Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The administration reversed course a day after announcing that it would penalize Russian companies for facilitating Syria’s chemical weapons program. Western officials said Russia and Syria had prevented inspectors from reaching Douma, where about 70 people died on April 7. Moscow blamed the United Nations for the delay. The judge said she was considering appointing a special master to assist in the review, and that Mr. Trump would ultimately receive copies of the documents that pertain to him. Lawyers for Mr. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, had sought to keep Mr. Hannity’s identity a secret in a court challenge of an F.B.I. search of Mr. Cohen’s office. In media appearances aimed in part at increasing book sales, Mr. Comey is criticizing the president in personal ways that are unusual for a former F.B.I. director. Since apartheid ended, African National Congress leaders have siphoned off tens of billions of dollars. Will South Africa’s new government confront such epic graft? Reporting on sexual harassment — including the predations of the film mogul Harvey Weinstein — was recognized by the Pulitzer board. The New York Times won in three categories. The honor, for the album “DAMN.,” makes the rapper the first nonclassical or jazz musician to receive the honor since the awards expanded to music in 1943. The prizes encompassed, among other topics, stories of abuse in the workplace; construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall; and a profile of Dylann Roof, who was charged with killing several people in a Charleston, S.C., church. Adding immunotherapy to standard chemo treatments can halve the risk of death for people with the most common type of lung cancer, a new study shows. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has opened millions of acres of public lands for development while pursuing policies of protection in his home state. He expresses no outrage as his extremist backers are linked to violence. The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans. The former F.B.I. director has better, nobler fodder than the president’s hands and hair. James Comey’s book sheds new light on the Steele dossier. She refuses to edit or shrink blackness. Let’s follow her lead. My wife and I are pro-choice, and believe in the right to choose. We chose our child. The racial hatred I experienced almost broke my spirit. But I found some light in the darkness. Linden was the first American woman to win the race in 33 years. The disagreement over the characterization of Atticus Finch expands to a second lawsuit between the producers and the Lee estate. The Nigerien authorities believe they may have captured Doundoun Cheffou, a militant leader tied to the deaths of four American soldiers in October. The maker of electric cars expects to idle its assembly line for several days to clear impediments that have held production well below the company’s targets. Women and girls by the hundreds are taking free self-defense courses taught by the New Delhi police, as the country combats sexual assault. The student, Selorm Ohene, 21, was standing naked in the median of a busy street when the Cambridge police tried to arrest him. The president’s comment doesn’t align with the current realities of global currency markets During summations, a prosecutor said Yoselyn Ortega stabbed two children in her care to spite their mother, while her lawyer argued she suffered psychosis. Fast-growing economies in Eastern Europe have led to severe labor shortages, so companies are calling in the machines. The cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey travels to the crop’s ancient home and finds new inspiration from Andean cooks. Expressing gratitude can measurably improve your overall happiness and life satisfaction — even if you’re faking it. Ms. Posey, a longtime star of independent films, puts her stamp on the villainous Dr. Smith in Netflix’s reboot of the 1960s adventure series. A puppet play by the Mexican artist Pedro Reyes explores technology, freedom and inequality (and the lost rap version of “The Communist Manifesto”). Scientists have made astonishing discoveries about the nature and evolution of friendship. Without it, humans suffer significant physical and emotional damage. More Recent Articles |
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