Column: Mike Davis has terminal cancer. But his big worry is what is happening to our world
Commercial flights are not law-free zones: What to do if you're sexually assaulted on a plane
Why Do Moms Tend to Manage the Household Scheduling?
Army recruiting crisis results in soldier shortage, record enlistment bonuses
He Built a Home to Survive a Civil War. Tragedy Found Him Anyway.
C. Wesley Morgan once believed that the place he built, which included a 2,000-square-foot bunker, was the safest house in Kentucky.
This year's Hall of Fame ceremony will be a living, breathing history lesson of minorities in baseball
The Class of 2022 ties together more than 150 years of baseball history, going back to the first Black player, to Cubans who fled their country for freedom, to Dominicans and white players.
Through It All, Staten Island Cricket Endures
The club, which has been in continuous operation since before the invention of airplanes and the game of basketball, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Big Tech signs up to Indonesia's strict content law
Meta, TikTok and Twitter among groups to register for licences under which authorities can censor platforms
YouTube will take down ‘unsafe’ abortion how-to videos.
The video service said it would take a closer look at the abortion content on its platform.
On TikTok, It’s All Fun and Games Until China Wants Your Info
The app could be stealing your fingerprints or turning your smartphone into a listening device.
Facebook Offers a Friends-and-Family Feed as It Moves to a More TikTok-Like Design
Social-media company’s feature, called Feeds, will display content in chronological order separate from its algorithmic curation
Meta tweaks Facebook app to act more like TikTok.
An update will highlight a new Home tab that will serve content from people outside a user’s Facebook connections as well as from friends and family.
FCC orders an end to auto warranty robocalls
Watchdog Informs Secret Service of Criminal Inquiry Into Missing Texts
The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general told the Secret Service to halt its internal investigation into how phone records from around Jan. 6 were purged.
Could new countries be founded – on the internet?
Coinbase’s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn’t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing
AT&T Warns That Customers Are Slower to Pay Monthly Bills
Telecom added more subscribers in second quarter but trims forecast for how much cash it will generate this year
Missed meals and constant stress: New Zealand’s cost-of-living crisis hits home
Study finds food insecurity causing ‘significant and enduring hardship’ as costs outstrip income for some sole parents
Freight Rail Companies, Workers at Odds as Service Deteriorates
While intervention from Biden averted a strike, containers are piling up at terminals during labor turmoil
Truckers’ protests over a labor law block access to Oakland’s port.
The truckers say they’re concerned that a law classifying many freelance workers as employees could hurt their ability to operate independently.
Chronic illness makes UK workforce the sickest in developed world
Every country saw economic inactivity spike during Covid but only in Britain is a rise in worklessness continuing
Big tech hits the pause button on hiring
Wall Street on edge as top tier of companies turns cautious on outlook
Op-Ed: Big Tech is hurting big ideas in Silicon Valley
The Uber files tell a simple truth: democracy depends on curbing mercenary tech giants
These revelations reveal the political credulity and negligence that has surrounded the growing power of Silicon Valley
New Book Work, Pray, Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley Investigates the Cult of Productivity
“What happens when work is the place where Americans find their souls?”
Book Review: “Work Pray Code” — Managing and Deploying Spirituality in Silicon Valley
Carolyn Chen on Work Pray Code
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
Documents reveal extent of Uber’s lobbying of Daniel Andrews’ government to legalise its operation in Victoria
Leak shows how Uber sought to influence key players in Labor government and launched an ‘aggressive’ campaign against taxi industry
Mattel Sales Up 20%, Led by Hot Wheels and Lightyear Toys
CEO Ynon Kreiz says demand is expected to continue in the second half, as retailers add movie tie-in toys and plan ahead for holidays
Mattel reports a 20 percent jump in sales.
Revenue for the second quarter was $1.2 billion, up from $1 billion in the same quarter last year, which helped the toymaker swing to a profit of $66.4 million.
Companies Swallow $2.1 Billion in Taxes as Executive Pay Climbs
Tesla, Howmet and others rack up bigger tax bills after Congress limits deductions for executives and pay over $1 million
In riveting Season 1 finale, Jan. 6 committee used Trump’s allies against him
The Hole in the Center of American Politics
Disaffected Republicans have taken wildly divergent paths to opposing Donald Trump. We will soon get new tests of whose strategy is working better.
