Christmas Comes Early in Ukraine, but Not a Moment Too Soon
Christmas lights flickered on ahead of schedule. Families sang carols a little sooner. And the first presents of the season — by tradition hidden under a pillow or in a…
Israel Says It Is Intensifying Its Campaign Against Hamas
Israeli leaders vowed on Sunday to pursue their war against Hamas, even as Israel’s own casualties mounted, with 15 soldiers reported killed in the Gaza Strip since Friday. “The war…
Who Are the Members of the Harvard Corporation?
Amid the turmoil over Harvard University’s president, Claudine Gay, the powerful board governing the university has been thrust into the spotlight. Despite the mounting scrutiny over Dr. Gay, the Harvard…
Claudine Gay Turmoil Forces Harvard’s Secretive ‘Corporation’ Into Spotlight
On Tuesday, the day before Harvard acknowledged more problems with its president’s scholarly work, two members of its governing body sat in a private dining room at Bar Enza, a…
Dreaming of a Getaway
There is something about this time of year that makes me — and, it seems, a lot of other people — dream of being elsewhere. Here in New York City,…
Without a Truce, U.N. Resolution May Do Little for Gaza, Aid Groups Say
United Nations and other aid officials warned on Saturday that a new U.N. Security Council resolution calling for stepped-up aid delivery to the increasingly hungry and sick civilians of the…
How Michael Urie Spends His Sundays
Michael Urie is a compulsive performing chameleon. Urie, known for his work on “Ugly Betty,” is portraying Sir Robin in the revival of Monty Python’s “Spamalot,” which opened on Nov.…
Laura Lynch, a Co-Founder of the Dixie Chicks, Dies at 65
Laura Lynch, a founding member of the country music group the Dixie Chicks, died in a car crash on Friday, according to the authorities. She was 65. The death and…
Your Old 401(k): Out of Sight, Out of Mind and Out of Money
And in November, the financial services industry established a system that automatically moves old retirement accounts into the plan of the worker’s new employer. The Portability Services Network automatically matches…
Watch: Joy as babies born to mum with rare double womb
A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days – after a “one in a million” pregnancy. People in the delivery room could be…