Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.

Delta Plane Crashes at Toronto Airport While Landing Nine people were injured, officials said. Two passengers, including a pediatric patient, were in critical condition but were expected to survive.

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump’s agenda took to the streets across the country, including outside the U.S. Capitol.

Can the Federal Reserve Look Past Trump’s Tariffs? Top officials are grappling with how to handle potential price increases caused by the administration’s policies.

Paquita la del Barrio, Whose Songs Empowered Women, Dies at 77 In unflinching ballads that spoke of the pain men can cause women, the Mexican singer often relied on what she learned in her own relationships.

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

Killing of Transgender Man Is Not Ruled a Hate Crime, Investigators Say Law enforcement officials in upstate New York say that the torture and killing of Sam Norquist, 24, did not appear to be a hate crime.

N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign The push by the speaker, Adrienne Adams, a Democrat, signals the mayor’s loss of one of his principal partners in government.

What We Know About the Kentucky Floods Storms have overwhelmed the state in recent years. On top of the floods, snow is expected soon.

Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats. Bringing Canada into the United States, however farcical the prospect may seem, would alter the political map in a way likely to cost Republicans.

Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.

Delta Plane Overturns on Landing at Toronto Airport The airport said on social media that emergency teams were responding and that all passengers and crew were accounted for. There was no immediate word on injuries.

Why Everyone Is Still Talking About ‘Paddington 2’ With the third movie now in theaters, let’s look at how the 2018 film became a sleeper hit, thanks to Hugh Grant’s villain and its showstopping end credits.

Rubio Meets Saudi Crown Prince for Talks on Gaza and Ukraine Marco Rubio’s visit to Riyadh, his first as secretary of state, came amid uncertainty about the future of Gaza and Ukraine and criticism of unilateral U.S. moves over the wars in both places.

It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan has yet to respond to the government’s request to dismiss the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.

4 Top Officials Expected to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation with Trump Four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are planning to leave in coming days after Eric Adams embraced President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

One Fix for Ailing Movie Theaters? Becoming Nonprofits. As more local movie houses close, residents in smaller towns are forming nonprofits to buy and operate them.

The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards The Times was honored for an investigation into extremism in Israel, coverage of the civil war in Sudan and a narrative about a Russian soldier who defected from the war in Ukraine.

Pope Francis Will Remain in Hospital for ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, but raised fresh concerns about the pontiff’s health.

Israel Says It Will Keep Troops ‘Temporarily’ in 5 Points in Lebanon The announcement raised the specter of renewed fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia.