January 2, 2026, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
Zohran Mamdani gave his first public speech as mayor of New York City, after an inauguration that drew tens of thousands of people.
About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.
A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.
F.C. Barcelona’s liabilities have reached 2.5 billion euros, the result of financial mismanagement and vaulting ambition.
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba.
It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.
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After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota’s child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.
The floods that struck last week just before the first anniversary of the January wildfires show how extreme weather is defining life in the L.A. region.
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The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel.
A comedy writer bought the web domain TrumpKennedyCenter.org and the satirical site he created is drawing attention amid the backlash over the institution’s renaming.
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Ticket sales in North America totaled $8.9 billion for the year, up 2 percent from 2024. But the box office remains far below prepandemic levels.
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Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.
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A communal spectacle, spilling out of City Hall into the streets of Broadway, conveyed how many New Yorkers see the promise in a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged skeptics of his plans while reiterating that he would focus on working-class New Yorkers.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.
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Heirs of families that suffered in the Holocaust have gotten back precious items: not treasured art, but the keepsakes of dead relatives.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Will Heinrich covers Jana Euler’s delightful absurdity, Lotty Rosenfeld’s portraits of the Pinochet dictatorship and Erich Heckel’s eerie dream world.
Charles Edwards’s deceptively traditional, exceptionally sung production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” makes space for its stars.
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This simple and reliable collection of vegetarian staples — beans, pasta, tofu, salads and soups — will help you cook confidently all year long.
Ozoni — Japanese mochi soup — is soothing and sustaining, a grounding meal for the first day of the new year.
After the holidays, we’re reaching for dishes that feel comforting, easy and restorative.
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Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible.
