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Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover
Top security officials revealed details of the operation that led to the death of Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel leader.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTexas Lt. Governor Says Camp Mystic Shouldn’t Receive License to Reopen
Separately, a lawsuit filed Monday asserted that Texas officials shared blame in the flood disaster that killed 27 girls last summer.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Big Political Questions About Trump’s State of the Union Speech
Tariffs, the cost of living, immigration: The president has a careful line to walk on major issues.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada to Probe What OpenAI Knew About Tumbler Ridge Shooter
The company suspended the killer’s ChatGPT account over a policy violation in June, eight months before the attacks in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York City Restaurants Face the Blizzard
Across New York City, restaurateurs and cafe owners weigh logistics and the safety of staff against the demands of customers and a slow winter.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico Is on Edge After the Killing of a Cartel Boss
Also, a blizzard sweeps through the Northeast. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesIs A.I. Changing the Way You Teach Writing? Tell Us.
We want to hear from high school teachers and college professors who assign writing.
New York Times Top StoriesAnthropic Accuses 3 Chinese Companies of Harvesting Its Data
The San Francisco start-up claimed that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax used approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts to train their own chatbots.
New York Times Top StoriesC.I.A. Intelligence Helped Lead Mexican Authorities to ‘El Mencho’
Mexican officials said they had found the elusive drug kingpin by tracking a romantic partner. The C.I.A. provided some intelligence critical to the operation.
New York Times Top StoriesTraining for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says
The former official appeared with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
New York Times Top StoriesVideos Show How Violence Unfolded in Mexico After Killing of Cartel Boss
Armed groups blocked roads and set fire to supermarkets and banks after the Mexican government killed Mexico’s most-wanted cartel boss.
New York Times Top StoriesScenes From New York City’s First Real Snow Day in Years
Across the five boroughs, New Yorkers sledded and frolicked, but the best moments were when the city stood still.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Saks Bankruptcy, Richard Baker Says He Saved Luxury Department Stores
Richard Baker wanted to create a retail empire when he combined Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. About a year later, it filed for bankruptcy.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Travelers Need to Know as Cartel Violence Rattles Mexico
The killing of a drug lord and the unrest that followed have prompted flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and “shelter in place” alerts.
New York Times Top StoriesPeter Attia Leaves CBS News Amid Epstein Files Fallout
Emails showed that the longevity influencer had provided medical advice to Jeffrey Epstein and had made crude comments about women.
New York Times Top StoriesWomen’s Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Has Her Brothers’ Eccentric Support
The three brothers of Haley Winn, a defender for the U.S. squad, gained a spotlight for the colorful ways they cheered on their sister’s dream.
New York Times Top StoriesPuerto Vallarta Jolted By Violence After Cartel Boss Killing
When violence broke out after the killing of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel boss, vacation spots ordinarily spared from the drug wars were also targeted.
New York Times Top StoriesSettlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land
For two years, settlers attacked Rezeq Abu Naim’s land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at all hours and in all manners. After another violent incursion over the weekend, his family abandoned their home.
New York Times Top Stories‘Angel Families’ Return to Washington to Back Up Trump Ahead of State of the Union
The families of people killed by undocumented immigrants have forged a bond with the president, who has invited some of them to his address on Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesBAFTAs Guest With Tourettes Shouts Racial Slur During Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s Appearance
A racist slur, shouted involuntarily while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award, raised questions about how the show’s host and the BBC responded.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released
Putting millions of pages online is a sign of institutional failure.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump-Appointed Judge Bars Release of Jack Smith’s Report in Documents Case
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, slammed the former special counsel, Jack Smith, for drafting the report even after she had dismissed the case.
New York Times Top StoriesBorder Patrol Shoots Armed Person Near Canadian Border, Authorities Say
The F.B.I. said that the person, who was not killed, “allegedly fired at” a Border Patrol agent in Pittsburg, N.H., around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
New York Times Top StoriesNick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty in the Killing of His Parents
Mr. Reiner, 32, was charged with murdering his parents, the Hollywood director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, last year.
New York Times Top StoriesBinance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities
Binance pledged to crack down on crime. But internal investigators at the world’s largest crypto exchange continued to find evidence of potential legal violations on the platform.
New York Times Top StoriesU.K. Police Arrest Ex-Ambassador Peter Mandelson Amid Epstein Accusations
Peter Mandelson is being investigated over accusations of “misconduct in public office” amid his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesThe European Union Hits Pause on Its U.S. Trade Deal
The 27-nation bloc isn’t throwing out the deal it struck with the United States, but officials want more clarity before they implement it.
New York Times Top StoriesWitness Who Disputed ICE Account of Ruben Ray Martinez Shooting Dies in Car Accident
A passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez wrote that the men were trying to comply with authorities before Mr. Martinez was shot. The passenger, Joshua Orta, died in a car accident on Saturday.
New York Times Top Stories‘Survivor’ Is America
It’s our greatest game and our truest mirror. And in its tiki-torch-festooned way, it’s captured our society as an ever-changing collection of tribes.