Half of Gazans Are at Risk of Starving, U.N. Warns
Walaa Zaiter’s four children have been hungry for weeks, but she can barely find them food. They ask for sandwiches, fruit juice and homemade Palestinian dishes like she used to…
U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
A clash between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters who were attacking a commercial freighter and U.S. Navy helicopters responding to the ship’s distress call ended on Sunday morning with the killing of…
Appeals Court Allows California Ban on Guns in Most Public Places to Take Effect
A federal appeals court on Saturday allowed California’s ban on the carrying of firearms in most public places to take effect in 2024, halting a lower court judge’s ruling that…
The U.S. and Israel: An Embrace Shows Signs of Strain After Oct. 7
President Biden was getting ready to leave the White House for an audacious flight to Israel to demonstrate solidarity after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack when suddenly the trip seemed…
My New Year’s Resolutions | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The list of New Year’s Resolutions is a hackneyed genre (Good Housekeeping, Parade, Pioneer Women, Country Living, Financial Times). Generally, they are quickly forgotten, and…
Hitting a Home Run on Their First Date, With the Help of a Furry Friend
On July 18, 2021, the day Patrick Alan Pennel was supposed to meet Margaret Ann Kretzmer for a first date, he canceled to spend time with someone else he was…
The World in Stories: 13 Favorite Dispatches From 2023
Bearing witness, at close range and often at great risk, is the essence of a dispatch, and in 2023, our correspondents filed 80 of them from 37 countries, capturing the…
Opinion | I Want a City, Not a Museum
Some years ago, as my mother and I were walking on New York City’s Upper West Side, she pointed out a redbrick townhouse in the West 70s where, she said,…
Chick-fil-A’s Closed-on-Sunday Policy Prompts a Highway Rest Stop Revolt
Kelli Bogacz had just spent a week camping in the Adirondack Mountains, and as she and her husband negotiated the five-hour drive back home to Buffalo, all they wanted was…
Storms and High Waves Pummel California Coast for a Third Day
A third day of rain, coastal flooding and gigantic waves along parts of the California coast forced residents to evacuate and left streets and parking lots flooded on Saturday, though…