Luis Carlos Rúa Fought Colombia’s Corruption in an Elephant Costume. Now He’s a Senator.

After years of anonymously documenting abandoned public works projects in Colombia, Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself days before his election.

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Australian Sky Turns an Apocalyptic Blood Red

Winds from Tropical Cyclone Narelle stirred up rust-colored dust from iron-rich soil, tinging the sky over Western Australia with a reddish Mars-like hue.

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For NASA’s Artemis II Crew, Journey to the Moon ‘Starting to Feel Real’

The four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — spoke from a prelaunch quarantine ahead of their scheduled Wednesday mission.

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ICE May Remain at Airports Even After T.S.A. Pay Resumes, Border Czar Says

Transportation safety officers are set to be paid on Monday, but Tom Homan, the White House’s border czar, said ICE agents may stay where there are shortages.

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F.B.I. Said to Dig Up Old Investigative Files on Democratic Lawmaker

The urgent instructions at the Trump administration’s behest to gather and relay the files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed some career law enforcement officials.

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10 Million Grill Brushes Recalled After Some People Ingested Loose Bristles

In at least five cases, customers sought medical attention to remove bristles “from their digestive tract or throat,” a federal agency said.

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Yemen’s Houthis Fire at Israel and Vow Further Attacks

There has long been concern that the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, could disrupt shipping in the Red Sea if they entered the broader war.

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Rep. Sam Graves, a Senior House Republican, Will Retire as Midterm Exodus Grows

Representative Sam Graves, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would leave Congress after nearly three decades, the latest sign that the G.O.P. is bracing for big losses.

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Cannonball with Wesley Morris: ‘Love Story’ Is Actually a Horror Story

The nightmare began when she said, “I do.”

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Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.

If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered.

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How ‘Love Story’ Gave Viewers a History Lesson on the Kennedys and ’90s NYC

The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.

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Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame.

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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

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Stephen Colbert Is Writing a New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

In an announcement video with the director Peter Jackson, the late-night host said he was developing a new film based on early chapters of the trilogy.

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Matt Brittin, Former Google Executive, Named the New BBC Head

Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.

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The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm.

The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.

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Russian Oil Shipment Puts Focus on Kremlin Spy Outpost in Cuba

Moscow may be challenging President Trump’s effort to choke Cuba’s economy. China also has suspected listening posts on the island.

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New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office

Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.

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Voice of America Journalists Sue, Saying Trump Officials Interfered in Coverage

The journalists said in the complaint that the administration was trying to force them to be a “mouthpiece” and that one official demanded “loyalty” if reporters wanted to “keep their jobs.”

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Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says

The group’s director general said 13 children were among those killed in the latest violence in the Darfur region, and he decried the targeting of health care facilities in the civil war.

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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of House Near Houston

No one was injured, but a woman was startled on Saturday when a meteorite pierced the roof of her home, ricocheted off the floor and struck a bedroom ceiling.

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Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.

President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.

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They Want to Stop Paying Taxes as a Protest. There Are Consequences.

Some tax resisters withhold a symbolic amount, but those who willfully refuse to file or pay could face civil or criminal penalties.

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Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry

After he concluded that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election, he became a target of the president’s anger.

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In Trump’s Administration, Military Housing Is Becoming a Hot Commodity

Until President Trump took office for the second time, it was rare for civilian government officials to live on military bases or installations.

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CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

A stalwart of the mass media century, the longstanding network that launched the careers of journalists like Edward R. Murrow will air its final broadcast in May.

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Amazon MGM Gets a Much-Needed Hit With ‘Project Hail Mary’

The movie, which stars Ryan Gosling, is on pace to be the company’s highest-grossing domestic film.

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A Meningitis Outbreak at the University of Kent Evokes Covid Memories

Residents and students in Canterbury, where the outbreak was centered, said measures to contain the disease were both familiar and frightening.

