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Man Found in Barrel in Lake Mead in 2022 Is Identified by Las Vegas Police

ALENA CERRO

The victim was shot once in the head in the early 1980s, the authorities said, and was identified after family members from Arkansas could provide a DNA match.

A Guide to State Legislature Elections and Where Partisan Control Is at Stake

DAVID W. CHEN

A guide to the states where legislatures are up for grabs.

Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND JOANNA NI

Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.

A Quiet Dog Walk Is Shattered by the Sound of Gunfire

ISHANI DESAI

“It’s just something that we live with here in America,” said Leah Schwartz, who heard the violence in Bend, Ore. “It’s exhausting.”

Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says

LAUREN MCGAUGHY

Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.

A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell

TYLER PAGER AND ANATOLY KURMANAEV

Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.

Judge Refuses to Reverse Penalties Against Crypto Firm With Ties to Trump Family

SHARON LAFRANIERE

The ruling denied a bid by Gemini Trust and the C.F.T.C. to nullify a settlement that required the company to pay $5 million for misleading federal regulators.

Teen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials Say

MADISON MALONE KIRCHER

The suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said.

Trans neo-Nazi accused of plotting Hindu temple massacre, will receive hormone treatment in jail: officials

A transgender 19-year-old alleged neo-Nazi plotted an attack on a Hindu temple, but the firearm malfunctioned and a coworker's tip led to an arrest.

School Shooting in Oregon Adds Silver Rail Elementary to Grim List

BERNARD MOKAM

A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.

FBI returns 'Most Wanted' fraudster to US after India arrest in alleged $600K SNAP food stamp fraud scheme

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Manjit Singh Bedi, accused of stealing over $600,000 in SNAP benefits in Tacoma, has been returned from India.

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated

Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park

Talarico compares his campaign to the biblical David after GOP invests over $158M against him

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, is rallying supporters as he aims to become the first Democrat to win statewide in over 30 years

Alaska's Sullivan and Peltola clash over Iran and high prices in testy Senate debate

Alaska's major U.S. Senate candidates clashed over Iran and consumer prices during a televised debate in the high-stakes contest that could play into control of the chamber

Alex Murdaugh's defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during hearing

Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are expected to return to court to dispute evidence for his retrial on murder charges next year