Supreme Court Leans Toward Catholic Charity in Tax Case

The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the group’s activities in serving the state’s poor were not religious enough to qualify for a tax exemption.

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Estimates Imply That Tariffs Could Fall Heavily on Consumers

A White House trade adviser projected that tariffs would raise about $6 trillion over the next decade. But raising so much revenue for the government conflicts with the administration’s goal of reshoring manufacturing.

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Prince Harry Resigns From Charity Amid Board Dispute: What to Know

Harry resigned from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in memory of his mother, after a dispute erupted between the charity’s chair, Sophie Chandauka, and five of its trustees.

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Dozens of Engaging Ways to Make Media Literacy Meaningful to Teenagers

This collection of interactive exercises uses Times resources to help young people find the news that matters to them, understand how it’s made, connect it to their lives — and make media of their own.

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‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status

The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already approved for entry before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.

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On the Night Before Eid, Mothers Made the Magic Happen

For the joyous Muslim holiday to work, mothers in New York City spent Saturday night preparing, merging traditions from around the world with ones developed here.

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Orbital Rocket Crashes After First Launch From Continental Europe

The rocket, developed by Isar Aerospace, lifted off from Norway’s Andøya Space Center and crashed about 30 seconds later. The test flight was part of efforts to make Europe a center for private satellite launches.

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‘A Tiny Bit of Math’ Might Improve Your Heart Health, Study Suggests

Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better.

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F.A.A. Investigates After Air Force Jets Near Delta Plane Activate Safety Alert

Four jets came close enough to the Delta flight, which was taking off from Washington’s Reagan National Airport, to set off a collision-avoidance alert.

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Security Breaches Can Be Fixed. People Without Honor Can’t Be Trusted.

There’s a reason every warrior society has a code.

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Facebook Returns to Its Roots: Showing Posts From Friends and Family

A new Friends Tab will feature posts from a user’s friends and relatives, which was the original mission of the app.

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Luigi Mangione Was Sent Socks With Heart-Shaped Notes Inside, Prosecutors Say

In filings, lawyers for the man accused of assassinating a health care executive argued with prosecutors over special treatment and his access to evidence.

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How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak

War plan or battle plan? Classified or not? The answers to those questions amount to a distinction without much of a difference.

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Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥

Help yourself. The door is open.

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Funding Cuts at Columbia Create ‘Chilling Effect,’ Faculty Lawsuit Says

The Trump administration’s cancellation of $400 million in aid violates the Constitution, a teachers’ union and a faculty group allege.

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Judge Maintains Block on Trump Administration’s Deportations Under Wartime Law

Judge James E. Boasberg’s order says that the Venezuelan immigrants should have the opportunity to challenge the accusation by the Trump administration that they are members of a gang.

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Trump Administration Cites Alien Enemies Act as It Plans New Extraditions

By citing the act, the administration seems to be highlighting its aggressive posture without taking steps that might be deemed to violate a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge.

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Lionizing Mark Twain, Conan O’Brien Subtly Skewers Trump

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute.

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Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Opens His Closet for Charity

Mr. Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, has stood out not just for his politics but also his style. Now, he has opened his closet to raise money for charity.

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Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been “10 or 20 times worse” than the Republican stopgap spending bill

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Pakistan Is Trying to Integrate the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ on Earth. It’s Failing.

The country’s former tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are plagued by escalating militancy, leading to widespread disillusionment.

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Pope Francis Will Be Discharged From the Hospital on Sunday, Doctors Say

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican for at least two months, his doctors said.

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Trump and Newsom Are Attacking the California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions about the future of the 53-year-old state agency.

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Sudan’s Army Retakes the Presidential Palace in Khartoum

Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped in the middle in a city with an apocalyptic air.

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Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles

In an email message on Thursday evening, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp reassured employees that the deal with President Trump was in keeping with the firm’s principles.

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For Trump and Netanyahu, Similar Strategies With Similar Goals

The American and Israeli leaders have been mirroring each other as they go to war with their own governments

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Why Trump Can’t Quit Biden

Smearing his predecessor is inoculation from his own incompetence.

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Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C.

The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, officials said.

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Hold My Snacks: Pirate’s Booty Founder Attempts a Seaside Coup

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

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As France Sours on Trump’s America, De Gaulle Is on the Rise

Charles de Gaulle’s insistence on French power and autonomy is being cited widely in France; one politician demanded that an America on “the side of the tyrants” return the Statue of Liberty.

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John “Paddy” Hemingway, Last Surviving Pilot of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help stave off a Nazi land invasion of Britain.

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Are Leftovers at Restaurants Over?

Restaurateurs in big cities have noticed a somewhat surprising shift in diner behavior.

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What’s Next for Mahmoud Khalil? A Fight to Keep His Case in New York.

