An Israeli City Where Compromise and Division Swim Side by Side
It was another sweltering Friday in Rehovot, a city in central Israel, and Chaya Hitin and Odelia Tsaidi-Zommer each left their homes for a swim. Ms. Hitin, 38, an ultra-Orthodox…
Is It Possible to Buy a House in Your 20s? Yes, but Only With Some Help.
Last year, while Whitney Buehler was in Croatia on her honeymoon, the back of her mind was home in Atlanta gearing up for a summer of house hunting. Ms. Buehler,…
How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World
As Taylor Swift rolled into Los Angeles this week, the frenzy surrounding her record-breaking Eras Tour was already in high gear. Headlines gushed that she had given $100,000 bonuses to…
Man of the People? Jolted by a Mutiny, Putin Works the Crowds.
He worked a throng of screaming fans in Dagestan. He hoisted a young girl onto his hip in Kronstadt. He posed shoulder-to-shoulder with seven young siblings, shaking their father’s hand…
How a Sexual Assault in a School Bathroom Became a Political Weapon
There had been no second rape — the second sexual assault, though it was never fully described by law enforcement, was charged as a misdemeanor — but by now, the…
‘We Are Feeling Overpoliced’: State Troopers Join Patrols in Austin
Scores of state highway troopers, usually found on roadways across Texas in their distinctive cowboy hats and black-and-white patrol vehicles, have descended on Austin, the state capital. At first, they…
On the Campaign Trail, an Impossible Task: Ignoring Trump’s Latest Charges
Days after the front-runner was indicted on charges of trying to subvert an election, Republican candidates in their presidential primary returned to the campaign trail acting as if nothing had…
Big Tech Rebounds and Preps for Transformative A.I. Investments
A year ago, the tech industry’s prospects looked bleak. Google’s profit dropped. Shares of Facebook’s parent company, Meta, were in free fall. Business growth at Amazon had slowed to its…
Killer Asteroid-Spotting Software Could Help Save the World
The ability of technology to solve global problems is often overhyped. But when it comes to saving the world from asteroid strikes, lines of code may prove to be our…
Russia Says Ukraine Struck Oil Tanker off Crimea
A Ukrainian naval drone hit a Russian oil tanker early Saturday off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, Russian officials said, the second attack on the country’s ships in the Black Sea…