Quotation of the Day for Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Quotation of the Day: From Cell Blocks to Bay, Scientists 3-D Map Every Last Corner of Alcatraz

A leap year brings 366 days — and daily newspapers. Times Insider scoured the archives to find the most significant or silliest New York Times headlines published on Feb. 29.

Big and Bizarre Headlines From a Bonus News Day

The feisty title character of her new book, “Ferris,” has a sharp eye for detail, and so, its author hopes, does she. Meanwhile, she is on an Alice McDermott reading jag.

Kate DiCamillo Says ‘Paying Attention Is a Way to Love the World’

If you’re tired of the endless manufactured arguments by modern sports personalities, his midnight “SportsCenter” is a safe harbor.

Sports Anchors Went All In on Outrage. Then There’s Scott Van Pelt.

At 70, the onetime Sonic Youth musician is releasing a blistering new solo LP, finding new fans on TikTok and making art that continues to surprise.

Kim Gordon’s Coolest Act Yet

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In his memoir, “What Have We Here?,” the actor writes about his friendships with Hollywood icons and literary lions.

Billy Dee Williams Is the Best Kind of Name-Dropper — a Bookish One

The judge, a Democrat, stayed her ruling until Friday, leaving Donald J. Trump’s team time to appeal the decision.

Judge Orders Trump Removed From Illinois Primary Ballot

The Museo Bodoniano in Parma, Italy, is a mecca for one of the world’s most enduring, and ubiquitous, typefaces. Meet Giambattista Bodoni, the “prince of typography.”

He’s Probably in Your House, Lurking on Your Bookshelf

How the Criterion Collection became the film world’s arbiter of taste.

Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion?

How the “Dune” actor made a home in a place he once resisted.

Josh Brolin Never Thought He’d End Up in Malibu

Sharp suiting — softened by drapey cuts and unabashedly pretty details — is the season’s freshest style.

This Spring, Men’s Wear Comes in Crisp White Hues

The occasion was a profile of a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” co-star, but Lewis got plenty of good lines in as he reminisced about starting out with Larry David.

Richard Lewis Riffing in One of His Last Interviews

By scheduling a hearing for late April on the former president’s assertion that he cannot be prosecuted for his actions in office, the justices increased the chances that he will not face trial by Election Day.

In Taking Up Trump’s Immunity Claim, Supreme Court Bolstered His Delay Strategy

Mr. Suozzi, a Democrat, sought to use his return to Washington after a closely watched special election to push both parties toward the middle.

Tom Suozzi Returns to Congress With 2 Words for House: ‘Wake Up’

Legal retailers are struggling to get their footing in the face of a much larger illicit market.

Hochul Pushes for Cannabis Crackdown to Get ‘Some Teeth’

TikTok rallied around the singer, who revealed during her cancer treatment that she had transferred the rights to her final song to her son, as an inheritance of sorts.

Cat Janice, Singer Who Released a Dance Track From Hospice, Dies at 31

A state judge in Illinois ruled that former President Donald J. Trump had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot.

Read the Illinois Judge’s Ruling

John Patrick Shanley’s new play, starring Cecily Strong and David Zayas, is a romantic comedy with a penchant for the resolutely dismal.

Review: In ‘Brooklyn Laundry,’ There’s No Ordering Off the Menu

The department is looking into whether the blowout of a door panel in January violated a 2021 settlement after two fatal plane crashes.

Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Xaviar Michael Babudar, a popular Kansas City Chiefs fan who dressed as a wolf at games, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a series of robberies in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors said.

‘Chiefsaholic’ Superfan Pleads Guilty in String of Bank Robberies

This self-guided check-in will help you take stock of your emotional well-being — and learn how to make changes.

How Are You, Really?

The comedian, who died this week, said he coined the ubiquitous phrase. An episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” about a “nanny from hell” recounted his efforts to get credit for it.

Richard Lewis and ‘The (Blank) From Hell’

Esha Datta’s second New York Times Crossword is a nice illustration of the genre.

Pause to Play

China has no dissident with the kind of public profile that Aleksei A. Navalny had. The government has many critics, but they all disappear from view.

February 29, 2024

Headlines from February 29, 2024

Quotation of the Day: From Cell Blocks to Bay, Scientists 3-D Map Every Last Corner of Alcatraz

Big and Bizarre Headlines From a Bonus News Day

Kate DiCamillo Says ‘Paying Attention Is a Way to Love the World’

Sports Anchors Went All In on Outrage. Then There’s Scott Van Pelt.

Kim Gordon’s Coolest Act Yet

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