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Alex Edelman, a comedian, recalls his family’s one-night fling with Christmas — undertaken as a mitzvah for a non-Jewish friend. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/SsaR5rL via IFTTT

Wilkes, a former U.C.L.A. star, knows that getting to pro basketball will be challenging. But after summer workouts with some N.B.A. stars, he is more confident than ever that it’s possible. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/UNw1rEn via IFTTT

This week, your best highly specific best-ofs of the year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Gn7FLzM via IFTTT

Seven years on, Peace by Chocolate continues to expand, and its founder has become an advocate of more open immigration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/MAaGfzH via IFTTT

The N.B.A. brings out its stars on Christmas. This year, there will be some new rivalries, too. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/zmvdsK6 via IFTTT

For former residents of Iqrit, where Israeli forces leveled everything but the church in 1951, religious rituals bind them to a place from which they were expelled. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/iW8tgBv via IFTTT

With two goals against the Winnipeg Jets, Ovechkin, the Capitals winger, passed Gordie Howe on the N.H.L. career list, leaving only one player in his path to being the greatest goal scorer of all time. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/PLRZtqG via IFTTT

Mat Ishbia was a walk on at Michigan State 20 years ago before he became a wealthy businessman. His $4 billion deal to buy the Phoenix Suns could help him live his sports dream. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/yjtSFDh via IFTTT

The United States is giving satellite-guided bombs to Kyiv for the first time as part of a new $1.85 billion military aid package. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/78caUJy via IFTTT

In the wake of the U.N. biodiversity conference, Julia Simpson, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council, discusses a new initiative called nature positive travel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yiCkq4b via IFTTT

Volodymyr Zelensky’s return to Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/hBa9Myl via IFTTT

Passed after an address by Ukraine’s leader, the bill would allow foreigners in the United States who are suspected of war crimes to be tried even if the crime was overseas and the victim was not American. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/KgJXMOU via IFTTT

An arbitrator reduced Bauer’s suspension to 194 games, making him once again eligible to play. Bauer, a right-handed pitcher, last appeared for the Dodgers in June 2021. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/RfLKQVx via IFTTT

When the teams are brands and the brands are stars and the fans are consumers, everything blends into one enormous business opportunity. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/IyRHz3S via IFTTT

Volodymyr Zelensky visited President Biden in his first known trip outside Ukraine since Russia invaded. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xyVcpUo via IFTTT

The Eagles face the Cowboys in a game that looks very different without Jalen Hurts. And some matchups, like the Giants at the Vikings, are just plain fun. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/MCigQs4 via IFTTT

Like many families only one generation removed from the “old country,” an Indian American writer’s family puts its own imprint on this omnipresent holiday. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/bVU47Jt via IFTTT

President Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine presented a united front against Russian aggression. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/dRhOtJj via IFTTT

One of the Ukrainian leader’s overriding aims is to prevent support for the war from becoming a partisan issue. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Qf4nGSV via IFTTT

The Times’s chief soccer correspondent hoped for a “boring” World Cup final. He didn’t get one. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/JsB18iL via IFTTT

The visit will be the first time President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has left his country since Russia invaded in February. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2pOnDij via IFTTT

As the war in Ukraine enters its 11th month, Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to address Congress in person today. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/hLwnSaI via IFTTT

Teams with little or no hope of making the postseason are auditioning new quarterbacks, remaking their cultures or simply dreaming of that No. 1 overall pick. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/UFsBP2N via IFTTT

Tech’s biggest companies — Apple, Amazon and YouTube’s owner, Google — have been pursuing the rights to the football package. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/1FaBDnc via IFTTT

The police on Tuesday identified the five people killed in a shooting one day before the gunman was scheduled to appear in court on orders to sell his unit. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/X4xhzqv via IFTTT

The spending bill unveiled Tuesday includes billions more for the country than President Biden had requested. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xTFL76j via IFTTT

Zion Williamson rocks an orange stripe. Marcus Smart almost got fined over his socks. Some guys wear them on the wrong feet. (The wrong feet?) from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/KHm9Qht via IFTTT

Turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary elections was just over 11 percent, reflecting deep skepticism that politics can solve the North African nation’s grave governmental and economic crises. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xPImU2E via IFTTT

Britain is experiencing a crisis in ambulance response times, part of a broader breakdown in the country’s revered National Health Service. We rode with one crew to witness the problems in real time. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EH8amz6 via IFTTT

The House Jan. 6 committee placed clear blame on Donald Trump. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2aH9VrD via IFTTT

Capitalizing on reports of low Russian morale, Ukraine has begun offering enemy troops detailed instructions on how to make their way over the battlefield and lay down their arms. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZHfmgvI via IFTTT

Fielding a force of armed guerrillas, the organization had a role in the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos. In exile he continued, in his words, to “lead from abroad.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/5DGtpUF via IFTTT

Belarus has resisted being drawn more centrally into the war. But the visit raised worries that a new Russian ground offensive could aim again at Kyiv, near the Belarusian border. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7p3yaQb via IFTTT

Officials said that the HTMS Sukhothai took on water, lost power and eventually sank in the Gulf of Thailand overnight. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/cE0VbMP via IFTTT

The shooting occurred in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, about 20 miles north of Toronto. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/k7CTZK4 via IFTTT

Photographers captured historic moments of war, grief and wonder that defined the year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1RBGejM via IFTTT

Confrontations between protesters and the Peruvian authorities have left at least 25 dead and hundreds injured. Nowhere may tensions be higher than in the highland city of Ayacucho. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/SWb4fok via IFTTT

Spontaneous marches broke out across the country after the Argentine national team won its first World Cup title since 1986. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/bGP8jId via IFTTT

Kansas City and the Cowboys were pushed to overtime in surprise finales, but the Lions’ continued playoff push may be the most shocking N.F.L. result. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/xTAEgm5 via IFTTT

He helped lead a dominant squad at Syracuse and won all-American honors. He later became a role player for the Knicks and a college coach. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/kYTyZAa via IFTTT

Phil O’Brien, a Briton who has run a Manhattan publication for several years, had his visa denied because immigration officials deemed his struggling business “marginal.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/DlL5KGo via IFTTT

The combination of the war in Ukraine and concern about longer-term threats from Russia and China are driving a bipartisan push to increase U.S. capacity to produce weapons. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/aR8QVLh via IFTTT

The fans were throwing snowballs, while the quarterbacks were trading touchdowns. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/dJjpNQg via IFTTT