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Top News
[Judge Blocks Trump Order on Refugees Amid Chaos and Outcry Worldwide]
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, NICHOLAS KULISH and ALAN FEUER
In a New York courtroom on Saturday evening, the judge said that sending the travelers home could cause them "irreparable harm."
[President Trump with Vice President Mike Pence and Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense.]
News Analysis
[Immigration Ban Is Unlikely to Reduce Terrorist Threat, Experts Say]
By SCOTT SHANE
The unintended consequence of President Trump's directive, many experts believe, is that it will make the risk worse.
[In a photograph provided by Tim Snider, a military film crew dressed him in a protective suit and respirator on the day he arrived on Enewetak Atoll in 1979. During the four months he cleaned up fallout from nuclear tests there, he wore only shorts and a sun hat.] [Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can't Get Medical Care]
By DAVE PHILIPPS
Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won't provide health care.
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N.Y. / REGION
[Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street]
By ANNIE CORREAL
A discarded photo album reveals a rich history of black lives, from the segregated South to Harlem dance halls to a pretty block in Crown Heights.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"We've never seen anything this bizarre in our lifetimes, where up is down and down is up and everything is in question and nothing is real."
[CHARLES LEWIS], the founder of the Center for Public Integrity and the author of a book about presidential deception, on President Trump's first days in office.
Today's Videos
[[Video] Video: Condemning Trump's Refugee Ban]
Foreign leaders, aid groups and refugees and their families denounced President Trump's hard line on immigration and his order closing the nation's borders to displaced people from around the world.
[[Video] Video: Protests at J.F.K. Against Immigration Ban]
Peaceful demonstrations began Saturday afternoon at Kennedy International Airport in Queens, where nearly a dozen travelers had been detained, an airport official said.
World
[Pope Francis during his meeting in June with the Knights of Malta leader, Matthew Festing. The pope asked Mr. Festing to resign this past week and announced that a papal delegate would take his place.] [Ten Centuries Later, a Pope and Knights Do Battle]
By JASON HOROWITZ
A Vatican rift has spilled into the Knights of Malta, a sovereign order. Freemasons, beware.
[A pedestrian walks past by a giant poster of a Euro coin near Waterloo in London this month.] [The Questions That Could Reshape a Worried Europe in 2017]
By RICK GLADSTONE
The rise of populism, economic threats and the uncertainty of relations with the Trump administration are sources of turbulence for Europe.
[Taliban in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, in 2015. The insurgency has diversified its revenue.] [Taliban, Collecting Bills for Afghan Utilities, Tap New Revenue Sources]
By MUJIB MASHAL and NAJIM RAHIM
As militants have taken over increasingly large areas in the past two years, they have found ways beyond the illicit drug trade to make money.
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U.S.
[Taps was played Friday at the end of a memorial service for the three astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire 50 years ago.] [50 Years After Apollo Disaster, Memorial for 3 Men, and for Era]
By LILY KOPPEL
Families of astronauts and fans of space travel gathered at Cape Canaveral for what may have been the last memorial for three astronauts.
[Trump's Vision of 'Carnage' Misses Complex Reality of Many Cities]
By JOHN ELIGON
With declining crime, rising populations and growing innovation, American cities are prospering on many levels, though unevenly.
[Carolyn Bryant Donham in 1955.] [Woman Linked to 1955 Emmett Till Murder Tells Historian Her Claims Were False]
By RICHARD PÃREZ-PEÃA
Carolyn Bryant Donham is quoted in a new book as admitting her long-ago allegations that Emmett grabbed her and was menacing and sexually crude toward her, "is not true."
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Politics
[Trump Toughens Some Facets of Lobbying Ban and Weakens Others]
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC LIPTON
Executive branch employees must wait five years to lobby the agencies where they worked. Under President Barack Obama, it was shorter for some officials.
[President Trump on Air Force One after a trip to Philadelphia on Thursday. As a businessman and candidate, he often made fantastical or false claims, and in his first days as president he has issued a series of untruths.] ['Up Is Down': Trump's Unreality Show Echoes His Business Past]
By DAVID BARSTOW
As a businessman and candidate, Donald J. Trump often made dubious statements, but even jaded political veterans have been astonished by his false claims since he took office.
