Daily News Update

A New Year and a New Leader, but Germany’s Focus Remains on Covid

Russian Foreign Minister Levels New Warning on Ukraine

People with Omicron are less likely to need hospitalization, U.K. report finds.

Earthy Mushrooms, Bold Peppers

Deaths in 2021: Headline Names Against the Backdrop of Pandemic

U.K., With Surging Cases, Is on ‘War Footing’ Against Virus

8 New Books We Recommend This Week

Sports Stories That Hit Home in 2021

Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor

The Most-Read Food Stories of 2021

Spurred by Omicron, Europe Is Setting Coronavirus Infection Records Every Day

How to Clean Suede Boots and Shoes

How We Treat Farmed Animals

‘Ain’t Too Proud’ will close on Broadway as Covid takes its toll.

Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters

¿Bienvenido Juan Carlos? España se reencuentra con un monarca caído en desgracia

‘People Want Jewelry With Meaning’: How Breast Milk Became a Gem

10 Photos of the Year From California

A ‘Tragic Mistake’ by Officer Potter, but Not a Criminal One

‘Brown Girls,’ a Daring Debut That Follows Its Characters Through Life and Beyond

For Pop Music, 2021 Was the Year of the Deep Dive

Sweeping private-sector vaccine mandate goes into effect in N.Y.C.

I’ve Spent 25 Years as a Joan Didion Thief

Hollywood Tests the Limit of Marquee Names a Single Film Can Hold

Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?

Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101

Declaration of Mark Kroll, Ph.D.

Hundreds more flights are canceled as Omicron scrambles air travel.

Trial Testimony Declaration of Dr. Tom Neuman

Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?

Fauci warns against complacency amid data that Omicron causes milder illness

India, wounded by Delta’s disastrous spring surge, expands vaccinations and starts boosters to fight Omicron.

U.S. Covid hospitalizations are rising among children. New York urges parents to vaccinate the young.

Anti-Coup Protesters in Sudan Press Their Demand for Return to Civilian Rule

A U.S. Navy combat ship is stranded in Guantánamo Bay with a virus outbreak.

Winter Storms Threaten to Disrupt Travel in the Northwest

As Prices Rise, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers

As Russian Threat Looms, Ukraine’s Government Is No Laughing Matter

Is It Safe to Have a New Year’s Eve Party?

The Students Returned, but the Fallout From a Long Disruption Remained

We’re Locked Down Again in the Netherlands. Here’s a Warning.

Didion’s Prophetic Eye on America

Despite a rise in Omicron, the U.K. is determined to keep Christmas.

Love Letter: A Kinky Holiday Rendezvous

The Weekender

How Do Saudis Celebrate Christmas? Quietly, but Less So.

South Africa ends quarantines and contact tracing, and authorizes booster shots.