Biden administration officials told lawmakers that a large-scale Russian invasion could kill as many as 50,000 civilians and prompt a refugee crisis in Europe.

U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine

Becoming the focus of conspiracy theories about child sex trafficking has caused the National Butterfly Center to shut its doors for now.

How a Butterfly Refuge at the Texas Border Became the Target of Far-Right Lies

Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts. Now inflation is testing its limits.

Is This What Winning Looks Like?

Helium, a wireless network powered by cryptocurrency, hints at the practical promise of decentralized services.

Maybe There’s a Use for Crypto After All

Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone.

Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room

Works written decades ago, often by female Jewish immigrants, were dismissed as insignificant or unmarketable. But in the past several years, translators devoted to the literature are making it available to a wider readership.

How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity

The number of competitive House districts is dropping, as both Republicans and Democrats use redistricting to draw themselves into safe seats.

‘Taking the Voters Out of the Equation’: How the Parties Are Killing Competition

Weather has delayed Olympic skiing events before. But the unpredictable conditions in Beijing are raising concerns about scheduling, danger and fairness.

In Yanqing, the Wind Blows and the Skiers Wait. And Wait. And Wait.

The French president’s shuttle diplomacy this week in Moscow and Kyiv will be a delicate exercise, given European reservations and American resolve.

Macron Tries to Avert a European War and Reshape European Security

Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden’s short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington.

California’s Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center.

The Geller house embodied the optimistic, now-vanished values of postwar suburbia: technological progress and a lifestyle built around children’s needs.

Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter?

How do you take that first step out the door? What’s the best way to approach a big running goal? Your training questions, answered.

How to Get Out of Bed and Start Running: Win the ‘Hero’s Minute’

The jobs numbers were better than expected. But Meta’s earnings were weaker, sending its stock plunging. CNN’s top executive resigned. And the Olympics have begun.

The Week in Business: A Strong Jobs Report

Claressa Shields has lined herself up for a significant rematch against the woman who last beat her in an amateur bout in 2012. That fight against Savannah Marshall could happen later this year.

Shields Gets a Decision Win and Starts Promoting a Bigger Payday

Kamila Valieva of Russia had the highest score of the women’s short program, helping her team eclipse the United States, which had been in first place. Karen Chen of the United States fell.

Led by a 15-year-old, Russia’s team glides past the U.S. in figure skating.

Quotation of the Day for Sunday, February 6, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: New York’s Hospitals Emerge, Resilient, From Omicron Wave

The three medalists at these Olympics affirmed the arrival of the next generation of snowboarders, a group that is supplanting the two-time gold medalist Jamie Anderson.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Leads Slopestyle’s New Guard

Hospitals and clinics are struggling to hold up amid a cash shortage and a vast surge of malnutrition and disease. By one estimate, 90 percent may close in the next few months.

Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under Stress

The milestone puts the queen, 95, in rarefied company: Only three other monarchs are documented to have reigned for more than 70 years.

Queen Elizabeth, Anchor in a Storm-Tossed Britain, Marks 70-Year Reign

The team’s ability to clinch a record fifth under-19 title despite a Covid outbreak underscored the vast pool of talent in India as it consolidates its place as a powerhouse in the sport.

India’s Youth Squad Sweeps to Victory in Cricket World Cup

The memoirist Sarah Manguso’s first novel is about a young girl’s life in a small, snowy New England town.

‘Very Cold People’ Makes Something Beautiful Out of a Painful Childhood

As the secretary of state enters his second year in office, Russia threatens, China looms and Afghanistan remains a challenge.

The Crisis That Defined Blinken’s First Year

UNICEF was given the first glimpse of teenage detainees at a prison attacked by ISIS two weeks ago in northeastern Syria.

Teenage Inmates in Syria Lack Food and Medicine, Aid Group Says

Olaf Scholz will try to repair Germany’s credibility in the Ukraine crisis when he meets President Biden on Monday. Next on his agenda: Kyiv and Moscow.

Germany’s ‘Invisible’ Chancellor Heads to Washington Amid Fierce Criticism

Led by Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old phenom, the Russian athletes secured the top spot.

February 6, 2022

Headlines from February 6, 2022

U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine

How a Butterfly Refuge at the Texas Border Became the Target of Far-Right Lies

Is This What Winning Looks Like?

Maybe There’s a Use for Crypto After All

Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room

Billboard 200

Encanto

Colors

DS4EVER

Dawn FM

Dangerous: The Double Album

Historical Context for February 6, 2022