The Battle of the SoHo Pergola and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
This weekend, listen to a collection of articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote them. Written and narrated by Katherine Rosman Millions of…
Mexico Popocatépetl volcano spews ash across region
Volcano ash has been falling like snow in Mexico and leaves residents worried about an eruption.
Gushing winds rip through Guam during typhoon
The US territory was hit by Typhoon Mawar which carried winds gusts over 100mph (160km/h).
Supercell mesmerises storm watchers in New Mexico
Awesome flashes of lightning lit up the sky in New Mexico and people stopped to enjoy the show.
Watch: Vast shelf cloud crawls over Newfoundland
A Canadian captured a timelapse of a shelf cloud formation slowly moving over Newfoundland.
Dramatic video shows Alberta firefighters running
The Canadian province of Alberta saw 91 active wildfires on Saturday. The smokes from the fires has spread to multiple provinces and US states, including Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Wyoming,…
Ice jams cause massive flooding in Alaska
Snowmelt has brought waves of ice down the Yukon and Kuskokwin rivers.
A Kurdish Turkish Writer on the Tensions Between Politics and Art
The momentous Turkish presidential election, whose second round will take place on Sunday, has more than just geopolitical consequences; it is a watershed for culture as well. Since 2016, after…
How a ‘Blue Wall’ Inside N.Y. State Prisons Protects Abusive Guards
The way the prison guards described it in their paperwork, there was a minor disturbance the day they took Chad Stanbro to a dental clinic at a regional hospital. Mr.…
Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer
This spring, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, I stood again in front of “The Milkmaid,” returning 33 years after that day in Lagos to her humility, her solidity and the…