Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show on TV - The New York Times

Months of preparation, hundreds of staff, convoys of cutting-edge gear: inside the machine that crafts prime time’s most popular entertainment.| www.nytimes.com

Soldier’s Struggles Began Before Las Vegas Tesla Explosion, Nurse Says - The New York Times

A Green Beret who had served several combat tours fatally shot himself in a Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump hotel on New Year’s Day.| www.nytimes.com

Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing - The New York Times

The justice said that the call was a job reference for one of his former clerks and that the request to stay the president-elect’s sentencing did not come up.| www.nytimes.com

They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print. - The New York Times

A downtown New York crowd is pushing back against the homogenization of big social media.| www.nytimes.com

How Your Car Might Be Making Roads Safer - The New York Times

Researchers say data from long-haul trucks and General Motors cars is critical for addressing traffic congestion and road safety. Data privacy experts have their concerns.| www.nytimes.com

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) - The New York Times

This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.| www.nytimes.com

General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers - The New York Times

G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration and speed to LexisNexis Risk Solution and Verisk, firms that generated driver risk profiles for insurers.| www.nytimes.com

Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data - The New York Times

Romeo Chicco’s auto insurance rate doubled because of information about his speeding, braking and acceleration, according to his complaint.| www.nytimes.com

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies - The New York Times

LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.| www.nytimes.com

General Motors Is Banned From Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years - The New York Times

An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Postal Worker’s Christmas - The New York Times

My grandfather was part of a long tradition of postal workers who sacrificed Christmas Eve with their families to deliver holiday packages.| www.nytimes.com

A Modest Proposal: Eco-Friendly Stimulus - The New York Times

Cash for Clunkers, a generic name for a variety of programs under which the government buys up some of the oldest, most polluting vehicles and scraps them, should be expanded nationwide.| www.nytimes.com

Donald Trump en campaña: estas son sus propuestas migratorias - The New York Times

Trump quiere revivir las políticas fronterizas de su primer periodo, entre ellas la prohibición del ingreso de personas de ciertas naciones con mayoría musulmana y el Título 42.| www.nytimes.com

She Is in Love With ChatGPT - The New York Times

A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.| www.nytimes.com

Vice Media Files for Bankruptcy - The New York Times

Vice, which had wooed media giants, has struggled to adjust to the punishing realities of digital publishing. A group of creditors could buy Vice for $225 million.| www.nytimes.com

Maybe Information Actually Doesn’t Want to Be Free - The New York Times

Jessica Lessin’s online tech publication costs $399 a year and has no ads. Silicon Valley’s elite is eating it up.| www.nytimes.com

How Much Disclosure About an Op-Ed Author Is Required? - The New York Times

A writer’s spouse had extensive ties to a subject of her Op-Ed essay, but readers were made aware of the potential conflict of interest only in passing.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | It’s Time to Learn From Frogs - The New York Times

Scientists are beginning to find a connection between bizarre deformities in water animals and abnormalities in humans.| www.nytimes.com

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era - The New York Times

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.| www.nytimes.com

Overlooked - The New York Times

The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë. Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist. These extraordinary people — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times. Until now.| www.nytimes.com

Anne McCaffrey, ‘Dragonriders’ Author, Dies at 85 - The New York Times

Ms. McCaffrey married elements of fantasy to pure science fiction in her young-adult “Dragonriders of Pern” series set on the planet Pern, which Earthlings have settled.| www.nytimes.com

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth - The New York Times

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”| www.nytimes.com

A Weary Biden Heads for the Exit - The New York Times

Still stinging from the election, President Biden is pushing for his final priorities but has largely absented himself from the national conversation about Donald Trump after warning repeatedly that he was a threat to American democracy.| www.nytimes.com

Nearly 100 People Are Still Missing in North Carolina After Hurricane Helene - The New York Times

Search and rescue teams are still looking for the missing, officials said, with 95 deaths already attributed to the storm’s wrath in the state.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day - The New York Times

There is a difference between peace and capitulation.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel? - The New York Times

