Her passionate portrayal of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation won enduring acclaim. In 2023, she sued over the circumstances of a nude scene.Olivia Hussey, whose performance as the female lead in a 1968 film adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” became its own Shakespearean tale, encompassing glory improbably achieved, helplessness...
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The question of whether the president-elect would back the speaker for another term has hung over Republicans, especially after recent tensions over an end-of-year spending bill.President-elect Donald J. Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for another term as House speaker on Monday, roughly two weeks after Mr. Trump helped put Mr. Johnson’s...
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Two people are accused of supplying the singer with drugs and three others with negligence related to his fall from the balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel.Argentine authorities have indicted five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor...
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Jimmy Carter’s elevation of human rights in U.S. foreign policy offers many urgent lessons for today. Whatever challenges he faced consistently applying the principles he championed as the 39th president, he made a radical break with decades of foreign policy tradition, changed the world’s understanding of America’s aspirations, showed deep...
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Many men who follow child influencers online seek salacious images of them, often from their parents. The boxes below represent descriptions of images that appeared in court documents or were found online. A 12-year-old girl in a tanktop and underwear poses on all fours, arching her back. A preteen...
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Kevin Lopez had just stepped out of his house, on his way to meet his girlfriend for Chinese food, when it happened: He began to hallucinate.It was just a flicker, really. He saw a leaf fall, or the shadow of a leaf, and thought it was the figure of a...
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Ahmed al-Shara, who led the rebel offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad, offered little clarity on what the electoral process might look like.Syria’s de facto new leader has said it could take up to four years to hold elections, offering the first potential timetable for a transition of power following the...
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The Treasury Department also released an additional $3.4 billion in budget aid as the Biden administration rushes assistance to Kyiv in its final weeks in office.The United States is sending nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, as the Biden administration continues to rush military aid to Kyiv in...
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Changes are coming to paid sick leave, insulin costs, restaurant reservations, gym membership cancellations and protections for fashion industry workers.A flurry of legislating has resulted in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signing close to 700 bills into law that affect paid sick leave, the cost of insulin and even restaurant reservations, among...
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In reflecting on Jimmy Carter’s death, my mind skipped to the Apple TV+ streaming series “For All Mankind,” an alternate reality drama that imagines how the world might have been if it was the Soviets, not the Americans, who walked on the moon first during the Cold War space race.The...
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The Jeju Air plane that crashed in southwestern South Korea was a Boeing 737-800, a model that is used widely around the world.There are about 28,000 passenger planes in service globally, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider. About 15 percent, or 4,400, are Boeing 737-800s. The plane belongs to...
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Illustration by Frank Augugliaro/The New York Times. Photographs by Getty ImagesHere’s an end-of-2024 quiz: What did you do on April 21? What did you eat for dinner on Oct. 2? Can you name a top headline from Aug. 15?If you’ve got nothing, I feel you.Which brings me to the actress...
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