Workers can’t return to their jobs as supply lines get snarled, extending the forced holiday and fracturing the country. A software engineer finds herself unable to return to her job in Hong Kong after the Philippine government banned travel to the city. With the possibility of five leading candidates surviving beyond New Hampshire, the prospect of a long contest looms large. For months, the two candidates had rarely faced off in direct attacks. But now, as the polling leaders, they are using the other as a foil to press their divergent cases for the presidency. The budget, while largely a messaging document, reflects the administration’s spending priorities’ stark contrast with the president’s Democratic rivals. The president’s proposal can be read as a second-term policy blueprint. On the future of the Affordable Care Act, it’s awfully vague. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s contentious regulations on sexual misconduct at schools will cement domestic and dating violence and stalking as forms of gender discrimination. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she would quit after her conservative party voted with the far right in one German state. Her decision leaves the race to succeed Angela Merkel wide open, and the country in deep disarray. The film academy vowed to diversify in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite. That has meant a growing number of members from around the world. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. An unregulated facial recognition app can probably tell the police your name, and help them find out where you live and who your friends are. The Sanders-Buttigieg attacks grow, and a Biden ad gets sarcastic. This is your morning tip sheet. The victory for Bong Joon Ho’s film at the Oscars has nothing to do with representation of people like me. Companies like Equifax threaten our personal privacy and our national security. The president was in New Hampshire too, and so were his admirers. He pretended to be different. He was lying. The triumph of “Parasite” is a sign of a crisis of faith in capitalism. While parents have been focusing on creating Instagram-friendly school lunches, the quality of cafeteria food has improved significantly. One reader says the firings confirm the need for whistle-blowers to remain anonymous. Another explains why the president can target New Yorkers with impunity. My company deserves scrutiny. But we have already done many of the things politicians demand of America’s leading businesses. Protecting the forests while we are at it. The first — and maybe the last — descent of Salto del Maule. A national kayaking champion dreamed of being the first person to run a 134-foot waterfall in the mountains of Chile. A last-ditch attempt by a coalition of state attorneys general is said to have failed to halt T-Mobile’s purchase of a smaller rival. The number of troops injured has steadily increased since the Jan. 8 attack. Noting that investigators must consider any information potentially relevant to their work, the attorney general said that evidence from Ukraine could not be taken “at face value.” Holden Matthews, 22, said he set fire to the churches last year in an attempt to raise his profile as a musician in a subgenre of heavy metal. The indictment suggests that the breach was part of a series of thefts by China to use the data to target American officials. The legislation, to be introduced Tuesday, has little chance of becoming a law, but the effort shows the increased influence of environmental groups in taking on recycling issues. With high hopes, drugs to fight brain plaques were tested in people genetically destined to develop dementia. The drugs failed. The gunman operated in a military whose officers often have outside businesses and take advantage of lower-ranking soldiers. He killed 29 people, the worst shooting in recent Thai history. Should you wear a mask? Does airplane travel pose a greater risk? Do hand sanitizers work? Health professionals offer some tips. Narrowing down all the options and figuring out where to turn can be paralyzing. We’ve got you covered. Spermicides, tingling gel and other condom add-ons may do more harm than good. Some gems from the life’s work of people remembered in recent obituaries in The New York Times. Brad Pitt, Bong Joon Ho, Renée Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix at the Governors Ball and the Vanity Fair party. Aravind Adiga’s new novel is about a Sri Lankan man trying to find his place in Australia who might have useful information about a murder. By 2030, nearly one in two adults will be obese, and nearly one in four will be severely obese. The size and frequency of thunderstorms has risen along with global temperatures, researchers at the University of Tel Aviv found. The astronaut completed three all-female spacewalks and set a record for time in space, but you should remember her for much more. All hail Bong Joon Ho — and Billie Eilish’s puzzled reactions and Janelle Monáe’s red-carpet stunner. Here’s what we were talking about after the ceremony. When it came to fashion, it was old Hollywood vs. new. Guess who won. More Recent Articles |
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