Elon Musk’s moves this week set off a heated debate about complex issues of free speech and online censorship.

In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle

The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.

Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX’s Ryan Salame

A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own.

For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age

Tech workers are still at home. The $17 salad place is expanding into the suburbs. So what is left in San Francisco?

What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America

Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians. But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal.

U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

Putin’s War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, December 17, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: For the Hundreds of Lost Children at Tuam, a Proper Burial Is Near

Lost in the Froth

Even if no money changes hands, allowing guests to stay at your place when you’re not there could violate your lease and city laws.

Can My Apartment Building Really Ban Overnight Guests?

The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though).

How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays

Albertsons wants to pay $4 billion to shareholders ahead of its proposed merger with Kroger, a move that would require the already debt-ridden company to borrow $1.5 billion.

The Kroger-Albertsons Merger Spotlights a Popular Private Equity Tactic

Soledad Barrio and Leslie Cuyjet were among the winners, and Nai-Ni Chen was honored with a lifetime achievement award.

At Bessie Awards, Joy and Diversity, and Gathering in Person

A new production of Denis Johnson’s final play showcases many of his signatures: deadpan absurdism, misfit characters, heavy drinking and statements on the bleak fact of human mortality.

‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink

America and the West need to show as much strength in opposing this tyrannical regime as these protesters have. 

Iran Uses Rape to Enforce Women’s Modesty

In current politics, it isn’t just anti-Trumpers who find themselves frustrated by voters’ refusal to look backward.

The End of the Trump Era Will Be Unsatisfying

John Carmack, who was chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, is departing the company.

Virtual Reality Pioneer Is Leaving Meta

Fresh off a frantic election cycle, the former Fetterman campaign social media producer  — and dedicated Swiftie — takes time to shake it off.

John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer

“We now want as many immigrants as possible,” said Bernard Thompson, the mayor of Hérouxville, Quebec, a onetime supporter of the town’s anti-immigrant code.

How a Town Famous for Xenophobia Fell in Love With Immigrants

His percussion virtuosity was a key to the band’s many hits of the late 1960s, including the chart-topping “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.”

Dino Danelli, Drummer Who Drove the Rascals, Is Dead at 78

Doctors weigh in on the essentials families need and what parents can do if they’re unable to find children’s pain reliever.

How to Stock Your Medicine Cabinet During the ‘Tripledemic’

His harshly lit studies of life models represented a major departure in American painting and shocked modernist critics.

Philip Pearlstein, Whose Realist Nudes Revived Portraiture, Dies at 98

Head and neck injuries are rare in track and field, but coaches and professional runners are starting to pay more attention to their effects and how to prevent them.

An Olympic Champion Hopes Runners Learn From His Head Injuries

In Leo Varadkar’s first stint as prime minister, he embodied for many his country’s move into modernity. But after several missteps, he now takes up the role for a second time, with the glow of optimism dimmed.

Once a Figurehead of Change, Ireland’s Returning Leader Has Lots to Prove

The tournament offered a version of the world in which the Global South is more present and more powerful.

This Was the Perfect World Cup for Our Strange Era

Voters will choose a new Parliament, but under revised rules that vastly dilute the influence of political parties that many blame for sabotaging the North African nation’s 10-year experiment with democracy.

December 17, 2022

Headlines from December 17, 2022

In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle

Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX’s Ryan Salame

For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age

What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America

U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies

Billboard 200

Heroes & Villains

Midnights

Her Loss

Un Verano Sin Ti

Christmas

Historical Context for December 17, 2022