Stocks are swinging all over the place. It’s a good time to take your hands off the wheel — here’s how to let go.

Don’t Touch. Don’t Even Look. Invest Like Your Senators Should.

The mountains are too crowded. The sport is too expensive. Several resorts are trying to fix a number of problems. How are they doing?

Who Gets to Ski?

Martial Simon, mentally ill and homeless, spent years in and out of hospitals before being accused of shoving Michelle Go in front of a subway train.

Decades Adrift in a Broken System, Then Charged in a Death on the Tracks

The highly contagious coronavirus variant stretched the city’s health care system to the breaking point, but not past it.

How New York City’s Hospitals Withstood the Omicron Surge

Roger Ailes understood the appeal Mr. Trump had for Fox viewers. He didn’t foresee how together they would redefine the limits of political discourse.

Where Fox News and Donald Trump Took Us

The environmentally unfriendly secret of winter sports is that many competitions take place on artificial snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make enough of it.

Beijing Wanted the Winter Olympics. All It Needed Was Snow.

The House committee investigating the assault on the Capitol and what led to it is employing techniques more common in criminal cases than in congressional inquiries.

In Scrutinizing Trump and His Allies, Jan. 6 Panel Adopts Prosecution Tactics

The actor creates a skull painting at a borrowed artist’s studio in Brooklyn.

Adrien Brody Returns to His First Love: Painting

Nearly every Olympic skier gets hurt at some point, given that they speed down an icy slopes, sometimes at 80 miles per hour. Advances in orthopedic medicine ensure that most find a way back.

Race, Crash, Surgery, Rehab. Then Repeat.

We spoke with an expert about how residents can keep an eye on their buildings and make sure their homes are safe and up to code.

How Do I Know if My Building Is Unprepared for a Fire?

A multimedia project reveals the vulnerable sides of Winter Olympic athletes.

Their Fearlessness Inspires Us, but They Showed Us Their Fears

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, February 5, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: Friends Say Flores, in Suing the N.F.L., Is Walking the Walk

The stock market has begun swinging wildly as companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Starbucks and Exxon Mobil reveal their earnings and hint at divergent prospects for the year ahead.

Earnings Are Driving the Market but It’s Not Clear Where

Many countries competing in the Africa Cup of Nations are enduring security, economic and political crises, but the tournament has brought delight and solidarity.

Africa Cup of Nations: Soccer Tournament Offers Joy Amid Coups and Covid

The book documented the reckless, frat-guy culture of investment banking in the 1980s. DealBook talked with Mr. Lewis about how Wall Street has (and hasn’t) changed since.

Michael Lewis Revisits ‘Liar’s Poker’

Thrive Market has found success with a subscription model and eco-friendly, health-conscious brands. It’s a diet familiar to the C.E.O., Nick Green.

Bringing Health Food to the Masses, One Delivery at a Time

Ireen Wüst willed herself to become the world’s best speedskater. She arrived in Beijing chasing a gold medal in her fifth straight Olympics.

A Skating Legend Powered by Slights, Real and Perceived

Health experts are concerned that the pandemic, in upending daily routines, has reduced mobility and physical conditioning in older adults.

The Pandemic Has Made Many Seniors Less Active

In the most sensitive government operations, the public can be beholden to the official narrative — which sometimes turns out to be wrong. Yet officials can be defensive about skepticism from the news media.

Why ‘Trust Us’ Is Often Reason Enough Not to Trust the Government

The difference between gold and silver might come down to these head-to-head matchups.

The Rivalries to Watch at the Beijing Olympics

The closure of Chinese land borders and the tightened screening of goods have driven Southeast Asian fruit farmers into debt. Many have had to abandon their harvest.

A Side-Effect of China’s Strict Virus Policy: Abandoned Fruit

Readers’ responses to recent Opinion pieces include accounts of their own abortions and a grandmother’s death after an illegal procedure.

Abortion Views, and Personal Stories

The Electoral Count Act needs fixing. Now.

Jan. 6 Was a Warning. Will Lawmakers Do Anything to Protect the 2024 Election?

A recent report examines the links between fashion brands and Amazon deforestation.

Did Your Handbag Help Destroy the Rainforest?

The American and Norwegian, each multiple gold medal threats, got serious during the pandemic, as Kilde helped Shiffrin rediscover her love of skiing after her father died.

February 5, 2022

Headlines from February 5, 2022

Don’t Touch. Don’t Even Look. Invest Like Your Senators Should.

Who Gets to Ski?

Decades Adrift in a Broken System, Then Charged in a Death on the Tracks

How New York City’s Hospitals Withstood the Omicron Surge

Where Fox News and Donald Trump Took Us

Billboard 200

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Colors

DS4EVER

Dawn FM

Dangerous: The Double Album

Historical Context for February 5, 2022