriesNavalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say
Traces of the toxin were found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said in a joint statement.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Former N.Y.C. Schools Chief Joel Klein Became Friendly With Epstein
Mr. Klein, who led an education technology company after running the New York City school system, met with Jeffrey Epstein over a period of several months in 2013.
New York Times Top StoriesWelcome to the Voyage of the Damned
The tech heroes turned zeros are leading us to our doom.
New York Times Top StoriesPam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition
The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.
New York Times Top StoriesBondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims
The attorney general’s behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Pay-to-Play Patriotism of 2026
As the United States prepares to turn 250, the Trump administration is turning the celebration into a pay-to-play spectacle where even a speaking role on the National Mall is up for sale.
New York Times Top StoriesOpen Road
On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats in Illinois Senate Primary Debate How to Combat Trump’s ICE
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis
The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.