India Elects Female Politician From Tribal Group as Its New President
Droupadi Murmu will become the first member of a tribal community and the second-ever woman to serve as the Indian president
India elects president from tribal group for first time
Droupadi Murmu to serve as head of state but critics accuse ruling party of tokenism
Here’s Your New Bike Lane. Oh, Did You Want It to Go Somewhere?
Cities install miles of bike lanes. Connecting them into a sensible network proves harder. ‘It just sort of ends.’
Los Angeles could soon put recycled water directly in your tap. It’s not ‘toilet to tap’
New Yorkers will put up with a lot – but don’t blaspheme the bodegas
A midwestern transplant is the latest target of the city’s wrath for daring to criticize the beloved corner stores
Central Park’s Boathouse Restaurant to Shut Down
The Boathouse first saw life as a Victorian structure in the 1870s, and will see the end of its latest chapter come October. A new operator is in the works.
The Penn Station $7 Billion Fix-Up Moves Ahead: Here’s What to Know
The project promises to update the notorious eyesore but critics of the plan are concerned about the cost.
A Historic New England Home Has Been in the Same Family for Over 300 Years. That’s About to Change.
The Wheeler siblings plan to list the Concord, Mass., home for roughly $1.6 million, though it might have fetched more if not for preservation restrictions
New Reading Curriculum Is Mired in Debate Over Race and Gender
Lucy Calkins’s curriculum was meant to bring phonics to struggling students. But its publication has been stalled after a debate over whether to accommodate conservative state laws.
Transforming Self-Comparison
Eda Ocak reflects on how meditation practice and the Buddha’s message of no-self transformed her habit of self-comparison.
Lean In to the Suffering
Sister Clear Grace Dayananda left the monastery, packed her life into a little van, and went out into the world to meet people where they are and where they are suffering. Here, she considers khanti, the paramita of forbearance, and the work it requires.
Ask the Teachers: Is Buddhism about ethics or enlightenment?
Bhante Sumano, Jisho Sara Siebert, and Gaylon Ferguson explore the meaning of ethics and enlightenment on the Buddhist path.
Shinzo Abe killing: ‘Moonies’ church confirms suspect’s mother is member
Tetsuya Yamagami’s mother attends meetings, says Unification church, after he told investigators of grudge
Shinzo Abe shooting: who are the ‘Moonies’ and why are they in the spotlight?
Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami blames the Unification church, also known as the Moonies, for bankrupting his family
First Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Is Detected in New York State
A man who lives in Rockland County was infected by someone who received the oral polio vaccine, which is no longer used in the United States, officials said.
Op-Ed: Sleep deprivation is an important part of our youth mental health crisis
Microplastics detected in meat, milk and blood of farm animals
Particles found in supermarket products and on Dutch farms, but human health impacts unknown
Skittles ‘unfit for human consumption,’ California lawsuit claims
House Passes Bill to Ensure Contraception Rights After Dobbs
The vote was mostly along party lines, with all but eight Republicans in opposition to a bill that aims to protect a right seen as newly at risk after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court threat
Amazon to Buy One Medical Network of Health Clinics in Healthcare Expansion
The $3.9 billion deal gives the tech giant a new foothold with companies paying for employee care, physical locations
Amazon to acquire One Medical clinics in latest push into health care.
The $3.9 billion deal is Amazon’s latest acquisition in the health care industry. In 2018, it acquired PillPack, an online pharmacy.
What is 'dry drowning'? And do you need to be concerned? Our medical expert explains
Can narcissists change? We talked to diagnosed narcissists who claim they have
Monarch Butterflies Are Endangered, Leading Wildlife Monitor Says
Researchers cited climate change and habitat loss. But they also said the public can help give the insects a boost.
Monarch butterflies listed as endangered: 'Just a devastating decline'
Planting trees is not a panacea — we need to save existing forests
Stopping deforestation is complicated but more important than making pledges that have mixed results
How is the jet stream connected to simultaneous heatwaves across the globe?
Scientists are racing to understand the changing shape of the air currents
Washburn fire reaches 58% containment; Yosemite National Park plans to reopen southern entrance
How the Climate Elite Spread Misery
Most people are more worried about high gas and food prices, which green policies make worse.
