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Saudis Intercept Yemen Rebel Missile Targeting Royal Palace
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels said it intercepted a missile fired over southern Riyadh on Tuesday, which the rebels said was targeting a "top leadership" meeting at the royal palace in the kingdom's capital, Riyadh.
Poor Vetting Sinks Trump’s Nominees for Federal Judge
In recent days, three nominees have withdrawn from consideration, including one who failed to answer basic courtroom questions in his confirmation hearing.
A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted
The N.I.H. will create expert panels to assess controversial research into creating pathogens that easily infect humans.
California Today: California Today: The World Asks Santa Barbara, ‘Are You O.K.?’
Tuesday: An evacuated Montecito resident, the mysteries of the Amargosa River, Bay Area infrastructure dreams and a Trader Vic’s legend retires.
Dancing Down the Years
Dancers of retirement age reflect on why they’re still dancing. “Why not now?”
Op-Ed Contributor: The Bitcoin Boom: In Code We Trust
Bitcoin may be in a bubble, but it is part of a much bigger trend that is here to stay: a shift in trust from government to technology.
Review: ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Has Dwayne Johnson as a Nerd
The magical game is back, and this time it’s turning geeks into action heroes and jocks into zoologists.
Multiple Deaths in Amtrak Train Derailment in Washington
Officials said the train was going more than twice the limit when it jumped the tracks south of Seattle, killing at least three people.
China Unveils an Ambitious Plan to Curb Climate Change Emissions
The world’s No. 1 polluter will create a national market to clean up its power sector, putting it in a leading position on the issue as the U.S. retreats.
New York Today: New York Today: A Holiday Market for El Barrio
Tuesday: A seaonal market pops up in East Harlem, a klezmer Hanukkah celebration, and a noise-beating bill.
Op-Ed Contributor: How Hollywood Blockbusters Explain American Politics
Like moviemaking studios, our political class has largely forgotten how to tell compelling, original stories.
Op-Ed Columnist: Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Farce
“It’s impossible to know what the United States position is,” says a European ambassador. The administration has no policy. It has outbursts.
The Conversation: Weirdest Presidential Highlights of 2017
What we saw while we binge-watched Trump.
Nonfiction: Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’
In “God: A Human History,” the author of “Zealot” follows up his book about Jesus with one about God.
Montreal Journal: Calling Poutine ‘Canadian’ Gives Some in Quebec Indigestion
A culture war over French fries, cheese curds and brown gravy grips Quebec.
A Bitcoin Hedge Fund’s Return: 25,004 Percent (That Wasn’t a Typo)
The Pantera Bitcoin Fund was set up in 2013, when few on Wall Street were interested in cryptocurrencies. It has since ridden the Bitcoin wave to blockbuster returns.
Best of Late Night: Trevor Noah, Reflecting on the ‘Paradox’ of Trump, Bids Goodbye to 2017
In a year-end special, Mr. Noah said that while President Trump’s conduct worried him, “I also wake up knowing he’s going to make me laugh.”
Op-Ed Contributor: America’s Blind Eye to Honduras’s Tyrant
Why does the United States continue to support a strongman who abets assassination and destroys democracy?
The Best Toys That Teach Kids How to Code
There are dozens of coding toys on the market. Here are 10 of the best, and how our test kids responded.
Nonfiction: Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages
Eric Metaxas’ “Martin Luther” seeks to make its subject attractive to a wide reading audience.