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January 4, 2024 NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED Bombing in Iran Kills Over 100, Sowing Confusion and Speculation 'It's State Propaganda': Ukrainians Shun TV News as War Drags on As Flames Surged, Order Prevailed Inside a Japan Airlines Jet Who Is Alan Garber, Harvard's Interim President? Johnson Visits Border, Turning Up Heat on Biden for an Immigration Deal Go to homepage FROM PERSONAL PROFILES The People Who Brought You Travis Kelce A plan was hatched to make the football player "as famous as the Rock." It began long before you might guess. America Ferrera and the 'Barbie' Monologue We All Talked About The key moment in the smash hit went through many revisions: "We ended in tears. It ended in laughter, it got big, it got small." Emily Blunt Doesn't Care if Her 'Oppenheimer' Character Is Likable As the brilliant but flawed Kitty Oppenheimer, the actress plays a woman who had "extraordinary qualities, as well as ones that really let her down as a person." The Saucy Polymath Who Scandalized 17th-Century London In "Pure Wit," Francesca Peacock makes a fresh case for the writer Margaret Cavendish's place in the feminist canon. How 'That Octopus Book' Won Over More Than a Million Readers With its beguiling octopus narrator, Shelby Van Pelt's "Remarkably Bright Creatures" has notable staying power and is back on the best-seller list — a year and a half after its release. Tomorrow: From Health Every day we'll feature stories from a different section. Check back daily. MORE TO DISCOVER Will America's Good News on Inflation Last? One of the biggest economic surprises of 2023 was how quickly inflation faded. A dig into the details offers hints at whether it will last into 2024. Abrupt Dismissals Point to Xi Jinping's Quiet Shake-Up of China's Military The purge of several commanders from China's legislature was the latest sign of widening investigations focused on the sensitive arms sector, experts say. JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Covid Cases Here's what to know about the coronavirus variant, which was first detected in the United States in September. As Mikaela Shiffrin Considers How to Top Herself, She Studies Taylor Swift Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame, adversity and unprecedented success. Can New Haven's Legendary Pizza Joints Play on the National Stage? The city has long been known as a pizza town. Now other places seem to be trying to cash in on the hype. What's in a Name? The Battle of Baby T. Rex and Nanotyrannus. A dinosaur fossil listed for sale in London for $20 million embodies one of the most heated debates in paleontology. LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign A lawsuit brought by New York's attorney general against Wayne LaPierre and three other N.R.A. insiders accuses the gun rights group of decades of corruption. Dave Chappelle Assumes We're Already Offended in His New Netflix Special "The Dreamer" predictably includes trans and disabled jokes but punches down in other ways, too. Chappelle is part of a comedy elite that Gary Gulman pokes at. TAKE A BREAK, PLAY A GAME The Mini Crossword Solve this bite-sized puzzle in just a few minutes. Spelling Bee How many words can you make with 7 letters? Wordle Guess the 5-letter word with 6 chances. See all our games To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to the Times   |   Get the NYT app Change Your Email   |   Privacy Policy   |   Contact   |   Advertise   |   California Notices The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018