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Abbott Signs Law Allowing Texas to Arrest Migrants, Setting Up Federal Showdown

Gov. Greg Abbott pushed for the law, which takes effect in March, over the objections of Democrats, immigrant-rights groups and Hispanic organizations.

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Several people, including small children, wade through the Rio Grande on the Texas border with Mexico.

Negotiations over border policy are holding up a bill to speed military aid to Ukraine.

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Israeli Defense Chief Talks of War’s Next Phase as U.S. Urges Civilian Safety

Lloyd Austin told Israeli leaders that protecting civilians in Gaza was a “strategic imperative” as pressure grows on Israel to scale back the war.

 

  1. The U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, left, with the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on Monday.
    Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters
  2. Relatives and friends of Alon Shamriz, one of the hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers, at his funeral on Sunday in Shefayim, Israel.
    Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
  3. Palestinians line up for water in Muwasi area of the Gaza Strip on Monday.
    Fatima Shbair/Associated Press
  4. Members of an Israeli family returned to their home near the Gaza border on Sunday for the first time since being evacuated two months ago.
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  5. A Palestinian woman carrying bread at her destroyed home on Monday in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
    Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  6. A car passed burning tires on Monday on a road leading to Fara'a, a West Bank community established decades ago as a camp for Palestinians displaced in the founding of Israel.
    Zain Jaafar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  7. Israeli soldiers sitting in an armored vehicle on Monday near the border with the Gaza Strip.
    Leo Correa/Associated Press
  8. A memorial for people killed and kidnapped during the Hamas attack on a music festival in Re'im, Israel.
    Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

This is how a 6-second video of a pro-Palestinian protest at a college in New York set off a national firestorm.

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BREAKING

Iceland Volcano Erupts, Posing ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ for Residents

Iceland’s weather service had warned that a volcanic eruption was likely after thousands of earthquakes were recorded this month.

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BREAKING

Earthquake Kills More Than 100 in Northwestern China

The 5.9-magnitude quake, which struck around midnight, injured more than 200 others in two provinces, Chinese state media said.

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Marvel Will Part Ways With Jonathan Majors After Guilty Verdict

Mr. Majors was convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment for attacking his girlfriend in a car. The company dropped the actor shortly after.

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Jonathan Majors walks into a courthouse.

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The Great Read

He Made a Magazine, 95 Issues, While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic

The people who hid Curt Bloch, a German Jew, gave him both food and the materials he needed to make a highly creative magazine now drawing attention.

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Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples

A church official said the blessings amounted to “a real development” that nevertheless did not amend “the traditional doctrine of the Church about marriage.”

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Pope Francis waving to crowds at the Vatican.

American Catholics were divided on Pope Francis’s blessing for same-sex couples.

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Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

Dentists and lactation consultants around the U.S. are pushing “tongue-tie releases” on new mothers struggling to breastfeed.

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A close-up view of an infant’s mouth being held open by a dentist’s gloved hands to look for a tongue-tie.

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Appeals Panel Rejects Meadows’s Request to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court

The judges unanimously ruled against Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff and a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the election interference case.

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Mark Meadows sits in front of a microphone.

Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order in his election case.

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Planners of the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington lied about plans to march to the Capitol, a report found.

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Notable Deaths of 2023

Remembering Sandra Day O’Connor, Harry Belafonte, Henry Kissinger and many others who died in 2023.

Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
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Jim Brown
Jim Brown
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Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos
Tina Turner
Tina Turner
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Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry
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George Santos’s Latest Stop on His Notoriety Tour: A Ziwe Interview

The 17-minute interview resembled performance art, with Santos mostly sidestepping Ziwe Fumudoh’s trademark uncomfortable questions.

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George Santos, left, gestures with his left hand as he participates in a sit-down interview with Ziwe Fumudoh, right.

The treasurer of a new super PAC backing Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has a connection to George Santos.

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Heavy Rain Causes Flooding and Power Outages Across Northeast

Temperatures dropped in the wake of a storm that knocked out power, closed schools and disrupted flights.

 

  1. Kearny, N.J.
    Andres Kudacki for The New York Times
  2. Queens
    Rhona Tarrant via Storyful
  3. Mattapoisett, Mass.
    Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times, via Associated Press
  4. Newark
    Andres Kudacki for The New York Times
  5. Elmsford, N.Y.
    Kena Betancur/Getty Images
  6. Little Falls, N.J.
    Dave Sanders for The New York Times
  7. Manhattan
    Seth Wenig/Associated Press
  8. Manhattan
    Dave Sanders for The New York Times
  9. Ridgewood, N.J.
    Ridgewood Police Department via Storyful
  10. Woodland Park, N.J.
    Dave Sanders for The New York Times
  11. Boston
    Steven Senne/Associated Press
  12. Newark
    Andres Kudaki for The New York Times

Justice O’Connor, the First Woman on the Supreme Court, Lies in Repose

Mourners gathered to remember Sandra Day O’Connor, the most powerful woman in the country during a critical time in American law.

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Apple to Pause Selling New Versions of Its Watch After Losing Patent Dispute

The move, which follows a patent dispute, could create a run on watch sales in the week before Christmas.

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DeSantis Faces F.E.C. Complaint Over Campaign’s Ties With Super PAC

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been scrutinized for offloading many of his campaign’s operations to Never Back Down, which has been rocked by staff upheaval.

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Opinion

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Beware Economists Who Won’t Admit They Were Wrong

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Michelle Goldberg

Michelle Goldberg

Make a New Year’s Resolution to Fight Trump

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Donald Trump, wearing a suit and red tie, is seen hazily on a TV screen.

Matthew Schmitz

The Secret of Trump’s Appeal Isn’t Authoritarianism

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BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Why Do We Build Houses in the Same Way That We Did 125 Years Ago?

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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

We Await You With Dread, 2024

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Margaret Renkl

Margaret Renkl

What Happens When the Happy Memories Fade

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A photograph of two children looking inside a cardboard box. A third child is reaching inside the box.
Esau McCaulley

Esau McCaulley

Nature Is Profoundly Broken. Do We Love Anyone Beyond Ourselves Enough to Listen?

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Charles A. Kupchan

We Forget Henry Kissinger’s Effectiveness at Our Own Peril

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The Evening

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signs a new migrant policy into law, BP pauses oil shipments through the Red Sea and more.

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E.V. Start-Up Founder Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Fraud Case

Trevor Milton was accused of pumping up the value of the electric truck company he founded, Nikola.

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Judge Halts Removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery

The judge’s order temporarily stops work to remove the memorial as part of the military’s efforts to take down symbols commemorating the Confederacy.

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The memorial features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves and holding a laurel wreath, standing on a 32-foot pedestal. Below her are Confederate soldiers.

A 4-Year-Old Asks: Is It an Octopus? No, It’s a Shipwreck From 1871.

Experts say Tom Wollak and his daughter Henley most likely discovered the George L. Newman, which sank during the Peshtigo fire in 1871.

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Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century

Long-term memories may have been vital to our own evolution, suggests a new study of chimpanzees and bonobos.

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