Businesses and universities want fast, easy ways to see if students and customers are vaccinated, but conservative politicians have turned “vaccine passports” into a cultural flash point. The Baltimore plant that recently had to scrap up to 15 million ruined doses had flouted rules and downplayed errors, according to internal audits, ex-employees and clients. Other doses had to be scrapped last year. As shots roll out to growing numbers of Americans, the political picture is getting more chaotic. Democrats now appear to have more chances to maneuver bills past Republicans, but it remains unclear how and when they might use them, and for what. Honduras has barely begun to recover from two hurricanes that hit late last year. With relatively little disaster relief from the U.S., many are heading for the border. Joe Biggs and his fellow Proud Boys left an incriminating social media trail for federal investigators before and during the Capitol attack on Jan. 6. The congressman was at the time under investigation over whether he violated sex trafficking laws, though it was unclear what he knew of the inquiry. The Brooklyn district attorney will move to dismiss old convictions in which a former narcotics detective, accused of perjury in Manhattan, played a key role. One was seen on video closing the door to the Midtown Manhattan building after the attack, as the victim, a Filipino-American woman, lay on the street outside. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Israel and the U.S. are trying to define anew what it means to be a pluralistic democracy. Mitch McConnell wants corporate America to stop being “stupid” about the ongoing battle over voting rights. The G.O.P.’s war on voting has human casualties. Here’s one. If elite colleges are serious about diversity of class and race, there’s a simple solution. “Long Covid” is just the latest example of a pathogen causing surprising persistent effects. Georgia’s new voting law has to be understood in its own peculiar historical context. The idea of granting vaccinated people special access raises thorny questions. Here’s what you should know. Our personalities are not set in stone. They are more like sand dunes. The conservative writer Helen Andrews and the liberal journalist Jill Filipovic discuss why millennials are so mad at their parents’ generation. As far back as historians have found evidence of transgender people, they’ve found transgender children. Our lives are cyclical. So why not think of them that way? The Christian “purity” movement promoted a strict view of abstinence before marriage. But two decades later, some followers are grappling with unforeseen aftershocks. After a year’s delay, the Tokyo Summer Olympics look set to proceed. But the circumstances will be most unusual. Here's what you need to know. In “First Person Singular,” Murakami’s new story collection, one feels the author easing up, allowing his own voice to enter the narratives. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Legislature have agreed to raise taxes on the wealthy and give aid to renters, businesses and undocumented immigrants. China’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign got off to a slow start. It is now trying to catch up, through a mixture of freebies and the occasional threat. The vice president had been living temporarily in Blair House while Number One Observatory Circle underwent repairs. At a debate for Virginia governor, Mr. Fairfax, the state’s lieutenant governor, denounced Mr. McAuliffe for urging him to resign after women accused Mr. Fairfax of sexual assault in 2019. The explosion came the same day as progress was reported in talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal, which Israel opposes. A Manatee County official said that additional pumps and the rerouting of water from an uncontrolled breach had “successfully mitigated” the risk of collapse. A football player posted the image, which superimposed two Virginia high schools’ logos on the faces of Derek Chauvin and George Floyd, to celebrate his team’s victory, according to the district superintendent. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately announced plans to challenge the law in court. Lynne Patton recruited and interviewed public housing tenants in New York City for a pro-Trump re-election video. The residents accused her of tricking them into participating. A district attorney filed five felony and 28 misdemeanor counts in connection with the Kincade Fire, which ravaged Sonoma County. In “Peaces,” young lovers and their pet mongooses take a WesAnderson-style ride on a train to nowhere. The Arabic word refers to a mysterious factor that renders some people’s cooking exceptional. Whether it’s innate or acquired is up for debate. If anything, the coronavirus pandemic only deferred, highlighted or exacerbated the issues confronting college sports. With a little know-how, aspects of shinrin-yoku, the calming Japanese practice of spending time among trees, can be approximated indoors. The roasted cold noodles at Followsoshi in Flushing aren’t cold and don’t look much like other noodles. Before 2020, theater often felt inaccessible to me, a luxury for those who were more able-bodied or lived in certain cities. Now I’m obsessed. J. Robert Lennon’s new novel, “Subdivision,” and story collection, “Let Me Think,” offer puzzle-box narratives and alternate realities. In “Blow Your House Down,” Gina Frangello examines her experience of loss, lust, pain and longing with angry intensity. A frightened girl called 911 after her father killed her mother and sisters at her birthday party in Brooklyn before turning a gun on himself, the police said. Get those perfectly burnished, flaky pastries straight from your oven with this expert advice. Franz Josef Huber, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, escaped punishment with U.S. backing and went on to work for West German intelligence, newly disclosed records reveal. This gender-flipped martial-arts reboot departs from its 1970s predecessor by having a predominantly Asian-American cast. More Recent Articles |
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