Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede

Black female professionals have seen a steep drop in employment over the last year. They are turning to each other for pep talks and résumé advice.Nneka Obiekwe started a chat group for Black women professionals looking for work. Within 24 hours, 500 people had joined.

J Jordyn Holman

White House Warns CBS: Air Trump Interview in Full, or ‘We’ll Sue’

In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, at a briefing at the White House on Thursday.

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

Conservative Influencer Chased From Minneapolis Streets by Counterprotesters

A protest at City Hall was organized by a conservative influencer to draw attention to a fraud scandal in the state. He was chased by counterprotesters lobbing water balloons in frigid temperatures.Conservative influencer Jake Lang was surrounded by counterprotesters in Minneapolis on Saturday.

J Julie Bosman, Vivian Yee and Lauren McCarthy

Before Criticizing Pro-Hamas Chants, Mamdani Sought Jewish Leaders’ Input

The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.The protests outside a Queens synagogue on Jan. 8 featured insults and slurs from the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups that gathered at night,

S Sally Goldenberg, Dana Rubinstein and Liam Stack

Mamdani Appoints New Parks Commissioner to Oversee NYC Green Spaces

The mayor announced Tricia Shimamura as the city’s new parks commissioner amid broad calls for more park funding.Tricia Shimamura, the Parks Department’s Manhattan borough commissioner since March 2024, will now be in charge of 30,000 acres of parkland across the city’s five boroughs.

D Debra Kamin

A.I. Is Coming to Class. These Professors Want to Ease Your Worries.

Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.Attitudes toward artificial intelligence are evolving, with some academic groups saying students must learn how to use it critically.

S Sharon Otterman and Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Tech Firms Are Persuading Retailers to Put A.I. Everywhere

Stores of all kinds are using artificial intelligence to sell everything from luxury handbags to hay for horses.John Furner, incoming chief executive of Walmart, left, and Sundar Pichai, Google’s leader, said at a conference in New York City this week that the two companies would use artificial inte

K Kim Bhasin and Sophia June

As Office Rents Rise, Doctors Get Creative

Physicians with independent practices are having to cobble together unconventional office arrangements at a time of rising costs and consolidation in the medical field.Dr. Zarui Chopuryan, an aesthetic medicine provider, working with a patient in her office in New York, N.Y.

J Jane Margolies