The Trump administration’s effort to have his case heard in Louisiana could let some of America’s most conservative judges set a precedent on deportations.

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Democracy Is on the Line in Israel and America

The rule of law is in danger in both America and Israel if some red lines are not drawn and defended.

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How South Sudan Returned to the Brink of War

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace deal looks ever more fragile.

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Children Try to Cheer Pope Francis During His Hospital Stay

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to offer wishes for a quick recovery.

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A Cornell graduate student fearing deportation files a pre-emptive lawsuit.

A doctoral student from Gambia sued the Trump administration on First Amendment grounds over two Trump executive orders aimed at pro-Palestinian activism.

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Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87

A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

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He Dreamed Up Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer. It All Started With L.A.

For almost four decades, Michael Connelly has set his characters loose in a city of big dreams and lucky breaks. Now they’re facing an altered landscape. So is he.

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U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen

The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

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Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

Merchants worried that a trade war could wreak financial havoc in a region that has a robust business exporting the world’s finest bubbly to the United States.

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The South and Midwest Face Threats of Hail, 100 M.P.H. Winds and Tornadoes

A system over the northern part of the U.S. is expected to fuel severe weather across large areas of the country until Monday.

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Who’s Afraid of Lab-Grown Meat?

Mississippi became the third state to ban cell-derived meat, a product not for sale in the United States. But not all livestock producers are opposed to cultivated protein.

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Tornado Reported in Los Angeles as Storm Batters California

Parts of the city had been urged to evacuate as a powerful system brought rain and snow up and down the state.

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Keir Starmer Wants to Abolish NHS England: What to Know About His Plan

The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication.

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Did Covid Open the Door to a Measles Outbreak?

Measles vaccination rates among kindergarteners have been falling since the Covid-19 pandemic. Teddy Rosenbluth, a health reporter at The New York Times, explains why that has experts worried.

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Delta, Southwest, American Airlines Cut Forecasts, an Early Alarm About Consumer Spending

The revised projections suggest that flagging economic confidence has started to hurt travel, which can be an indicator for other industries.

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A Young Prince of Luxembourg Dies of a Rare Genetic Disease

Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder.

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Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans

In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they stray — to keep them in line behind his agenda.

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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy

Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.

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Arkansas Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Producing Deadly Ricin Poison

Jason Kale Clampit, 44, was sentenced for possession of ricin, which he had made to set traps for trespassers, prosecutors said.

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Flo Fox, Photographer Who Overcame Blindness and Paralysis, Dies at 79

She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film.

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14-Year-Old Boy Arrested in Connection With Fatal Newark Police Shooting

The boy, who has not been named, was charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing illegal weapons. The officer who died early Saturday morning was identified as Detective Joseph Azcona.

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Why You Should Sign Up for an I.R.S. Identity Protection PIN

With employees from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency poking around in agency systems, faith in data security isn’t what it once was. The tool, an identity protection PIN, can help.

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Andrew Cuomo’s Pro-Israel Group Promised Big Plans. It Delivered Little.

The group was one of several initiatives that Mr. Cuomo rolled out after resigning as governor. They helped pave the way for his return from the political wilderness, and now a mayoral bid.

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Bacterial Vaginosis May Be Sexually Transmitted, New Study Shows

Bacterial vaginosis is most likely a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study.

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With Trump’s Reprieve on Tariffs, Mexico, Still Wary, Breathes Easier

After President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico spoke with President Trump about his 25 percent tariff on exports from her country, he announced he would delay it until April 2.

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Justice Barrett May Have the Crucial Vote in Trump Cases

She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.

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Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70

A former mayor of Houston, he was in attendance at the president’s speech on Tuesday night but was later taken to a hospital.

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Adrienne Adams, N.Y.C. Council Speaker, Attacks Trump Ahead of Potential Mayoral Bid

In her final State of the City address, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who is considering a run for mayor, proposed ideas that she said could be “scaled for greater impact.”

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Dr. Pimple Popper Knows You Can’t Look Away

Dr. Sandra Lee has built a new kind of dermatologic empire by sharing gnarly extractions and cyst removals with the world online.

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Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web

Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.

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What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Canada

Canada is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, but President Trump wants to either take it or leave it.

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Key Interest Rate Falls as Worries About the Economy Rise

Investors’ increasingly gloomy sentiment about economic growth appears to be driving down the 10-year Treasury yield.

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Keeper of Francis Bacon’s Secrets? Or a Fantasist and a Trickster?

Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure.

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Greenpeace Faces Tough Start in Trial Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the court it can’t get a fair trial.

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In Ukraine, many watch and wait for signs of hope from abroad.

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Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight M23

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

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Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman

In his 2016 campaign, President Trump seized on the death of Sarah Root, who police said was killed by an undocumented immigrant suspected of driving drunk.

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