Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible for the suicide bombing at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021 that killed…
Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero
It began, of course, with the songs, actual folk music. Well, with Belafonte’s interpolation, which in its varied guises wed acoustic singing with Black spiritual arrangements and the sounds of…
Robot Dog’s Work in Garage Collapse Should Quiet Critics, Adams Suggests
When a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan last week, killing one person and injuring five others, the Fire Department deployed a “digidog”: a four-legged robot with a Dalmatian’s spotted…
Baby Rose Writes Music With Intention, ‘Not to Fit Into a Box’
She also decided to try recording sessions in Nashville, citing country favorites like Ray Charles’s version of “Georgia on My Mind” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”: “I just wanted to go…
Why Did I Spend My Last Birthday Alone in Alaska? Ask My Astrologer.
I’m deep in an Alaskan forest halfway through an 8K race when I find myself alone. Above me, 100-foot spruces bend and bellow, set upon by wind so loud I…
Opinion | Why Kamala Harris Matters So Much in 2024
A few weeks ago, one of France’s most famous public intellectuals, Bernard-Henri Lévy, gave an interview to The Times on his new documentary, “Slava Ukraini,” and he said something that…
Opinion | The Tucker Realignment
His Covid coverage was a notable example: At a time when the public health and political establishments weren’t taking the coronavirus as seriously as internet alarmists, Carlson was willing to…
How Tucker Carlson rode a wave of populist outrage
He was Fox News’ biggest star – but also its most controversial. And now he’s out.
Older Americans weigh in on President Joe Biden’s age
The US president is running for re-election in 2024, do people think his age is a problem?
Harry Belafonte obituary: A US icon of music, film and civil rights
“On both sides of my family, my aunts and uncles intermarried,” he said. “If you could see my whole family congregated together, you would see every tonality of colour, from…