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Pete Buttigieg Considers Michigan’s 2026 Senate Race
The suddenly open seat in a top-tier battleground has several Michigan politicians taking a serious look.4d - Top stories -
Kansas Is Dealing With Major Tuberculosis Outbreak
State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal response.4d - Top stories -
Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain
His taste for power goes beyond America.4d - Top stories -
Jon Stewart Can’t Keep Up With the Purges
As many as 17 inspectors general were fired by President Trump. “That only leaves — no one knows how many left,” Stewart said. “I have no idea.”5d - Top stories -
Vivek Ramaswamy Plans to Run for Ohio Governor
The entrepreneur will continue leading Donald J. Trump’s government efficiency project before turning his attention to a campaign. He has encountered some turbulence with Mr. Trump, and with Elon ...Jan. 17 - Top stories -
Robert De Niro’s New Nobu Hotel in the Caribbean Is Close to His Heart
The actor has long had a second career as a hotelier and restaurateur. Now, he and his partners are planning to open a luxury inn on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.Jan. 14 - Top stories -
Snow and Ice Pound the South, Snarling Travel
A winter storm was sweeping across a wide swath of the South on Friday. Atlanta’s airport issued a ground stop after a plane was evacuated onto a snowy runway.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
Donor Pleads Guilty to Making Illegal Contributions to Adams Campaign
Erden Arkan, a businessman with close ties to New York’s Turkish community, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to conspiracy to commit fraud.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.Jan. 8 - Top stories -
Updating a 12th-Century Palazzo, Where the Walls Had Secrets
When two architects renovated the once-grand floor of a palace in Genoa, Italy, their goal wasn’t period perfection: “We didn’t want to live in a museum.”Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Mayor Adams’s Inner Circle Has Changed. Two New Year’s Photos Show How.
A lot has happened since Eric Adams was sworn into office in Times Square in 2022 flanked by allies who would join his administration.Jan. 4 - Top stories -
Tesla and Chinese Carmakers Could Reap Billions From EU Emissions Rules
European carmakers are urging Brussels to ease regulations to help them avoid buying carbon credits from rivals in increasingly large amounts.2d - Top stories -
Brunch Is Best With Some Surprises. Try This Edamame and Yuzu Dip.
The quest to give avocado toast new life leads to a light and luscious snack.3d - Top stories -
Pableaux Johnson, the Heart of New Orleans Hospitality, Dies at 59
As a photographer, cook and writer, he united communities through shared meals, vivid storytelling and a deep love of the city’s traditions.4d - Top stories -
China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy
President Trump seems poised to roll back the very incentives that are reviving American manufacturing.Jan. 23 - Top stories -
Ukraine Detains Commanders Amid Setbacks on the Front
Two generals and a colonel blamed for the loss of territory in eastern Ukraine to Russian forces last year have been held, the country’s security service said.Jan. 21 - Top stories -
A Guide to Living in Yonkers N.Y.
The third largest city in New York has new residential projects in the pipeline and is attracting businesses.Jan. 16 - Top stories -
Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Sentence for Menendez’s Bribery Conviction
Lawyers for New Jersey’s former Democratic senator, Robert Menendez, have said that even fewer years would be tantamount to a death sentence.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer
Paradigm-shifter for public art in the ’80s, groundbreaking (and openly queer) performance artist in the ’70s, Burton showed new ways of connecting.Jan. 9 - Top stories -
Biden Visits New Orleans Monday to Mourn With Grieving Families
Mr. Biden’s trip to New Orleans, his latest as “consoler in chief,” joins a lengthy history of presidential visits to a city that has seen more than its share of tragedies and disasters.Jan. 6 - Top stories -
Anita Desai Has Put Down Roots, but Her Work Ranges Widely
Her new novella, “Rosarita,” takes place in Mexico, a country she finds so like her native India that, she says, “I feel utterly at home there.”Jan. 6 - Top stories -
Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.2d - Top stories -
Father Slays New York Girl, 14, in TikTok ‘Honor Killing’
After being lured to Pakistan, Hira Anwar was fatally shot by her father and an uncle over online posts that her parents believed were immodest, the police said.2d - Top stories -
Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66
After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in Hollywood.3d - Top stories -
Whole Foods Workers Form First Union in Amazon’s Grocery Chain
The union win, at a Philadelphia store where workers are seeking higher wages, comes as Amazon is also fighting organizing efforts among some warehouse employees and delivery drivers.5d - Top stories -
New York Judge Deems Alexander Brothers Flight Risk, Denies Bail
Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander will be extradited from Miami to New York, where they will remain in federal detention until trial.Jan. 15 - Top stories -
Democrats Prevail in Virginia Races, the First Elections Since Trump’s Win
The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state’s legislature.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Mel Shapiro, Director Whose Specialty Was John Guare, Dies at 89
He directed the playwright’s “The House of Blue Leaves,” and they helped turn “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” into a hit musical.Jan. 6 - Top stories -
Comatose and Washed Up, 1,000 Endangered Sea Turtles Are Rescued in Florida
The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week.2d - Top stories -
Faced by Trump’s Interest in Greenland, Denmark Will Increase Military Spending in Arctic
The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, ...4d - Top stories -
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Is Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in the California city in November, said last year that she had done nothing wrong. She pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.Jan. 17 - Top stories -
Ailing Ex-Deputy Admitted to Killing Florida Store Clerk in 1979
Less than a year before his death, a former deputy with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida told detectives that he had fatally shot the clerk, a 25-year-old woman.Jan. 4 - Top stories -
Judith Bernstein at 82 Comes Back Swinging
Unrelenting, unrepenting, the artist who made a name for herself with huge drawings of hairy phallic screws presents a world of work with exuberant energy over 60 years.3d - Top stories -
New York City Landlord Wants You Out? There Had Better Be ‘Good Cause.’
Renters are feeling emboldened by a new law that can help them hang onto their homes and fight bank-breaking rent increases during lease renewals.5d - Top stories -
Vietnam’s Drivers, Facing Steep Fines, Are Minding the Rules of the Road
Steep new fines — more than many people make in a month — have made the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi less freewheeling than they used to be.5d - Top stories -
With Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight
With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.Jan. 16 - Top stories -
Large Blaze Ravages Bronx Apartment Building, Leaving Many Displaced
Over 200 firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to the fire early Friday. There were no fatalities or life-threatening injuries.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
Two Hawaiian Brothers Say That Police Framed Them in a 1991 Murder
Ian and Shawn Schweitzer argued in a federal lawsuit that local police had failed to arrest a leading suspect.Jan. 22 - Top stories -
Senator Gary Peters, Michigan Democrat, Says He Won’t Run Again in 2026
His decision makes the Senate map even tougher for Democrats: They will need to defend an open seat in a battleground state that President Trump carried in 2024. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ruled out ...4d - Top stories