Trump to Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Ex-Leader Convicted in Drug Case

Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.Juan Orlando Hernández, then the president of Honduras, speaking at the United Nations in 2019. President Trump announ

A Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst, Shawn McCreesh and David C. Adams

Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration

The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.Northwestern University reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay the federal government $75 million.

M Michael C. Bender

Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela’s Leader

They discussed a possible meeting between the two of them, but nothing has been scheduled, and the administration continues to increase the military pressure on Venezuela.Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, faces intensifying pressure military and diplomatic pressure from the United States.

M Maggie Haberman and Anatoly Kurmanaev

Two West Virginia Communities Bound Together by Grief

Red ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.A vigil was held on Friday for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in Webster Springs, W.Va. Specialist Beckstrom died in a shooting while she was on duty

B Bernard Mokam, Kevin Williams and Jack Healy

Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans

They were the latest restrictive changes to the immigration system after this week’s shooting of two National Guard members.U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check migrants’ documents at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso in January.

H Hamed Aleaziz and Edward Wong

Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance

The president is furiously demanding limits on migration and attacking ethnic groups as he steps up his efforts to equate immigration with crime and economic distress.The shooting of two National Guard members and President Trump’s response insures that immigration will remain at the center of Ameri

S Shawn McCreesh

A Hong Kong Fire Survivor’s Escape, in His Own Words

In his own words, William Li, a resident of the Hong Kong apartment complex that became an inferno, recounted how he and two neighbors survived until help arrived.William Li photographed the burning Wang Fuk Court complex after escaping from the fire.

A Anjali Tsui

Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Resigns

Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.Andriy Yermak, in Washington last year. He had been widely seen as the country’s second most powerful person.

K Kim Barker and Andrew E. Kramer

A Different Type of Dementia Is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline

On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, it makes Alzheimer’s symptoms worse, scientists say.Doctors told Ray Hester he was in the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s, but a brain scan revealed instead he had LATE dementia. “There’s a certain amount of relief knowin

P Pam Belluck and Morgan Hornsby

Where Hundreds of Undocumented Migrants Have Died in Custody

Malaysia launched a “year of enforcement” in response to a surge in undocumented migrants, many of them from Myanmar. Some faced nightmarish fates.A migrant detention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2023.

Z Zunaira Saieed and Richard C. Paddock

Parts of Southern Ontario Pummeled by Snow Squalls and Heavy Winds

More localized bands of squalls were expected to form, with up to two feet of snow possible in some areas, according to Canada’s forecast agency.Officials in Ontario warned of possible road closures and urged that nonessential travel and outdoor activities be avoided.

A Adeel Hassan

Rebel Nuns Can Live in Old Abbey, if They Give Up Social Media

After the octogenarian nuns refused to return to their senior center, the abbot has finally folded. But he has some conditions.From left, Sister Bernadette, Sister Rita and Sister Regina. Their lawyer said he had advised them to decline the abbot’s terms.

C Christopher F. Schuetze