More states are finding cases of the new variant. Tracking its spread, experts say, is key to understanding what threat it poses. Samantha Lewis is relearning some basic aspects of her daily life after struggling with brain fog and other lingering symptoms for more than a year since being infected by the virus. Health care officials say a “perfect storm” of new Covid cases, staff shortages and filled nursing homes has created a crisis. Prosecutors charged the parents of the 15-year-old accused of killing four classmates with involuntary manslaughter, saying they failed to act on troubling signs. In a news conference, the prosecutor in Oakland County, Mich., detailed what led the county to criminally charge the parents of the 15-year-old student accused of killing four classmates. The hack is the first known case of the spyware, known as Pegasus, being used against American officials. Employers reported adding 210,000 jobs, the year’s weakest showing, but there were also bright spots. The mixed picture complicated policy prospects. The number of jobs added was below expectations, but otherwise the report shows an economy on the right track. In recent months, robberies have been more visible, with several involving large groups rushing into stores and coming out with armloads of goods. A decades-long fight over land has been reinvigorated as Taliban leaders look to reward their fighters with property, even if that means evicting others. A 2011 thriller was supposed to cost $15. One merchant listed it at $987, with a 17th-century publication date. That’s what happens in a marketplace where third-party sellers run wild. A cross between a dive bar and a greasy spoon, Rio de Janeiro’s beloved (and proudly filthy) hole-in-the wall joints are some of the most democratic spaces in a deeply unequal city. From Bo Burnham to “We Are Lady Parts,” the best in television this year offered ingenuity, humor, defiance and hope. On her third day out with a metal detector, Milly Hardwick, 13, found a hoard of items from more than 3,000 years ago. “We were just laughing our heads off,” she said. Two Arizona men who were appointed ineffective lawyers landed on death row. If Arizona has its way, the Supreme Court will close an already narrow avenue for relief. The only question is, how will they explain it? It’s time to ditch the grand ideological narratives and talk to voters about their real needs. It’s good to acknowledge our past and our diversity. Vaccine hesitancy reflects a transformation of people’s core beliefs about what we owe each other. Americans are waiting for the right opportunity to jump back into the work force. Large and influential parts of the Republican Party are increasingly untethered from any commitment to electoral democracy. Jerome Powell has lost patience with the pace of the rebound in labor force participation. Vaccine shortages and skepticism, and rewarding countries for discovering variants. Also: Happiness and politics; unwanted children; beware of psychedelics. The psychologist Philip Tetlock on the art and science of prediction. No, not even in macroeconomics. What Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t realize is that adoption is often infinitely more difficult, expensive, dangerous and potentially traumatic than terminating a pregnancy in its early stages. Most people have become used to making health-risk assessments during the pandemic, but that doesn’t make the decision about whether to travel or cancel easier — especially with a new variant circulating. On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction. The Justice Department opened an inquiry into reports of sexual harassment and retaliation in the former governor’s administration. The discovery was revealed when the plumber called into a Houston radio show on Thursday. The country’s president removed Albert Yuma Mulimbi as chairman of the state mining firm. Cobalt in Congo is a crucial resource in the global clean energy revolution. The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a “pattern or practice of unlawful policing,” officials said. The man accused of murdering 10 people in Boulder, Colo., in March will be sent to a state hospital “to restore his competency as soon as possible so that we may proceed forward with the case,” prosecutors said. President Biden’s voice sounded noticeably hoarse during the remarks about a Labor Department jobs report, and he coughed at times. He blamed it on his grandson. The SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son, is locked in a dispute over compensation that his key deputy, Marcelo Claure, insists he should be paid. She was the quieter half of a law partnership with her husband that pursued a suit against cigarette companies on behalf of Florida smokers. Experts share techniques to ease the mental toll of an evolving pandemic. The movie’s subtle conclusion takes a moment to comprehend. But the director, Jane Campion, has a history of working in the realm of suggestion. Hervé Le Tellier’s novel, a runaway best seller and prize winner in France, is about the strange and mysterious fate of the passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Including bomb threats, bank robberies and more, the month’s action films pack a wallop. More Recent Articles |
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