It’s a simple question with a complicated answer.| www.nytimes.com

HIAS, the Jewish Agency Criticized by the Shooting Suspect, Has a History of Aiding Refugees - The New York Times

HIAS has assisted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict or persecution, often on account of their religious or political beliefs, to rebuild their lives.| www.nytimes.com

Netanyahu Denounced for Saying Palestinian Inspired Holocaust - The New York Times

Israeli historians and opposition politicians joined Palestinians in denouncing the Israeli prime minister for saying the grand mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea of annihilating Jews.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | When Palestine Shook - The New York Times

The Palestinian people are moving on, whether or not their leaders are with them.| www.nytimes.com

What is the Air Quality Index? Here's How to Stay Safe - The New York Times

Here’s what we know about air pollution and a few tips to protect yourself.| www.nytimes.com

Wildfires Can Harm Your Health, Even if You’re Far Away, Experts Say - The New York Times

Some studies have indicated that young children, especially those under the age of 4, are at particular risk because their lungs are still developing.| www.nytimes.com

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Doctors Still Recommend Masking After a Wildfire. Here’s Why. | Reviews by Wirecutter

Even when the smoke clears after a wildfire, the air may still be toxic. We consulted eight pulmonologists about why, and what masks and respirators to wear.| Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World

The Floods This Time: In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here - The New York Times

Short, heavy rainfall is typical of the Mediterranean, but nothing is typical about what has been happening there recently.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Goodbye to Small Yard, High Fence - The New York Times

The Biden administration’s approach to China has been full of contradictions.| www.nytimes.com

Assault on Christian Town in Syria Adds to Fears Over Rebels - The New York Times

Maaloula has long symbolized Syria’s history of diversity and coexistence, but most of its residents have fled after fighting between rebels and government forces.| www.nytimes.com

Meta to Cut 5% of Its Workers in New Round of Layoffs - The New York Times

The layoffs come as Mark Zuckerberg pushes to remake his company for the Trump era and prepares to co-host a gala for the president-elect’s inauguration.| www.nytimes.com

Challenge to Google Books Is Declined by Supreme Court - The New York Times

The project has been opposed by authors who argue that scanning millions of books and putting them in a database amounts to copyright infringement.| www.nytimes.com

Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case - The New York Times

The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.| www.nytimes.com

How the Stanley Tumbler Became So Popular - The New York Times

The Adventure Quencher Travel Tumbler, a social-media-famous water bottle, conquered feeds everywhere, one pale millennial shade at a time.| www.nytimes.com

This Is What the War in Gaza Looks Like on Instagram - The New York Times

Trapped in the enclave, Palestinians on the social media platform are documenting and sharing their harrowing experiences of life under Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion.| www.nytimes.com

Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3 Trillion Market Value - The New York Times

The iPhone maker’s value tripled since 2018 as its sales continued to soar and it spent hundreds of billions of dollars on its own stock.| www.nytimes.com

9 Food Trend Predictions for 2025 - The New York Times

Food forecasters see a year of offbeat choices: savory coffees, great convenience-store cuisine and sauces on everything.| www.nytimes.com

Reddit Communities Still Dark As Protest Continues - The New York Times

Users’ anger continued to bubble over changes to the company’s business model.| www.nytimes.com

Why Wellness Culture Has Cozied Up to Leeches - The New York Times

The bloodsucking worms might conjure an era of vampiric pseudoscience, but their powerful jaws are inspiring new applications.| www.nytimes.com

Sarah Mervosh - The New York Times

Sarah Mervosh covers education for The Times, focusing on K-12 schools.| www.nytimes.com

Maggie Haberman - The New York Times

Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent reporting on the 2024 presidential campaign, down ballot races across the country and the investigations into former President Donald J. Trump.| www.nytimes.com

Jonathan Swan - The New York Times

Jonathan Swan is a political reporter covering the 2024 presidential election and Donald Trump’s campaign.| www.nytimes.com

The Radical Strategy Behind Trump’s Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden - The New York Times

Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a “paradigm-shifting” legal rationale to erase the Justice Department’s independence from the president.| www.nytimes.com

Trump’s Call for ‘Termination’ of Constitution Draws Rebukes - The New York Times

Republicans were still cautious — or silent entirely — about shunning the former president-turned-2024 candidate.| www.nytimes.com

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Presidential Transition Updates: An Emboldened Trump Talks of Taking Greenland and Panama Canal by Force - The New York Times

Reporter: “Your references to Greenland and the Panama Canal and so forth — can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion?” “No.” “And can you tell us a little bit about what your plan is? What is the strategy?” “I can’t assure you — you’re talking about Panama and Greenland — no, I can’t assure you on either of those two. But I can say this. We need them for economic security. The Panam...| www.nytimes.com

Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story. - The New York Times

President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.| www.nytimes.com

New York’s Best New Restaurants of 2023 - The New York Times

Pete Wells names his favorite arrivals in a year when bigger dining rooms and big-name chefs came back in force.| www.nytimes.com

Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False. - The New York Times

Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | ‘Megalopolis’ and the Vexations of Decadence - The New York Times

A story that’s grist for big debates without necessarily being a good movie.| www.nytimes.com

An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. - The New York Times

Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.| www.nytimes.com

The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin - The New York Times

For more than a decade, the United States has nurtured a secret intelligence partnership with Ukraine that is now critical for both countries in countering Russia.| www.nytimes.com

When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself - The New York Times

As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results.| www.nytimes.com

In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning - The New York Times

The rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay.| www.nytimes.com

Ella Fitzgerald, Rediscovered: ‘Twelve Nights in Hollywood’ - The New York Times

A new package from Verve exhumes recordings of poignant performances that lay dormant for 27 years.| www.nytimes.com

Republicans Blocking Proposal to Narrow Part of a Surveillance Law - The New York Times

The second Trump administration appears likely to inherit broader powers to force American service providers to help a warrantless wiretapping program.| www.nytimes.com

Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is? - The New York Times

There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence. Researchers are seeking explanations for the surge. Here are some possibilities.| www.nytimes.com

A Recipe for Air Rage - The New York Times

Stressed passengers packed into cramped cabins can bring emotions to a boil. But the situation isn’t all bleak — there are ways to make the best of a volatile situation.| www.nytimes.com

El 2023 fue el año más cálido de la Tierra en los últimos 174 años - The New York Times

Los científicos ya están analizando pruebas —de océanos, erupciones volcánicas e incluso la contaminación de buques cargueros— para ver si este año podría revelar algo nuevo del clima y cómo lo afectamos.| www.nytimes.com

Raymond Zhong - The New York Times

Raymond Zhong reports on climate and environmental issues for The Times.| www.nytimes.com

Antarctica Sea Ice Hits Annual Peak, a Record Low - The New York Times

Earlier this year it was clear Antarctic sea ice levels were low. Now, as the continent enters spring, it’s obvious that “it’s a really exceptional year.”| www.nytimes.com

San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’ - The New York Times

Families of four in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties can earn up to $117,400 and still qualify as low-income — the nation’s highest threshold of its kind.| www.nytimes.com

Trump Names Karoline Leavitt as His White House Press Secretary - The New York Times

Ms. Leavitt, 27, who served as his campaign’s press secretary and worked in the White House during his first administration, will be the youngest person ever to assume the role.| www.nytimes.com

Recipe: Eleven Madison Park Granola - The New York Times

The recipe to the ending note of a meal at the modernist restaurant.| www.nytimes.com

Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR - The New York Times

Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Christianity Gets Weird - The New York Times

Modern life is ugly, brutal and barren. Maybe you should try a Latin Mass.| www.nytimes.com

The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield - The New York Times

She told the family of a severely disabled man that she could help him to communicate with the outside world. The relationship that followed would lead to a criminal trial.| www.nytimes.com

A New Richard Foreman Play Puts a Twist on His Metaphysical Puzzles - The New York Times

New York theater’s elder statesman of the avant-garde brings “Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey” to the stage, his first new work in over a decade.| www.nytimes.com

