After an unrelenting spike in cases, a small but growing list of districts — including Newark, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Cleveland — moved temporarily to remote learning. Some businesses are changing their vaccination policies to require booster shots, while others are prioritizing coronavirus tests. A storm in the Washington area knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people, adding to the problems facing airlines, like staff shortages. The case against the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos came to symbolize the pitfalls of Silicon Valley’s culture of hustle and hype. In Silicon Valley’s world of make-believe, the philosophy of “fake it until you make it” finally gets its comeuppance. The Omicron variant’s spread poses an unwelcome political conundrum just as election season begins. Democrats and the G.O.P. see reasons to hope, but the virus will get the deciding vote. The House panel does not have the authority to pursue criminal charges, but it can provide the Justice Department with evidence of any wrongdoing it unearths in its investigation. After years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country’s pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Democracy in Hungary has been backsliding under Mr. Orban, whose efforts to consolidate power have caused consternation in the European Union. The honeymoon’s over for its residents now that wildfires are almost constant. Has living in this natural wonderland lost its magic? A documentary based on a home movie shot by an American in 1938 provides a look at the vibrancy of a Jewish community in Europe just before the Holocaust. The new Eat Well Challenge will show you how to reshape your eating habits without dieting. Why 2021 wasn’t the year we beat the pandemic. Do advance directives by healthy people actually deliver better care? What’s often called the crisis of American democracy is the result not of too much democracy but of too little. Bitcoin, Tesla, the Suez Canal, the Mars helicopter — people got a lot wrong. It isn’t voting that needs fixing, but what comes after it and the public’s confidence in the results. Resolve, this year, to just say no. Resolutions aren’t worth much without deeper change. Dick Costolo discusses the unique difficulties of heading the social media platform. The slogan promotes a freethinking approach to understanding the world. Readers discuss an essay urging a Justice Department investigation. Also: Anthony Fauci; Covid frustration; Betty White; women’s wages; Black voters. There is so much to learn from facing the unknowable. African literature’s big year is a tantalizing invitation to readers. The former mayor calls the emergency declaration in the Tenderloin “very bold.” With the departure of the civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, the military and security forces are now fully in control of Sudan again. The state’s Covid response will continue to demand her attention, but other contentious issues await as the Legislature returns and a primary looms in June. The top Senate Democrat said he would act by Jan. 17 to try to force through the measures if Republicans refused to drop their opposition. Hopelessly gridlocked, the commission voted to send a pair of proposals to Albany, but Democratic lawmakers are increasingly likely to take over the process. Investigators are looking at the possibility that a fire that destroyed more than 900 homes started on property owned by a fundamentalist Christian sect known as Twelve Tribes. At least three people were killed and more than half a million customers were without electricity on Monday because of the storm. Federal government offices in the area were closed because of the storm. The prince’s lawyers are expected to argue that Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s suit should be dismissed because of the earlier settlement’s terms. The companies will wait two weeks and work with the government. The decision by the pastor and civil rights activist added to a wave of Democrats deciding not to run for re-election in a difficult midterm cycle. Prime Minister Ariel Henry was the target of an unsuccessful attempt on his life over the weekend by gunmen in the northern city of Gonaïves, his office said Monday night. The official, Bill Gardner, a Democrat, has served as secretary of state in New Hampshire for more than four decades. Android-powered devices carrying the BlackBerry name won’t be affected. For some, it’s a farewell to an era when BlackBerries dominated airport lounges and the West Wing. Psychological stress activates the fear center in the brain, setting into motion a cascade of reactions that can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Writers and photographers share their reflections on the start of 2022. It’s high time for women to reclaim the real strength behind exercise. She modeled for Vogue, partied with John Lennon and Mick Jagger, and married into minor nobility, all while fighting for legal recognition of her gender. An OMA-designed pavilion at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple was helped along by Eli Broad. It houses Wallis Annenberg’s GenSpace, a center for older people. New films, and classics, just keep coming, but you don’t have to drill down to find the finest selections to stream. We’ll do the heavy lifting. You press play. More Recent Articles |
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