[President Trump spoke by telephone on Saturday with Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. It was one of several calls the president had with foreign leaders.] [Trump and Putin Connect, but Avoid Talk of Lifting U.S. Sanctions]
By PETER BAKER and ANDREW E. KRAMER
President Trump spoke by phone with Russia's leader, in what the new administration called a "significant start to improving the relationship" between the two countries.
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Business
[Doug Palen, a fourth-generation grain farmer in Glen Elder, Kan., uses a no-till farming method that prevents erosion and keeps carbon in the soil.] [In America's Heartland, Discussing Climate Change Without Saying 'Climate Change']
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Even as conversations about the subject remain contentious, the environment is becoming a concern no one there can ignore.
[H.P. Acthar Gel goes for $38,000 a vial.]
Fair Game
[When Companies Dodge Disclosures, Investors Should Beware]
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
The drug maker Mallinckrodt chose to stay mum about federal inquiries into possible anti-competitive behavior.
[The unfinished fence at the border with Mexico near McAllen, Tex.] [One Certainty of Trump's Wall: Big Money]
By DANIELLE IVORY and JULIE CRESWELL
An earlier attempt tried cameras and radar but ran over budget. The project was a loss for taxpayers. But for contractors, it was a big win.
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Sports
[Serena Williams after defeating her sister Venus to win her seventh Australian Open title on Saturday in Melbourne. Serena Williams now has 23 major singles titles to her sister's seven.] [Serena Williams Beats Venus Williams to Win Her 7th Australian Open Title]
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
With her 23rd Grand Slam singles championship, Serena Williams broke Steffi Graf's record for most major wins in the Open era and reclaimed the top world ranking.
[Yuliya Stepanova, a former member of Russia's national team who helped expose state-sponsored doping in the country, competed in the 800 meters at the Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday. She ran as an unaffiliated participant and took seventh.] [Yuliya Stepanova, Russian Doping Whistle-Blower, Starts Anew on Track]
By REBECCA R. RUIZ
Stepanova, a middle-distance runner who helped reveal Russia's state-sponsored doping, returned to international competition at the Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.
[People lined up for tickets to a Club Tijuana game in the distinctive entrance to the team's home, Estadio Caliente.] [Californians Cheer the Home Team, in Tijuana]
By MICHAEL SNYDER
As the Xolos draw soccer fans from across the border, their stadium's parking lot has become the site of Mexico's biggest tailgate party.
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Arts
[Mr. Meyers reviewing his opening monologue with Mike Shoemaker, the ] [Seth Meyers Confronts the Trump Era on 'Late Night']
By DAVE ITZKOFF
It took Mr. Meyers a while to hit his groove as host of the NBC show. Donald J. Trump's election has helped him find a voice.
[Richard Roxburgh and Cate Blanchett in ] [How to Act Drunk, With Richard Roxburgh]
By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
Mr. Roxburgh stars as Mikhail in "The Present," a Chekhov adaptation that floats along on a vodka tide, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater.
[Bryce Gheisar in ] [A Dog's Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak]
By FINN COHEN
The new film "A Dog' Purpose" is part of an alarmingly expansive history of talking dogs as cinematic stars - but there's a limit to this magical realism.
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Metropolitan
[Chia's Dance Party on the loft stage at Terraza 7, a vibrant, multicultural jazz club in Queens that is being threatened with closure.] [The Life and Imminent Death of a Latin Jazz Club in Queens]
By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Terraza 7 in Queens united the disparate immigrant population. Then the real estate developers took notice.
[On Wednesday, hundreds gathered to voice their dissent in Washington Square Park.]
Big City
[So Many Protests, So Little Space]
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Since President Trump's election, New York has been host to a number of demonstrations hostile to his agenda. Can the city accommodate the pace and volume of this counterrevolution?
[Inside Delia's Lounge & Restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Its décor is eclectic and homey.] [At Delia's in Bay Ridge, a Cozy Party Vibe]
By EMILY BRENNAN
In a city where apartments are stretched to accommodate a party of four, Delia's Lounge is the kind of place that can become a surrogate living room.
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Fashion & Style
[Dior, couture spring 2017.] [Couture in the Shadow of the Women's March]
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
What does female empowerment look like in a discipline defined by fantasy and tradition?
