A joint arming and training program between the C.I.A. and Saudi Arabia reflects the enduring alliance between the nations even as their relationship and the kingdom's place in the region are in flux.
Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is once again weighing a third-party bid for the presidency, frustrated by what he sees as a race gone haywire, associates said.
In New York, the National Weather Service said 26.8 inches of snow had fallen on Central Park by midnight, making this the city's second-biggest snowstorm since 1869.