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M.T.A. Workers, Upset Over Subway Safety, Disrupt Morning Service

The disruption followed an overnight slashing attack that wounded a conductor, and comes amid persistent complaints from workers. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/nzdZj7x

Ghana’s Parliament Passes Anti-Gay Bill With Jail Terms

The legislation would sentence those who identify as L.G.B.T.Q. to three years in jail and punish those who promote gay issues as well. It would be among the harshest on the African continent. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ueGI0Wx

Milan Fashion Week: Red and a Surprise Appearance by Ye Generate Buzz

Flashes of red in the crowds outside shows and a surprise appearance by Ye gave Milan Fashion Week a high-adrenaline feel. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ozXtaYk

A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms

Some H.I.V. experts worry that the public health focus on prevention medication has accelerated a decline in condom use. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4zvbeNs

How to Create a Cozy Room That Feels Like a Hug

‘You can call it different things,’ said one designer, but it ‘all adds up to the same idea: You feel like you want to put your feet up.’ from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Gr01QMY

Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for $3.7 Million

The sealed case could include the highly prized Wayne Gretzky rookie card. Or not. The buyer may never find out. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8aYo6K2

In Trump Criminal Case, Manhattan D.A. Asks for Gag Order Before Trial

Lawyers for Alvin L. Bragg, the district attorney, are seeking to protect jurors and witnesses in the first criminal prosecution of a former president. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Z17Efxh

Trump Media’s Impending Merger May Give Him a Financial Lifeline

The deadline for the former president to pay a $454 million civil fraud penalty coincides with the expected closing of a deal involving his social media platform, Truth Social. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7HPGbDM

Drug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens

Xolair cuts the risk of dangerous reactions after exposure to minute amounts of allergens, researchers reported. But children taking it still must avoid risky foods. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/P7oFIdU

Supreme Court to Decide How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media

Challenges to laws in Florida and Texas meant to protect conservative viewpoints are likely to yield a major constitutional ruling on tech platforms’ free speech rights. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HOJj2x8

What to Know About the Supreme Court Case on Free Speech on Social Media

Both Florida and Texas passed laws regulating how social media companies moderate speech online. The laws, if upheld, could fundamentally alter how the platforms police their sites. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Sh8iwXj

What to Know About Trump's $454 Million Bond From His Fraud Trial

After losing two civil trials, the former president must find a bonding company that will vouch for him — or his real estate empire is threatened. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/U3mbpec

Finding Great Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City

In this hectic, bustling city, there’s a cafe for every coffee acolyte. Here are seven places where you can try egg coffee and other Vietnamese specialties. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GXi81rd

In Search of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman in Rochester and Auburn, N.Y.

On a snowy trip to Rochester and Auburn, N.Y., a writer explores the cities that Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman called home. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YyP27lA

Alabama’s I.V.F. Ruling Shows Our Slide Toward Theocracy

To those advancing Christian nationalism, the will of God counts more than the will of the American people. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qZVnTsh

Market Hotel, A Brooklyn D.I.Y. Club, Changes With the Times

Less punk. More hyperpop. An anniversary party at the Market Hotel was more about the present than the past. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/R1YWCZg

Brett Heyman, the Edie Parker Designer, Wants to Make Cannabis Stylish

A day with Brett Heyman, the designer who is trying to push the legal cannabis market in a more stylish, sunny direction. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Ic9C7Ln

Believing Is Seeing

Of Moscow, New York and partisan perception. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/iemCnF9

Protesting Polish Farmers Block Much of Ukraine’s Western Border

The farmers are demonstrating against what they see as an influx of Ukrainian food products crowding the Polish market and undercutting their livelihood. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/h0ezg8a

Leslie Jamison’s Memoir ‘Splinters’ Is a Balancing Act of Self-Exposure

The essayist Leslie Jamison has become known for her careful balancing acts of self-exposure. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5iOFCTH

‘Genius: MLK/X’ Offers Portraits of the Icons as Vital Young Men

“We wanted to take them off the T-shirts and make them real,” said Gina Prince-Bythewood, who created the series with her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/oNfJemt

This Easy Cauliflower Salad Recipe Will Brighten Even the Bleakest Days

Spiced and roasted florets join briny capers and sweet-sour pickled onions in a punchy dish made for February. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YZXUnR2

Saunas in Minnesota: Midwesterners Are Sweating it Out This Winter

Saunas in the state, part of a tradition with roots in the 1800s, have been especially popular since the pandemic as more people seek a communal experience. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cpbO3Ea

Maps: Where Ukraine Is Fighting to Hold Back Russian Onslaught

Outmanned and outgunned, Ukrainian ground forces are in perhaps their most precarious position since the opening months of the war. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/TZgHKa9

Jaime King Is On a Journey

The actress and ’90s model formerly known as James is ready to talk about her future as well as her past. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MDWszLl

For Expert Skiers, a Snowy Paradise in Michigan

On Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula: bottomless powder and nostalgic chairlifts that deliver expert skiers and snowboarders to an ungroomed landscape of snow and more snow. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2baL5mD

