R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador, Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’

R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt toward Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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Friday Briefing

Three days of wildfires.

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The Healthier Eating Challenge: How to Add More Nutrients to Your Diet

Add to your plate — don’t subtract.

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How Outlets on the Left and Right Have Covered the Los Angeles Wildfires

Media outlets reported similarly on the destruction caused by the fires that raced through Southern California. But partisan publications attributed them to very different causes.

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Judge Orders Release of Woman Who Stabbed Friend to Please ‘Slender Man’

The woman, Morgan Geyser, 22, was sentenced to spend 40 years in a psychiatric facility after she stabbed her friend 19 times in 2014 for a sinister internet character.

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How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble

The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.

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‘Completely Dry’: How Los Angeles Firefighters Ran Out of Water

As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can’t keep up with the demand.

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U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.

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Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases

But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days.

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Paul Oreffice, a Combative Chief of Dow Chemical, Dies at 97

He led the company as it flourished in the ’70s and ’80s while confronting veterans and environmentalists over its toxic products like Agent Orange and dioxin.

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