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Headlines from The New York Times for Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021

Top News

  1. As Omicron Spreads and Cases Soar, the Unvaccinated Remain Defiant

    By Jack Healy, Noah Weiland and Richard Fausset

    Page A1

  2. As Prices Rise, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers

    By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport

    Page A1

  3. James Webb Space Telescope Launches on Journey to See the Dawn of Starlight

    By Dennis Overbye and Joey Roulette

    Page A1

Editors' Picks

  1. First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City.

    By Sabrina Tavernise

    Page A1

  2. Is Life Really Better When We’re Together?

    By Jon Mooallem

World

  1. A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are

    By Isabel Kershner

    Page A4

  2. As Russian Threat Looms, Ukraine’s Government Is No Laughing Matter

    By Andrew E. Kramer

    Page A12

  3. Many African Countries Toughen Covid Restrictions as Fourth Wave Spreads

    By Abdi Latif Dahir and Jeffrey Moyo

    Page A10

U.S.

  1. Another Christmas of Death and Distress in America’s I.C.U.s

    By Sarah Bahr and Mike Baker

    Page A27

  2. After Hurricanes and Pandemic, a New Orleans Museum Fights to Hold On

    By Katy Reckdahl and Sophie Kasakove

    Page A16

  3. Man Killed in Apparent Shark Attack Off California, the Authorities Say

    By Vimal Patel

    Page A27

Politics

  1. Despite Reforms, the Texas Electricity Grid Is Still Vulnerable to Cold

    By J. David Goodman and David Montgomery

    Page A9

  2. Biden Administration Rejects Medicaid Work Requirements in Georgia

    By Chris Cameron

    Page A11

  3. Why Janet Yellen’s Signature Is Not on U.S. Currency

    By Alan Rappeport

    Page B5

Business

  1. How a Relief Fund for Restaurants Picked Winners and Losers

    By Stacy Cowley

    Page B1

  2. Who’s Up for a Round of Warhammer?

    By Shane O’Neill

    Page ST6

  3. Why the C.E.O. Behind Match.com and Tinder Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law

    By David Gelles

    Page BU4

Technology

  1. Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter

    By Muyi Xiao, Paul Mozur and Gray Beltran

  2. Public Streets Are the Lab for Self-Driving Experiments

    By Roy Furchgott

    Page B5

  3. Navigational Apps for the Blind Could Have a Broader Appeal

    By Amanda Morris

    Page B5

Sports

  1. For This College Basketball Team, It Pays to Hit the Road

    By Jeré Longman and Chad Rhym

    Page A31

  2. Michael Spies Has Become Sailing’s Guru of Speed

    By John Clarke

    Page A11

  3. The N.B.A.’s Early Breakout Stars

    By Sopan Deb, Tania Ganguli and Scott Cacciola

    Page A33

Arts

  1. Gillian Laub’s Divided House Is Still Standing. What About Yours?

    By Yinka Elujoba

    Page AR15

  2. Brigitte Lefèvre, Ballet’s Disciplined Rebel, Takes Her Next Steps

    By Roslyn Sulcas

    Page AR7

  3. The Met Opera Spirits ‘Rigoletto’ to ‘Babylon Berlin’

    By Joshua Barone

    Page AR6

New York

  1. Sardi’s Is Back After 648 Days, Its Fortunes Tied to Broadway

    By Michael Paulson

    Page A1

  2. Is New York Still a ‘Tale of Two Cities’?

    By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays

    Page MB4

  3. The Dreaded Return of the ‘Park Hang’

    By Alex Williams

    Page ST3

Media & Advertising

  1. In China, Bragging About Your Wealth Can Get You Censored

    By Vivian Wang and Joy Dong

    Page A14

  2. Many Pluses, Zero Minuses, Some Division

    By Neil Vigdor

    Page ST7

  3. ‘Emily in Paris’ Returns, With Even More Fantastical Fashion

    By Eliza Brooke

    Page D4

Science

  1. How to Catch a Polar Bear

    By Anna Filipova and Emily Anthes

    Page D8

  2. ‘Schizophrenia’ Still Carries a Stigma. Will Changing the Name Help?

    By Karen Brown

    Page D3

  3. How Exercise May Affect Our Alcohol Consumption

    By Gretchen Reynolds

    Page D6

Magazine

  1. The Lives They Lived

    By The New York Times Magazine

  2. Can We Make Our Granddaughter Give Up Her Scary Dog?

    By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Page MM14

  3. What Can You Learn from a Celebrity Masterclass on Empathy?

    By Mireille Silcoff

    Page MM7

Travel

  1. Omicron and Holiday Travel: How to Strategize

    By Heather Murphy

  2. Inside the Campaign to Save an Imperiled Cambodian Rainforest

    By Francesco Lastrucci

    Page A8

  3. Travel as Healing

    By Concepción de León

    Page B5

Real Estate

  1. How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?

    By Julie Lasky

    Page RE1

  2. These Churches Have Been Closed, but Their Artifacts Live On

    By John Freeman Gill

    Page RE1

  3. House Hunting in Barbados: Alfresco Living in the Eastern Caribbean

    By Marcelle Sussman Fischler

    Page RE5

Fashion & Style

  1. Marriage Requires Amnesia

    By Heather Havrilesky

    Page ST4

  2. Best Quarantine Yet?

    By Alyson Krueger

    Page D4

  3. Got a Resolution? Why Wait for the New Year?

    By Alyson Krueger

    Page ST2

T Magazine

  1. A Tangier Home That Has Passed Between Design Legends

    By Christopher Garis and Simon Watson

    Page M2115

  2. A Designer Who Lives With ‘Pickled’ Balloons and a Jellyfish-Shaped Lamp

    By Meara Sharma

    Page ST3

  3. Looking at Surrealist Art in Our Own Surreal Age

    By Kate Guadagnino

    Page M278

Obituaries

  1. Frederick Baldwin, Whose Photography Told Stories, Dies at 92

    By James Estrin

    Page A28

  2. Anne Emerman, Champion of Disability Rights, Dies at 84

    By Katharine Q. Seelye

    Page A29

  3. H. Jackson Brown Jr., Best-Selling Giver of Fatherly Advice, Dies at 81

    By Alex Traub

    Page A28

Opinion

  1. The U.S. Needs a Reset With Pakistan

    By Madiha Afzal

  2. This Is a Do-or-Die Moment for Chile’s Incoming President

    By Cristian Farias

  3. On bell hooks and the Solace of Ritual

    By Tressie McMillan Cottom