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Uber to Buy Rivian Vehicles for Use as Driverless Taxis

The deal provides cash to Rivian and is part of Uber’s attempts to stay relevant in a driverless future.

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Despite Moscow’s Threats, Poland Rules to Extradite Archaeologist

Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.

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Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit

New York City has been paying for the lawyers representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a civil lawsuit concerning an alleged sexual assault in the 1990s.

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When Teens Are Pressured to Send Sexual Images

Adolescents said they were more likely to share photos with a dating partner, or when they had been worn down with repeated requests.

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Christopher A. Sims, 83, Dies; Won Nobel for Modeling Economic Policy

He and Thomas J. Sargent shared the prize in 2011 for devising statistical tools to help guide economic policymakers.

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Loud Boom in Ohio and Pennsylvania Was Likely a Meteor, Forecasters Say

The National Weather Service said its lightning mapper and cameras picked up what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the sky Tuesday morning.

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Why Republicans are Changing Course on Immigration

What did Speaker Mike Johnson mean when he talked about a “course correction” in the Trump administration’s deportation approach? Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzes how the message around deportation is changing.

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How My Mother’s Dying Wish Took My Family to Antarctica

What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.

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Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch

Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.

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Israel Says Michigan Synagogue Attacker’s Brother Was a Hezbollah Commander

The Israeli military said it killed the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali in an airstrike in Lebanon a week before the attack on the synagogue.

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Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, Got Wealthier Stock Trading in Congress

Markwayne Mullin’s financial dealings take on new importance as the Senate considers his nomination to lead an agency whose budget has vastly expanded.

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Paula Doress-Worters, an Author of ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’ Dies at 87

She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her own suffering helped countless women.

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Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting

A judge ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, be given access to planning documents and have the chance to oppose changes to the center at a board meeting next week.

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Prediction Markets? An 83% Chance That Oscars Pundits Hate Them.

Online wagering is all the rage. But the crowdsourced data generally doesn’t interest experts who have built a brand predicting Academy Awards races.

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5 Things to Know About the Unusual March Heat Wave in the West

Soaring temperatures across California and the Southwest are expected to break records for March.

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California’s Billionaire Tax Battle

Wealthy residents of the state have put millions of dollars toward stopping a proposed 5 percent tax on their assets.

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Homes in This California Enclave Come With a Catch: Living on a Landslide Complex

The soil keeps shifting in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. For the right buyer, that presents a great opportunity, at least for the time being.

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Palisades Fire Recovery Tests L.A.’s Ability to Invest in Resilience

Palisades fire victims want to raise money for disaster hardening. Their idea could be a model — if it can get past L.A.’s most vexing housing problems.

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A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Outside the Bars

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

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Former Green Beret Behind a Failed Coup in Venezuela Is on the Run

The U.S. government said the military veteran, Jordan G. Goudreau, had been missing for months, and that an ankle monitor assigned to him had been found hidden in a piece of furniture.

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Fallout From Iran War and Oil Shock Deliver Another Blow to World Economy

Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.

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Who Will Farm America?

Many young people want to farm. They just can’t afford it.

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2 People Injured and Gunman Dead in Shooting at Old Dominion University

The shooter opened fire in Constant Hall, a building on the campus in Norfolk, Va. It was not clear what led to the shooting.

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Ron DeSantis Wants Speedy Executions, and Lots of Them

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.

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Slavery Photos of Renty Get a ‘Final Resting Place,’ Ending a Fight With Harvard

The images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.

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Trump Is the Anti-Trump

There is an alternate universe in which the president is the popular, successful figure of his imagination.

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At Least 2 Killed as Tornadoes Hit Illinois and Indiana

At least two people were killed and several were injured in the severe storm on Tuesday that heavily damaged areas of Illinois and Indiana.

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Fed Up With High Costs, American Theater Takes a Trip to London

Skyrocketing budgets and falling profitability have driven a new form of offshoring, with U.S. producers staging shows across the Atlantic.

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Culture of Silence at Columbia Shielded Sexual Assault by Physician, Report Finds

Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.

