Hospitalized Brown Student Describes Hiding from Shooter

The student, in his first year at Brown, described helping others who were more seriously injured than he was as they hid in their classroom.Parts of Providence near Brown University were cordoned off Sunday morning in the aftermath of a shooting in a classroom building.

S Stephanie Saul

Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks

Ukraine’s president met with U.S. negotiators about plans to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.Steve Witkoff, the American special envoy, left, greeting President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Sunday.

K Kim Barker

Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry

Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.For months, the Clintons have been engaging with Mr. Comer far more than was previously known to respond to his r

A Annie Karni

Jimmy Lai Faces Up to Life in a Hong Kong Jail After Guilty Verdicts

Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, was convicted of national security charges on Monday after spending decades supporting the city’s vanquished pro-democracy movement.Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national

A Alexandra Stevenson and David Pierson

José Antonio Kast Elected President of Chile

José Antonio Kast has promised to reverse Chile’s recent surge in violent crime. He also says he will deport undocumented migrants.José Antonio Kast with supporters after voting in Paine, Chile, on Sunday.

E Emma Bubola

His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work.

Quemuel Arroyo, the New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, has used a wheelchair for half his life. He understands how difficult it is to navigate the subway.Quemuel Arroyo lobbies for billions of dollars to build new subway elevators, knowing that two-thirds of stations do not have

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons

China Approaches First Investment Decline in 3 Decades

A broad measure of investment fell more than 10 percent in November, continuing a recent reversal and signaling the depth of China’s property crisis.A residential complex being built by Vanke in Nanjing, China. Vanke is the latest developer in financial distress as property investment has plunged.

D Daisuke Wakabayashi

New York City Gets Its First Big Snowfall of the Season

The city has not seen this much snow this early in the season since 2018, the National Weather Service said.As of 1 p.m. Sunday, about 2.7 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park. In a typical winter, the park records nearly 30 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

A Amy Graff and Nazaneen Ghaffar

Jeanette Winter, Who Told Children About Artists’ Lives, Dies at 86

Her picture books found models of perseverance and imagination in figures like Emily Dickinson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Benny Goodman.Jeanette Winter in 2017. She was the writer, illustrator or both of more than 65 children’s books, many of them biographies of great artists.

A Alex Traub