Friday, March 1, 2024

The Evening: U.S. will airdrop aid in Gaza

Also, thousands attended Aleksei Navalny's funeral in Moscow.
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The Evening

March 1, 2024

Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Friday.

  • U.S. plans to airdrop supplies into Gaza
  • Aleksei Navalny's funeral
  • Plus, Kim Gordon's new album
People gathered in an open area among destroyed buildings.
Palestinians gathered in a street in Gaza City today as aid was airdropped. Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Biden said the U.S. will airdrop supplies into Gaza

President Biden said today that the U.S. would soon begin airdropping humanitarian relief supplies into Gaza, which a U.N. official warned this week was on the brink of famine. The move came a day after scores of Palestinians were killed while trying to get food and supplies from a convoy.

"Innocent people got caught in a terrible war unable to feed their families, and you saw the response when they tried to get aid in," Biden said. "We need to do more, and the United States will do more."

Here's the latest.

Biden said the U.S. would plan the deliveries with Jordan, which has helped to organize airdrops into Gaza. He suggested that aid could eventually be delivered through a maritime corridor as well.

Yesterday's clash left at least 100 Palestinians dead and more than 700 injured, according to Gazan officials. Many details remain unclear, and heavily edited videos released by Israel did little to clear up the confusion. The Times analyzed the footage.

Flowers, photographs and candles decorate a makeshift memorial to the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Germany.
A makeshift memorial to Aleksei Navalny in Germany. Ina Fassbender/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Thousands attended Navalny's funeral

The body of Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, was lowered into his grave today in Moscow as thousands looked on. It was a striking display of dissent in Russia at a time of deep repression. Our Moscow bureau chief, Anton Troianovski, described the funeral as a devastating moment for Russians opposed to Vladimir Putin.

"There's clearly still a lot of interest and engagement both inside the country and outside the country in trying to envision a Russia after Putin," Anton said. "But with Navalny's death, I think for many people it has become much harder to envision."

Two packages of mifepristone tablets on a black table.
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Pharmacies will begin selling abortion pills next week

America's two largest pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month. They plan to eventually expand the service to all states where abortion is legal, and where pharmacies are permitted to sell abortion pills.

The demand for abortion pills at pharmacies is currently unclear. But the option could take on more importance if the Supreme Court later this year decides to uphold a ruling banning the distribution of mifepristone by mail.

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TIME TO UNWIND

Kim Gordon at home in Los Angeles. Molly Matalon for The New York Times

Getting cooler with age

Not many artists welcome their 70s with a new album, and virtually none with a record as blistering and gloriously strange as "The Collective," the new solo LP from Kim Gordon, the co-founder of the alt-rock pioneers Sonic Youth. But then again, not many artists are like Gordon, our music critic Lindsay Zoladz explained.

If you're new to Gordon's music, Lindsay also collected her 11 essential songs.

Books featuring the Bodoni typeface are stacked on a wooden table.
Once you start to notice the Bodoni typeface, you'll see it everywhere. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

Some 18th-century history is lurking on your bookshelf

If you take a look at a book in your home, there's a good chance its title is in Bodoni, a typeface created by Giambattista Bodoni in the late 18th century. Its straight hairline serifs (the flourishes on some letters) and high contrast between thick and thin strokes are everywhere. The logos of Valentino and Calvin Klein are inspired by Bodoni, and it appeared on the cover of Bruce Springsteen's 1984 album, "Born in the U.S.A."

To trace the typeface's history, my colleague Molly Young went to Parma, Italy, where the Museo Bodoniano has an entire collection about the man behind the letters.

Monica Lewinsky posing with her arms folded in a bright red sleeveless top, a red A-line skirt, red sheer stockings and red high-heel sandals.
A new fashion campaign featuring Monica Lewinsky is meant to promote voter registration. Reformation

Dinner table topics

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WHAT TO DO TONIGHT

A cast-iron skillet is full of cheesy green chile bean bake with a scattering of cilantro and a spoon stuck in.
Kerri Brewer for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.

Cook: This quick and easy chile bean bake is a vegetarian delight.

Watch: Here are three great documentaries to stream.

Read: Mona Simpson's "Commitment" is one of this week's best new paperbacks.

Travel: To protect loyalty miles, be careful how you book your flights.

Cover up: You can't prevent hearing loss, but there are ways to protect yourself for now.

Compete: Take this week's news quiz.

Play: Here are today's Spelling Bee, Wordle and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here.

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ONE LAST THING

A man wearing a blue shirt and an orange hat with a pom-pom faces forward with his mouth open wide. In a separate image to the right, a small wooden Pinocchio figure hangs from a small tree branch by what would be his nose.
The artist Frank de Ruwe and one of his creations. From left: Arie de Leeuw; Yvonne Mak

An artist who uses Amsterdam as his canvas

If you've been to Amsterdam, you probably walked past the work of Frank de Ruwe, an artist more widely known as Frankey. Every week he turns an unassuming spot in the city into a playful piece of art.

Some of his creations are conspicuous, like a giant Lego singer. Others are much less so.

His projects are illegal, but instead of sneaking around, he puts them up in the middle of the day while wearing a bright orange jacket and carrying a fake permit. It reads "I, Frank de Ruwe, give a permit to Street Art Frankey."

Have a creative weekend.

Thanks for reading. I'll be back on Monday. — Matthew

We welcome your feedback. Write to us at evening@nytimes.com.

Correction: Yesterday's newsletter stated incorrectly the percentage of Americans born on Feb. 29. It is approximately 0.1 percent, and not 0.001 percent.

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