Abortion Bans Across the Country: Tracking Restrictions by State - The New York Times

The New York Times is tracking the status of abortion laws in each state following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.| www.nytimes.com

Real Estate - The New York Times

News on renting, buying, or selling a house, apartment or condo and stories on decorating, interior design, renovation and gardening in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and beyond.| www.nytimes.com

Redwood National Park Expansion Approved as President Signs Bill - The New York Times

Pres Carter signs bill adding 48,000 acres to Redwood Natl Pk and creating 30,000-acre zone that would protect virgin groves from loggers (S)| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Two-Thirds of Kids Struggle to Read, and We Know How to Fix It - The New York Times

Experts warn that most American children learn with ineffective reading curriculums.| www.nytimes.com

Tiffany Hsu - The New York Times

Tiffany Hsu reports on misinformation and disinformation and its origins, movement and consequences. She has been a journalist for more than two decades.| www.nytimes.com

Elon Musk’s Event With Ron DeSantis Exposes Twitter’s Weaknesses - The New York Times

What was supposed to be a crowning moment for Mr. Musk’s Twitter turned into a series of technical glitches.| www.nytimes.com

Linda Yaccarino Is Twitter’s New CEO, Elon Musk Confirms - The New York Times

Mr. Musk said Ms. Yaccarino would focus on business operations and he would work on product design and technology at the social media platform.| www.nytimes.com

Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Under Elon Musk Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find - The New York Times

Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said.| www.nytimes.com

Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar - The New York Times

The company, citing a human rights report it commissioned, said it was moving to prevent further abuses of its platform in Myanmar. Critics said they were unconvinced.| www.nytimes.com

Florida’s Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Fails, Keeping Six-Week Ban in Place - The New York Times

The defeat is a political victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who had become the face of a well-funded opposition campaign.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be - The New York Times

The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp.| www.nytimes.com

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed - The New York Times

The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.| www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Four Opinion Writers on ‘Wicked’: ‘Women Deserve Rage. We Have a Lot to Be Angry About.’ - The New York Times

A big-budget holiday film with a strong antifascist message? “Wicked” is not what we expected.| www.nytimes.com

The Fight to Save Googie, the Style of Postwar Optimism - The New York Times

The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.| www.nytimes.com

The Highest-Paid C.E.O.s in 2017 - The New York Times

Here are 200 of the highest-paid chief executives in American business.| www.nytimes.com

Trump Picks Frank Bisignano to Lead Social Security Administration - The New York Times

Frank Bisignano has spent his career at major Wall Street banks. He has a long history of political giving, mainly to Republicans.| www.nytimes.com

The Unbearable Heaviness of Clutter - The New York Times

A cluttered home can be a stressful home, researchers are learning.| www.nytimes.com

Don’t Quit Social Media. Put It to Work for Your Career Instead. - The New York Times

Patrick Gillooly of Monster takes issue with Cal Newport, who recently urged professionals to quit social media. Mr. Gillooly says the career benefits far outweigh the pitfalls.| www.nytimes.com

Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It. - The New York Times

Our increasing addiction to the constant stimulus of updates, likes and posts is damaging our ability to concentrate deeply and focus on work that matters.| www.nytimes.com

Why Aging Experts Are Obsessed With ‘Health Span’ - The New York Times

Trying to stay healthy into old age is a better goal than attempting to live as long as possible.| www.nytimes.com

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What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? - The New York Times

Prof. Loretta J. Ross is combating cancel culture with a popular class at Smith College.| www.nytimes.com

The Wonder of Three Ingredients - The New York Times

Radishes, sweet butter and coarse salt are a testament to restraint.| www.nytimes.com

Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto Billionaire, Wants Washington to Follow His Lead - The New York Times

Sam Bankman-Fried is a studiously disheveled billionaire who made a fortune overseeing trades that are too risky for the U.S. market. Now he wants Washington to follow his lead.| www.nytimes.com

How Saffron, a Precious Import, Became an American Cash Crop - The New York Times

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure.| www.nytimes.com