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Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has denounced ICE, celebrated Latino heritage in his largely Spanish-language performance.

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Bad Bunny, the singer and rapper, performed in Spanish during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
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The Death Toll in Ukraine

We are covering the latest from the war.

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The largest military cemetery in Kyiv, has become increasingly full.
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Respite From Wind-Driven, Bone-Chilling Cold Weather Is in Sight

Wind chills below zero were expected to persist across parts of the Northeast and New England on Monday but should finally ease, forecasters said.

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A couple near the frozen waters of the Hudson River in New York on Sunday. Forecasters said Sunday was likely to be the last very cold night for some time.
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Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks

The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry.

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The SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild strikes in 2023 brought production in Hollywood to a halt.
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Is the King Cake Baby Jesus?

Does the popular figurine represent Jesus or the Crescent City’s typical joie de vivre?

Loretta’s Authentic Pralines puts a Black plastic baby into its praline cream cheese-filled king cakes. The owner Robert Harrison said they use this baby because his mother, Loretta, wanted “the world to know that this is a proud, Black-owned business.”
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Vietnam’s Leader Has New Power, and He’s in a Hurry

To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential.

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To Lam, Vietnam’s top leader, at a news conference in January in Hanoi after the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
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Jerrold Nadler Has Picked a Successor. Will That Matter to Voters?

The retiring congressman hopes his endorsement will carry Assemblyman Micah Lasher past a crowded primary field, including a Kennedy.

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Representative Jerrold Nadler, right, said that he saw similarities in the way he and Assemblyman Micah Lasher strove to govern.
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Takeaways From the Second Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial

The judge denied a request for a mistrial and jurors heard from a woman who accused one of the brothers of filming her when she was a minor. The sex-trafficking trial resumes on Monday.

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Orly Alexander, left, and Shlomo Alexander, the parents of the Alexander brothers, leaving court in Manhattan last week. Three of their sons are accused of running a sex-trafficking conspiracy.
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Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But President Trump has asserted a U.S. right to take it.

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Venezuela’s Cardon oil refinery. Critics say President Trump’s plan for the country’s oil industry revives bitter memories of colonial exploitation and flagrantly violates international law.
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Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong

Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.

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Law Wai-kwong, center right, and his colleagues sitting in Apple Daily’s newsroom in 2020. The newspaper was shuttered the following year.
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