Tell Us About Your Strangest Terms of Endearment
Do you have a surprising pet name for your loved ones? When you were young, were you called something bizarre? Tell us about it.
Opening the Post-World Cup Mailbag
Was Argentina-France the greatest final ever? Or a dull game with a great finish? Readers have their say, and our columnist holds his ground.
She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable?
Eugenia Kargbo remembers when Sierra Leone’s capital was greener and cooler, and is now trying to help the city combat rising temperatures.
Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to US Drug Zones
A veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine is infiltrating street drugs, deepening addiction, baffling law enforcement and causing wounds so severe that some result in amputation.
Must We Gentrify the Rest Stop?
McDonald’s is gone, and the Manhattanization of the New York State Thruway has begun. Prepare to Instagram your pit stop.
After Virginia Teacher Is Shot, Many Questions and a Murky Legal Path
The teacher who was shot was in stable condition on Saturday, the police said, but details surrounding the gun remained unknown.
NFL Players Return to the Field After Bills’ Damar Hamlin’s Collapse
In the first games since Damar Hamlin’s collapse, Kansas City beat the Raiders and the Jaguars beat the Titans. Playing again was “definitely weird,” Patrick Mahomes said.
ESPN Looks for the Right Tone as the NFL Resumes Games
The broadcast on Saturday was a test of how the networks are going to cover the sport in the wake of Damar Hamlin’s collapse on the field last Monday.
Grant Wahl’s Death Isn’t a Tool for Covid Vaccine Disinformation Spreaders
Anti-vaccine harassment cannot stand.