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Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Death Sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton

The move by Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is extremely rare. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago.

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Dozens of States Weigh Continuing Live Nation Antitrust Case

After the Justice Department reached a settlement with the concert giant, the judge overseeing the trial asked the states and the company to do the same.

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In Ancient Peru, a Parrot Trade That Crossed the Andes

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the Amazon.

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Why You Should Read Adam Smith

The news is good. Really.

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O.S.U. President Walter Carter Jr. Resigns Over ‘Inappropriate Relationship’

The president, Walter Carter Jr., said he “made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership.”

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A Night Light in the Sky? Reflect Orbital Wants to Launch a Big Space Mirror.

The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels. Critics say it could be bad for people and wildlife.

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Hip-Hop Icons Tell Justices That Texas Turned Rap Lyrics Into a Death Warrant

Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression.

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Thousands Waiting in Security Lines at Airports in New Orleans and Houston

Screening delays created lines that stretched around William P. Hobby and Louis Armstrong airports, causing many to miss flights at the start of spring break season.

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Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

One of the starring acts at Woodstock, he and his band, the Fish, came out of the Bay Area’s psychedelic rock scene. He went on to a long career as a solo artist.

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ICE Arrests Slowed as Trump Backed Off After Minneapolis

The drop in arrests reflects a retreat, at least for now, from some of the administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.

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At Noma, Accusations of Physical Abuse

Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.

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Epstein Doctor Steps Away From Elite Health Clinics

Dr. Bernard Kruger once gave a private E.R. membership to Jeffrey Epstein and unnamed “girls.”

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Tom Junod Would Like to Tell You About His Father

A star writer from the heyday of magazines reveals the family secret behind his award-winning stories.

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Weak Jobs Data Underscores Fed’s Dilemma as War Stokes Inflation Risk

The Federal Reserve is still widely expected to hold interest rates steady when its officials next meet on March 17-18.

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McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’

Chris Kempczinski’s rather tentative chomp drew mirth online, even from some competitors.

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Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power

Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.

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The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

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Savannah Guthrie Plans a Return to ‘Today’

Ms. Guthrie visited 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Thursday for the first time since her mother, Nancy, went missing in early February.

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Did You Know These Oscar-Nominated Actresses Started in Reality TV?

Hollywood careers don’t always begin where you expect them to, as Jessie Buckley, Teyana Taylor and Emma Stone could tell you.

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Did Andrea Fraser’s Career Bloom Because Her Mother’s Career Died?

Andrea Fraser had long felt that she was to blame for the years her mother, Carmen de Monteflores, was overlooked. Now Carmen is 92. Can the Whitney Biennial make amends?

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Sea Levels Are Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

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Are You ‘Biohacking’ Your Diet? We Want to Hear From You.

Your responses may be used in an article that examines the growing popularity of biohacking.

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Trump’s Head-on-a-Pike Foreign Policy

Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn’t dare to.

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Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse 2026: Time and Visibility Guide

Earth’s shadow will temporarily drape the moon in a copper hue before sunrise on Tuesday.

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Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

More than two dozen contributors to the manual criticized the deletion of a chapter on climate science by the Federal Judicial Center.

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The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder

Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons.

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The Unexpected Winners From Trump’s New Global Tariff

The president’s flat 10 percent tariff is most beneficial to nations that previously faced the highest rates. But it’s not clear how much that will prompt a new surge in imports.

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With Iran, Trump and Netanyahu are Doing the Free World a Favor

American hearts should be moved by moments like this, when free nations band together to administer justice and supply hope.

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Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran

President Trump did not deliver a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from his predecessors.

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With a New Nigeria Refinery, Africa’s Richest Man Wants ‘to Rescue the Country’

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for the continent’s most populous nation, but hurdles stand in his way.

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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

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QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files

The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.

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Epstein Effort to Finance a Dick Cavett Film Undone by Background Check

Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.

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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team

Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.

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