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![The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong? The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/21/multimedia/00econ-landing-01-pzjf/00econ-landing-01-pzjf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong?
With inflation falling, unemployment low and the Federal Reserve signaling it could soon begin cutting interest rates, forecasters are becoming increasingly optimistic that the U.S….
![Middle East Live Updates: Iran Accuses Israel of Killing 4 Military Advisers in Syria Middle East Live Updates: Iran Accuses Israel of Killing 4 Military Advisers in Syria](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/20/multimedia/20israel-hamas-promo12pmEST-whfc/20israel-hamas-promo12pmEST-whfc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Middle East Live Updates: Iran Accuses Israel of Killing 4 Military Advisers in Syria
Israeli airstrikes pounded the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday, killing nearly a dozen people, Gazan officials said, after days of similar…
![With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/17/multimedia/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis
For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law…
![Remembering the Zambia air disaster – ‘The boys would say: ‘This plane will kill us” Remembering the Zambia air disaster – ‘The boys would say: ‘This plane will kill us”](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/01/15075542/0115_Zambia-scaled.jpg)
Remembering the Zambia air disaster – ‘The boys would say: ‘This plane will kill us”
“The spirit of the 1993 team will always be there for Zambia.” Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia’s former football captain, is reflecting on the day that changed…
![Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/science/18moon-lander-02/18moon-lander-02-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
A spacecraft that was headed to the surface of the moon has ended up back at Earth instead, burning up in the planet’s atmosphere on…
![A Fed Governor Reiterates That Rate Cuts Are Coming A Fed Governor Reiterates That Rate Cuts Are Coming](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/16/multimedia/16dc-fed-czlf/16dc-fed-czlf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A Fed Governor Reiterates That Rate Cuts Are Coming
A prominent Federal Reserve official on Tuesday laid out a case for lowering interest rates methodically at some point this year as the economy comes…
![Brazilian Police Make Arrest in Killing of Brent Sikkema Brazilian Police Make Arrest in Killing of Brent Sikkema](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/multimedia/18sikkema-arrest-vbmh/18sikkema-arrest-vbmh-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Brazilian Police Make Arrest in Killing of Brent Sikkema
A man was arrested in Brazil on Thursday in connection with the killing of Brent Sikkema, a New York art dealer who was found with…
![Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S. Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/multimedia/18drug-prices-us-vjkf/18drug-prices-us-vjkf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.
Florida’s plan to save money by importing medications from Canada, authorized this month by the Food and Drug Administration, has renewed attention on the cost…
![Christian Pulisic interview: ‘I want to show the world what the U.S. can do’ Christian Pulisic interview: ‘I want to show the world what the U.S. can do’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/01/15054540/Pulisic-SC-1.jpg)
Christian Pulisic interview: ‘I want to show the world what the U.S. can do’
Christian Pulisic is perched on a bar stool in the old clubhouse overlooking the first-team training pitch at Milanello, AC Milan’s training ground. He makes…
![Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/12/multimedia/00hybrids-01-kmwh/00hybrids-01-kmwh-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow
As Teslas and other electric vehicles dazzled car buyers with futuristic technology and dreams of a gasoline-free future, hybrid cars began to seem like yesterday’s…