[Sarah Mullett and John Grant were the first couple to be featured in a New York Times wedding announcement, in the newspaper's very first issue on September 18, 1851.] [COMMITTED]
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
165 Years of Love (and War) in The New York Times Wedding Announcements
[The writer Lauren Duca performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Manhattan last weekend. Ms. Duca gained sudden fame when an essay she wrote accusing President Trump of ]
Encounters
[Even the Teen Vogue Writer Who Took On Trump Gets Stage Fright]
By RACHEL DODES
Lauren Duca was a little-known writer before last month. Her essay accusing the newly elected president of "gaslighting" changed all that.
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Travel
[The exterior of the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai.] [Shanghai Dwellings Vanish, and With Them, a Way of Life]
By TARAS GRESCOE
Shikumen, traditional alleyway complexes, saw the birth of a uniquely Chinese version of Communism. A tour reveals what their erosion means.
[Pointing the way at the intersection of Tooting High Street and Mitcham Road in Tooting.]
Footsteps
[The London of London's Mayor]
By KATIE ENGELHART
Mayor Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver, has always made his home in Tooting, a gentrifying area that says much about the city's evolving face.
[View of Santiago, a dynamic city in the shadow of the Andes.]
36 Hours
[36 Hours in Santiago, Chile]
By NELL McSHANE WULFHART
The Chilean capital offers a dynamic cultural landscape, with world-class chefs, design-forward shops and energy to spare.
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Magazine
[Indira in her dorm room at Delaware State University.]
Feature
['The Only Way We Can Fight Back Is to Excel']
By DALE RUSSAKOFF
Undocumented college students face an uncertain future under the Trump administration.
[John Edgar Wideman]
Feature
[John Edgar Wideman Against the World]
By THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS
Late in a career marked by both triumph and tragedy, the fiercely independent author has written a new book exploring the unsettling case of Emmett Till's father - and the isolation of black men in America.
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Obituaries
[Chuck Stewart created an archive of some 800,000 negatives, and by his count his photographs appeared on the covers of at least 2,000 albums.] [Chuck Stewart, Jazz Photographer, Dies at 89; You've Seen His Album Covers]
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Mr. Stewart created an archive of some 800,000 negatives, and by his count his photographs appeared on the covers of at least 2,000 albums.
[J.S.G. Boggs holding both a $20 bill he painted and an actual government-issued bill.] [J.S.G. Boggs, Artist, Dies at 62; He Made Money. Literally.]
By WILLIAM GRIMES
A man who used art as currency and hoped bills would be appreciated for their artistic merit. Law enforcement agencies in several countries took a different view.
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Editorial
Editorial
[Can Donald Trump Handle the Truth?]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Presidential denial is an even bigger threat than transparent lying.
[Richard Cordray speaking in Washington, D.C., last June.]
Editorial
[Hands Off the Consumer Finance Bureau]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Ignore Republican calls to fire Richard Cordray, the agency's head.
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Op-Ed
[Wladislaw Krzysztofowicz's refugee documents]
Op-Ed Columnist
[President Trump, Meet My Family]
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
You and I both have immigrant roots. Don't dishonor them with xenophobic fearmongering.
[Aisha A., 15, holds her 1-year-old daughter Hadiza, who was born in captivity.]
Exposures
[[Photographs] Photographs: Child, Bride, Mother: Nigeria]
By STEPHANIE SINCLAIR
Young women who were captives of Boko Haram speak.
Opinion
[Why Succeeding Against the Odds Can Make You Sick]
By JAMES HAMBLIN
For African-American strivers, hypertension and other health problems may be linked to racism, not race.
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Sunday Review
[President Trump struggling to pull the cap off a pen as he signed an executive action to order the construction of a wall at the border with Mexico.]
Op-Ed Columnist
[Wild Child Takes Charge]
By MAUREEN DOWD
President Trump's debut raises the question: 70 or 7?
[President Donald Trump's advisers and other members of the White House senior staff were sworn in last Sunday.]
Op-Ed Columnist
[The Fog of Trump]
By ROSS DOUTHAT
The new administration's first week brings more news than clarity - and the White House seems to want it that way.
[From left, Meera Oliva, Maya Rao, Mythili Lahiri at the Women's March in Washington.]
Op-Ed Columnist
[A Sisterly 'No' to Donald Trump]
By FRANK BRUNI
These daughters of immigrants flourished in America. Now they plan to fight for it.
ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 29, 1963, the poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
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