The Miami Heat Earned a Trip to the N.B.A. Finals the Hard Way
The N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference championship trophy had found its way to the visiting locker room at TD Garden on Monday night. Set atop a couple of packing trunks with metallic…
US war hero’s remains returned home after 73 years
Cpl Luther Herschel Story died in the Korean War in 1950. His family is finally burying his remains.
Timed Teaser: Why did Sam Smith stop singing?
Test your knowledge of the news these last few days – 10 questions, 10 seconds each. Go!
Lawmakers race to secure US debt deal votes as deadline looms
President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the prospect of Congress passing the deal by 5 June.
See how police carefully freed a bear trapped inside a car
The careful operation required a long piece of rope to open the car door from a distance.
After the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, can a community heal?
But such is the way of life in one of the oldest established Jewish communities in the country, ever since October 2018, when a heavy-set, middle-aged white man entered the…
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison. Will she ever pay victims too?
Once her time in prison is finished, she will still not be able to purchase any large assets, including a home, without intervention from the federal government. The government can’t,…
Thousands evacuate as Nova Scotia fights wildfires
It has been an unusually active early wildfire season in Canada, with fires burning on both coasts.
Succession: Critics praise ‘perfect, brutal’ finale
Spoiler-free zone: The show is widely praised by critics, some of whom compare it with Shakespeare.
Lindsey Graham: Russia issues arrest warrant for top Republican
An edited video appears to show the US senator celebrating Russian troops’ deaths.