| What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
- A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:03:54 +0000
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| Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears
- The president has escalated his language as his administration takes steps to involve itself more in election matters.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:02:38 +0000
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| Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud
- It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable resources.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:02:25 +0000
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| Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
- Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:01:59 +0000
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| Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
- Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:01:59 +0000
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| Lindsey Vonn Aims to Become the Oldest Alpine Olympic Medalist, Despite Ruptured A.C.L.
- The 41-year-old American aims to complete her comeback by racing in the women’s Olympic downhill on Sunday despite rupturing her left A.C.L. a week ago.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:34 +0000
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| Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It.
- From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:27 +0000
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| Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military
- Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:12 +0000
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| Smaller N.Y.C. Classes Will Cost Millions. Can Mamdani Pull It Off?
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to make classes smaller across the largest U.S. school system. Like other parts of his agenda, it’s a costly task.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:00:06 +0000
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| Olympics Officials Signal Sanctions on Russia in Sports May End
- In Milan this week, Olympics officials signaled a willingness to ease years of restrictions imposed on the country over its state-backed doping program and invasion of Ukraine.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:01:07 +0000
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| Authorities Investigate a New Message in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case
- The F.BI. and local law enforcement gave no details about the note, which came on the sixth day of the search for Ms. Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:59:33 +0000
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| Trump Deletes Racist Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes
- The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:47:29 +0000
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| Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard
- Mr. Hegseth’s order appeared to target his alma mater, Harvard’s Kennedy School for public policy.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:44:48 +0000
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| The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
- Regulating the industry is useful. Shaming it is crucial.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:19:30 +0000
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| We Didn’t Ask for This Internet
- Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain why the internet failed to live up to its early promise.
Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:15:58 +0000
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| The 2026 Super Bowl Ads (So Far), Ranked
- Here is our critic’s survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst to A.I.
Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:52:22 +0000
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