What’s Going On in This Picture? | Feb. 9, 2026
1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: What is...
How Do You Write About a Slur?
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together....
Art Gallery Shows to See in February
This week in Newly Reviewed, Andrew Russeth covers Keith Haring’s rollicking murals, John Duff’s gritty inventiveness and a group show...
Amazon Plans to Spend $200 Billion on A.I. and Other Projects This Year
Amazon said on Thursday that it would spend $200 billion this year on data centers, satellites and other big-ticket items...
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted on Wednesday that the keto diet could cure schizophrenia — an unfounded claim...
What Teenagers Are Saying About the Killings in Minneapolis
Welcome to Current Events Conversation, where each week we round up some of our favorite responses to one of our...
At Least 67 People Are Rescued From Stuck Gondolas at a New York Ski Resort
After spending more than two and a half hours suspended in a gondola lift at the Gore Mountain ski resort...
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels
A federal judge in Texas has struck down a law barring state agencies from investing in firms accused of boycotting...
Hollywood Viewed Them as Maids. The Randolph Sisters’ Talent Shone Through.
It may not have made it onto many critics’ top 10 lists, but the release of the Blu-ray edition of...
It’s Time for the Olympics
The Winter Olympics are officially underway in Italy. It’s a moment that brings people across the globe together and a...
Test Your Internet Brain. Can You Use ‘Choppelganger’ in a Sentence?
Test Your Internet Brain. Can You Use ‘Choppelganger’ in a Sentence? This is a series about the mysteries of internet...
Myra MacPherson, Who Wrote Wrenchingly About Vietnam Vets, Dies at 91
Myra MacPherson, who set her sights on a journalism career when newsrooms were casually hostile to women and who went...
Savannah Guthrie Addresses Mother’s Abductor: ‘We Are Ready to Talk’
The television news anchor Savannah Guthrie said in an emotional video on Wednesday night that she and her siblings were...
Mayor of Tequila, Mexico, Is Accused of Shaking Down Tequila Companies
The mayor of Tequila, a city in Jalisco state, Mexico, was arrested along with three other officials accused of extorting...
Musk’s Starlink Blocks Russian Troops’ Internet Access, at Ukraine’s Request
Russian troops fighting in Ukraine were reporting internet outages that hindered their fighting ability, Russia’s military bloggers said this week,...
