Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 1980s, died in Mumbai aged 92, her family says aje.news/5citgo

The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review Writer and author Alex Preston said he “made a serious mistake” after a reader spotted similarities between his review and one that appeared in the Guardian

It came after a NYT reader flagged similarities between the paper’s January review of Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, written by author and journalist Alex Preston, and an August review of the same book written by Christobel Kent in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Text reads: "50 Nearly 50 schools in California bear Cesar Chavez’s name. 
K-12 students are also currently required to learn about his life and contributions to the farm worker movement. source: the new york times"

School districts in California are distancing themselves from Cesar Chavez — man that generations of students grew up learning about and condemning his alleged abuse of young girls and women. https://bit.ly/4rRGq99

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

U.S. at Fault in February Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Columbia Student Arrested by ICE in a University Building Is Released

Mayor Mamdani said he had brought up the student’s detention during a meeting with President Trump in Washington on Thursday. Just after 3 p.m., Mr. Mamdani said on social media that President Trump had informed him that the student would “be released imminently.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

Plan for ICE detention center in Merrimack has been scrapped, governor says After two months of speculation, protests and public debate, the Department of Homeland Security is moving on from plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack, WMUR was first to report on T...

"During my trip to Washington last week, I had productive discussions with Secretary Kristi Noem, and I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security will not move forward with the proposed ICE facility in Merrimack," Gov. Kelly Ayotte said.
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State of the Union Live Updates: Trump Is Set to Speak at a Pivotal Moment

Watch the State of the Union live with NYT analysis here: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

After expanding the dress code to include pink last year to call attention to President Donald Trump’s administration’s treatment of women and families, the lawmakers will return to white tonight, the color of suffrage, partially in reference to the SAVE America Act. https://bit.ly/4u1lG15

The Guest List for the State of the Union

The guest list for Trump’s speech includes Epstein victims, Olympians and Erika Kirk.
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This 18-year-old is protecting his California farm community – and his own mother – from ICE Cesar Vasquez, who has supported families of undocumented immigrants since age 14, has become a community lifeline – and a known ICE target

While most 18-year-olds worry about college papers and spring break plans, Cesar Vasquez supports families of undocumented immigrants, is a lifeline for his community – and a known ICE target.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... (by @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social)

The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay "We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."

I was really troubled by this Atlantic piece. It was presented as reporting, but it seems more accurate to describe it as speculative fiction based on reporting. It seems like a bizarre choice for a journalistic institution to make. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America

"At a coffee shop in Hillsboro, Ore., deputies and local police in Washington Co. responded in Oct. to multiple 911 calls that reported 10 armed men wearing masks who approached a car filled with high school students with weapons drawn in a crowded drive-through lane" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

"Ma'am you paid the *airport* price for a physical copy of the NYT to care what I think..."

Allegations against those shot at by federal immigration agents have often failed to withstand scrutiny.

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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.

Martin Weil, one of hundreds of journalists being let go at The Washington Post, has worked on local news there since 1965.

The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children

"The trauma has affected each child differently...One of her 4-year-old twins screamed at the sight of someone holding spray-on deodorant, mistaking it for pepper spray...The baby requires nasal drops to fight the effects of the chemicals that inflamed his sinuses."
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They Went to the Woods Because They Wished to Live Deliberately

Let's live like Walden.

Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden cabin.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/r... (by @doriechevlen.bsky.social)

Yes, Some Westminster Dogs Still Have Day Jobs

When he's not competing as a champion show dog, Nick, a Tibetan spaniel, is a therapy dog at a senior living center in Washington.
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Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.

Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care 19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-... (via @19thnews.org)

How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Pizza Cutter and a Fork: A Bizarre Bid to Break Mangione Out of Jail

This reads like an episode of Brooklyn 99:

Mark Anderson, who had been working at a pizzeria, was charged with impersonating an F.B.I. agent. He was trying to free Luigi Mangione from jail and was found to be carrying a pizza cutter along with a barbecue fork.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/n...

Video: Border Patrol Official Gregory Bovino Is Set to Leave Minnesota The Trump administration is planning to move Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official leading an aggressive immigration crackdown, out of Minneapolis, officials said. Some protesters in the city exp...

Follow live updates from Minnesota here: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

(Video: The Trump administration is planning to move Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official whose tactics in major American cities have drawn controversy, out of Minneapolis.) www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Protests continued in Minneapolis after federal agents on Saturday fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old man who was the second person to be killed in the city during demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Follow live updates. trib.al/NIyNYZi

Battling brain rot Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 01/25/2026 · 31m

Bland colors, AI summaries, and declining literacy rates have lots of us worried that we’re losing our intelligence to the modern world. Can we get it back?

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(Via @vox.com’s Today Explained podcast)

She lost her school to a wildfire. What she saved was more important. When the Eaton Fire destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, its executive director focused on keeping her students engaged and her community intact, even without a campus.

When the Eaton Fire destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, its executive director focused on keeping her students engaged and her community intact, even without a campus.

A year later, enrollment actually increased.

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Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis

The five-year-old, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were taken to Dilley, Texas, outside of San Antonio, where they are being held at an immigration detention center, according to Marc Prokosch, a lawyer working with the family. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...