Week
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Books
‘S.N.L.’ Gives Comic Voice to the Downed Chinese Spy Balloon
Bowen Yang played the balloon wreckage as it floated off the Eastern Seaboard, in a wide-ranging episode hosted by Pedro Pascal.
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Books
‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents
Michael B. Jordan hosted an episode that was saved by a couple of commercial parodies.
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Sports
N.F.L. Playoff Predictions: Our Picks in the Wild-Card Round
The Seahawks will try to find a weakness in the 49er defense, and the Giants look to slip past the Vikings before Tom Brady attempts to extend his postseason magic against the Cowboys.
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News
SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Off Taylor Swift for a Fourth Week at No. 1
Both artists introduced new digital versions of their albums, bringing a tight race to a typically sleepy week on the Billboard charts.
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Sports
With a Win at Home, the Bengals End on a More Positive Note
The Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed in cardiac arrest on the Bengals’ field last week. He is doing better and, with a win over the Ravens, so are the Bengals.
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News
C-SPAN and cable news get a boost from the House speaker spectacle.
The drama of this week’s House speaker vote resembles something out of “Waiting For Godot.” Turns out Americans are tuning in for the political theater. Live coverage of Representative Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to clinch the House speakership — and ...
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Books
‘Ohio State Murders,’ Starring Audra McDonald, to Close on Broadway
The 75-minute memory play by Adrienne Kennedy had been scheduled to run until Feb. 12; it will close on Jan. 15.
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Sports
With Heavy Hearts, N.F.L. Players Prepare to Go Back to Work
Teams will return to practices on Wednesday, two days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during a game. He remains hospitalized.
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Sports
Unmotivated Cowboys Beat Unmotivated Titans
Take two teams. Subtract incentive. Result: Thursday night’s game.
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World
Ukraine gives an optimistic update on its power grid, but concern grows about coming holidays.
Ukrainian officials are optimistic that rolling power outages will not be necessary around the New Year holidays as crews work to repair the country’s power grid, which has been battered by Russian strikes. Although the grid remains fragile and many ...