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March Madness Puts Las Vegas Back in the Game

The influx of fans during this month’s college basketball tournament is a welcome lift to the city’s casinos and hotels after a dismal 2025, when the number of visitors fell 7.5 percent.

© Roger Kisby for The New York Times

Crowds pack the Las Vegas sportsbooks to place bets on the N.C.A.A. March Madness basketball tournament and then watch who wins the games.

T.S.A. Lines Appear to Be Getting Shorter as Workers Begin to Receive Paychecks

The hourslong waits appeared to be easing as Transportation Security Administration officers received their first pay in weeks. But with no funding deal, the lines could return.

© Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Security lines at airports across the country generally shrank on Monday after President Trump signed an order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers on Friday.

How to Watch and See the Artemis II Moon Launch

The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida or online.

© Cassandra Klos for The New York Times

NASA is preparing to send four astronauts on its lunar Artemis II mission. Above, the scene on Jan. 17 during the rollout at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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