Shuttered factories and trade deals helped turn working-class Midwesterners against Democrats. Will the high cost of housing do the same in the Sun Belt?The promise of the American dream has shimmered in Las Vegas for as long as the city has existed. That hope of a stable middle-class life has...
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Paul Whelan was in Moscow that day at the storied Metropole Hotel, getting ready for the wedding of a fellow U.S. Marine, when a longtime Russian friend, a junior officer in the frontier guards, dropped by unexpectedly.The friend handed him a thumb drive that he said contained souvenir photos and...
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Disaster struck at the end of an annual cultural celebration on Sapelo Island. Twenty people went into the water, including seven people over the age of 70 who died.Seven people died on Saturday when a gangway collapsed at a ferry dock on a Georgia island, the site of a festival...
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It landed like a bomb.“Discussing the Undiscussable,” a 1994 New Yorker essay by the dance critic Arlene Croce, started off with a sentence that blew the minds of many: “I have not seen Bill T. Jones’s ‘Still/Here’ and have no plans to review it.”But she did decide to write about...
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Robert Roberson, whose execution was postponed last week, has been subpoenaed to appear on Monday before a committee of the State House.Robert Roberson, the Texas death row inmate whose execution in a strongly disputed shaken baby murder case was postponed last week, is scheduled to testify on Monday before a...
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After 44 days, Kendric Cromer, 12, left the hospital. While his family feels fortunate that he was the first to receive a treatment, their difficult experiences hint at what others will be up against.Kendric Cromer, 12, left Children’s National Hospital in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a T-shirt and cap...
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Steps to bolster the economy have set off a stock buying frenzy. Our columnist spoke to Chinese investors about why they are jumping in knowing the risks.They call China’s stock market a “casino,” yet they are rushing in. They are betting money that the government really does want to finally...
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Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial.James and Bill Montivér had just finished boxing up their home on a steep road in Ketchikan, a fishing community turned cruise ship stop in southeast Alaska, when they heard a screech like...
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The newspaper industry has decayed so much in recent years that even Warren Buffett — the world-famous investor whose annual meetings have included a newspaper toss — has declared the business “toast.”But another billionaire is placing a counterintuitive bet that local newspapers aren’t dead yet. David Hoffmann, a Florida investor...
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New York got its first basketball championship in 48 years, as the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx in front of exuberant fans in Brooklyn.As the final second ticked off the clock, Breanna Stewart turned to her teammate Jonquel Jones for a long-awaited championship hug, as streamers floated down...
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A two-state solution remains the goal of the United States and the West, but many in the region say the devastation in Gaza and the lack of effective Palestinian leadership make it a remote prospect.The killing of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has raised hopes in the Biden administration...
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In a board shake-up, James Gorman, a director in charge of planning for a successor to the chief executive, Robert A. Iger, will become chairman on Jan. 2, 2025.Disney said on Monday that it would name a new chief executive in “early 2026,” which is later than many in Hollywood...
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