5 Presidential Libraries That Offer Culture, History and ‘Labs of Democracy’

With museums, special exhibitions and unique events, presidential libraries across the country are designed as destinations for everyone — not just scholars or academics. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/efotaQL

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better ‘Memory’

The A.I. start-up is releasing a new version of ChatGPT that stores what users say and applies it to future chats. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/U8BEfoD

Chuck Close’s Final Works to Go on Display at Pace Gallery

The artist’s longtime gallerist, Arne Glimcher, has organized an exhibition of the artist’s final portraits at Pace, opening Feb. 22. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cK2mNnh

A Young Basketball Player and a Coach Found Each Other Just in Time

Arthur Dukes Jr. had made three false starts at college before becoming the star player for LaGuardia Community College’s scrappy new team. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/eyQrldh

How Imran Khan Used Social Media to Rise Again in Pakistan

Mr. Khan’s success was fueled by social media, which drove Pakistan’s young people to turn out to vote and rebuff the country’s powerful military. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Dr5LSKR

At First, He Was in His Head, but Her ‘Gut Instinct’ Prevailed

Yuna Yang and Christopher Seck became good friends before she proposed becoming something more. He took three months to consider. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PVQJiTs

Why the Age Issue Is Hurting Biden So Much More Than Trump

Both Donald J. Trump and President Biden are elderly men. But voters are much less likely to worry that Mr. Trump is too old to serve. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sSPwzNe

Willy Chavarria Is Redefining American Fashion

Willy Chavarria makes the case for a new (multi)national style. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/gDj7IO5

Democrats Can No Longer Stay Silent About Biden

Trying to shield the president from public exposure will reinforce the impression that there’s something to hide. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3pwd5I0

Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

From onsens in Japan to high-altitude pools in Bolivia, the photographer Greta Rybus shares highlights from her search for thermal waters. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/i7NSaV9

FAFSA Delays Make Affording College Even Harder

Federal financial aid programs were created to open the doors to higher education. FAFSA delays affect those who can least afford to pay for college. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3NzvD9P

Read Your Way Through Lagos

Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the exquisite bedlam of Lagos, a megacity of extremes. Here, he defines the books that make sense of the chaos. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jwFcreH

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ Is a Mystical Memory Tour

Like a cosmological comic, the artist’s new ‘graphic memoir’ entwines recalled experience with legend and imagination. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/R20YHLu

Where Has Tracy Chapman Been?

Her triumphant performance at the Grammy Awards left fans wondering what she has been doing since she left the music world, and whether she might return. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7y3FpEb

Internal Israeli Report Says a Fifth of the Remaining Hostages Have Died

The report’s estimate that 32 of the remaining 136 captives have not survived their ordeals is higher than previous numbers the Israeli authorities have disclosed. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hG4AZWq

How One Couple Modernized Their 19th-Century Salem Home

Here’s how one couple brought their Federal house in Salem, Mass., into the 21st century — with ‘color, character and eccentricity.’ from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/UvjCAzK

Jesse L. Martin on Starring in NBC’s Series ‘The Irrational’

The classically trained actor taps into his powers of observation to play a behavioral science professor in the NBC series “The Irrational.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/y3w7u4P

Grand Jury to Hear Evidence in Times Square Assault on Police Officers

Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, faced criticism after his office did not seek bail for most of the men arrested in the attack. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dzq1HT7

Trump Pushes Immigration Conspiracy Theories and Mass Deportations

Former President Donald J. Trump suggested to Fox News that China was orchestrating illegal immigration and that Latin American governments were picking criminals to send to the United States. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RMJL1FC

Two Theater-Making Couples Reflect on Mortality and Renewal

A meditation on mortality and renewal, “The Following Evening” presents mirror images of two married pairs of theater makers. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8onIB17

NYPD Stops Act: What to Know About the Law Requiring More Data

A new law requires greater transparency by the police about their interactions with the public. Mayor Eric Adams and police officials call the law onerous. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/n0Dhexy

The Democratic Party Is Having an ‘Identity Crisis’

They’re built to win in 2024. But what happens afterward? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pA0MBJs

It’s 50 Degrees in Minneapolis. Goodbye, Ice Shanties.

The Art Shanty Projects opened to crowds 10,000-strong on a frozen lake in Minneapolis. But after the first zany weekend, March-like temperatures set in. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HN45AFe

Utah Bans D.E.I. Programs, Joining Other States

In its battles against the education establishment, conservatives are now targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying they are “doing more to divide us than to bring us together.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/xHvYwcr

Grateful for E.U. Aid, Ukraine Now Waits for the United States

The E.U. package of about $54 billion will be spent on nonmilitary expenses, like pensions, payments to displaced people and paying teachers and doctors. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/krKc5Jh

How to Quit Your Smartphone

Readers who have taken the plunge said it had improved their lives, marriages and mental health, and offered advice to those going without their smartphones for “Flip Phone February.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/a0lnBrg