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The country’s official tally of infections and deaths grossly understates the pandemic’s true effects. Estimates by The New York Times, informed by more than a dozen experts’ research, range from very bad to catastrophic.

David Chipman, a two-decade veteran of the A.T.F. who serves as an adviser to a major gun control group, faced fierce criticism from Republicans during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The gunman, whose home was on fire, was also dead, the authorities in Santa Clara County, Calif., said.

Attorney General William Barr’s decision to clear former President Trump of ever being prosecuted on charges of illegally obstructing the Russia investigation was widely criticized.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times The Biden administration has decided to fight to keep secret most of a Trump-era Justice Department memo related to former Attorney General William P. Barr’s much-disputed declaration in 2019 clearing President Donald J. Trump of illegally obstructing justice in the...

Whitney Bush, a science teacher at Middle School 839 in Brooklyn, talked with students over Zoom during an online orientation session last September.Credit...James Estrin/The New York Times New York City will no longer have a remote schooling option come fall, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during a television appearance on Monday, a major step toward fully reopening the nation’s largest school system. This school year, most of the city’s roughly one million students — about 600,000 — s...

A dog handler checking luggage from the Ryanair plane in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday.Credit...Onliner.by, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images International outrage mounted on Monday as new details emerged about a brazen operation by the strongman leader of Belarus to divert a Ryanair passenger jet and arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist traveling on board. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken condemned the forced diversion, saying it was a “shocking act” that “endangered the live...

Bitcoin Rebounds After a Big Tumble: Live Updates RIGHT NOW Source: Factset Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, which bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin last quarter.Credit...Michele Tantussi/Reuters Over the weekend, the price of Bitcoin briefly fell to around $31,000, more than 50 percent down from its high last month. It has recovered somewhat and is currently trading at around $37,000. “About $20 billion of long positions were liquidated last week,” Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief execut...

Republicans and Democrats have zeroed in on the holiday as the time when they would know whether any agreement is possible on President Biden’s $4 trillion economic agenda. The sides are far apart on the costs, how to pay for their plans and even on what infrastructure really is.

In much of New England, more than 60 percent of residents are at least partly vaccinated. In the South, most states are below 40 percent.

Taking the stage now: Spain’s Blas Cantó. Portugal and Russia have already belted out their tunes, and France, Italy and Azerbaijan are among the upcoming acts.