Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede

Black female professionals have seen a steep drop in employment over the last year. They are turning to each other for pep talks and résumé advice.Nneka Obiekwe started a chat group for Black women professionals looking for work. Within 24 hours, 500 people had joined.

J Jordyn Holman

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.Climate activists protest BlackRock in New York City in 2023.

D David Gelles

A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered

The first veto of the president’s second term killed legislation that would have brought clean water to some of the most conservative parts of the state. Residents wonder why.Ed Brown can’t consume water that comes out of the tap at his house because it is contaminated with unsafe levels of radium a

J Jack Healy and Michael Ciaglo for The New York Times

Conservative Influencer Chased From Minneapolis Streets by Counterprotesters

A protest at City Hall was organized by a conservative influencer to draw attention to a fraud scandal in the state. He was chased by counterprotesters lobbing water balloons in frigid temperatures.Conservative influencer Jake Lang was surrounded by counterprotesters in Minneapolis on Saturday.

J Julie Bosman, Vivian Yee and Lauren McCarthy

Will the ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Be Prosecuted?

With the Trump administration unlikely to bring a federal case against the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, our criminal justice reporter Jonah Bromwich explains some of the obstacles for any Minnesota prosecutors trying to charge the agent.

J Jonah E. Bromwich, Christina Shaman, Nikolay Nikolov, June Kim and Sutton Raphael

Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll

The nationwide demonstrations that have roiled Iran for weeks appear to have been largely quelled after a brutal government crackdown.An image taken from a social media post on Jan. 9 shows demonstrators gathered in Tehran.

A Abdi Latif Dahir, Leily Nikounazar, Farnaz Fassihi and Ephrat Livni

A.I. Is Coming to Class. These Professors Want to Ease Your Worries.

Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.Attitudes toward artificial intelligence are evolving, with some academic groups saying students must learn how to use it critically.

S Sharon Otterman and Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Tech Firms Are Persuading Retailers to Put A.I. Everywhere

Stores of all kinds are using artificial intelligence to sell everything from luxury handbags to hay for horses.John Furner, incoming chief executive of Walmart, left, and Sundar Pichai, Google’s leader, said at a conference in New York City this week that the two companies would use artificial inte

K Kim Bhasin and Sophia June

Before Criticizing Pro-Hamas Chants, Mamdani Sought Jewish Leaders’ Input

The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.The protests outside a Queens synagogue on Jan. 8 featured insults and slurs from the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups that gathered at night,

S Sally Goldenberg, Dana Rubinstein and Liam Stack

Mamdani Appoints New Parks Commissioner to Oversee NYC Green Spaces

The mayor announced Tricia Shimamura as the city’s new parks commissioner amid broad calls for more park funding.Tricia Shimamura, the Parks Department’s Manhattan borough commissioner since March 2024, will now be in charge of 30,000 acres of parkland across the city’s five boroughs.

D Debra Kamin

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters by enabling conservation zones.The High Seas Treaty represents the first time that the vast majority of international waters, which lie outside of any country’s jurisdiction an

S Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

At Least $110,000 Worth of Pokémon Cards Stolen From New York Store

The robbery at the Poké Court on Wednesday was the latest in a string of thefts of high-value Pokémon trading cards.Three robbers burst into a Pokémon card shop in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and stole at least $110,000 worth of merchandise, the store owner said.

H Hannah Ziegler