Dramatic NASA photos reveal Lake Mead water levels at lowest point since 1937
A Painful Deadline Nears as Colorado River Reservoirs Run Critically Low
The federal government has told states to agree on urgent water cuts to ensure dams can keep generating power. Researchers say reductions once considered “unthinkable” may be necessary in the long term.
Quiet flows the Po: the life and slow death of Italy’s longest river
The legendary waterway is drying up. Travelling its length, Tobias Jones uncovers its fascinating history
Op-Ed: Why it makes sense to keep mine-hunting dolphins on the Navy’s payroll
World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong
An An, World’s Oldest Giant Male Panda in Captivity, Dies at 35
The animal was euthanized in Hong Kong on Thursday because of his deteriorating health, a statement said.
100 million-year-old footprints of world's biggest dinosaur species found at restaurant in China
A nose for history: academics recreate lost smells from the past
Researchers from the UK and EU are recreating odours as part of the Odeuropa project, using algorithms and drawing on visual and written evidence
Astroscale: on a mission to clean up space junk
By developing technology to remove debris, the Japanese company hopes to help shape space governance rules
Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English
The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words. “The bottom line of the African American people,” Gates said, is “these are people who love language.”
Michelle Obama’s New Book ‘The Light We Carry’ Coming Out This Fall
Former first lady’s book follows her 2018 bestseller ‘Becoming,’ which has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide
‘My Place in the Sun’ Review: Daddy Dearest
A portrait of a show-business family, one that was, and remains, proud, honorable and contented. Call it the anti-‘Mommie Dearest.’
Smoke Rises: A Jazz Room Returns on the Upper West Side
This storefront club that’s been mostly shuttered since spring 2020 has long been home to small-group jazz steeped in tradition. Now, it reopens, with some renovations.
How queer indie-pop trio Muna made the most of a second chance
The late composer behind ‘RoboCop,’ ‘Conan the Barbarian’ gets his due at Disney Hall
'Party days are over': Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean reveals how he stays healthy (and sober) on tour
Old Milwaukee: : 20 Cream City-Inspired Country Classics, Ranked
Paul English, Willie Nelson’s Longtime Drummer, Dead at 87 (February 2020)
English, known for his flamboyant, devilish style, was immortalized in Nelson’s autobiographical road song ‘Me and Paul’
Full speed ahead: the enduring appeal of the road movie
From the Oscar-winning Drive My Car to festival favourite Hit the Road, audiences and critics are relishing the recent wave of road movies. Here, Geoff Dyer delves into the roots of the genre
‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes
Jordan Peele’s genre-melting third feature stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as brother-and-sister horse wranglers defending the family ranch from an extraterrestrial threat.
‘Nope’ Review: Cowboys vs. Aliens
While Jordan Peele’s new sci-fi horror movie, starring Daniel Kaluuya, has loads of ideas and builds up considerable suspense and dread, it eventually crash-lands
‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll
A documentary uses animation and professional actors to tell the story of a once-notorious hoax.
‘The Day the Music Died’ Review: ‘American Pie,’ the Life of a Hit
Don McLean tries to clear up some misapprehensions about the eight-an-a-half-minute song that took on a life of its own, in this documentary.
Notre-Dame on Fire film review — tragedy meets farce in dramatised disaster
Every mishap comes from the record in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s dreadfully compelling account
When ‘New Art’ Made New York the Culture Capital
Artists in the early 1960s drew from a heady mix: Mad magazine and Marilyn; the civil rights movement and the death of a president; queer bodies and “Pieta.” It’s all at the Jewish Museum.
Oasa DuVerney’s Black Power Wave
With graphite drawings of family and friends, and radiant orchid garlands in acrylic paint, the artist draws us into her version of paradise.
To Illuminate History, an Artist Turns Out the Lights
At the New Museum, Kapwani Kiwanga explores light as a form of surveillance, from 18th-century “lantern laws” to the N.Y.P.D.’s 21st-century strategies.
Werner Reich, Who Learned Magic in Auschwitz, Dies at 94
He was 16 when a fellow inmate, a magician, taught him a card trick in the barracks of the extermination camp. He called it a “miracle.”
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