Denmark’s Next Queen Is a Progressive, Common-Born Former Australian
It was a classic Australian love story, set in a Sydney pub: Girl meets boy. Girl marries boy. Girl lives happily ever after. But when Mary Donaldson, then a 28-year-old…
Mixtapes, T-Shirts and Even a Typeface Measure the Rise of Hip-Hop
For the last year, celebrations of hip-hop’s first five decades have attempted to capture the genre in full, but some early stars and scenes all but disappeared long before anyone…
Menendez Case Focuses on How Qatar Trades Its Riches for Clout
When Senator Robert Menendez arrived in Qatar in 2022 to attend the country’s lavish production of the men’s soccer World Cup, he gave an unusual interview to the authoritarian government’s…
What We Know About the Menendez Bribery Case
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a Democrat, was charged in September with accepting bribes, including cash, gold bars and a luxury Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for lucrative political favors and…
Opinion | Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me
On Tuesday, I made the wrenching but necessary decision to resign as Harvard’s president. For weeks, both I and the institution to which I’ve devoted my professional life have been…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot
Former President Donald J. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to keep him on the primary ballot in Colorado, appealing an explosive ruling from the state Supreme Court…
Covid Has Resurged, but Scientists See a Diminished Threat
The holidays have come and gone, and once again Americans are riding a tide of respiratory ailments, including Covid. But so far, this winter’s Covid uptick seems less deadly than…
Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines
Florida’s surgeon general on Wednesday called for a halt to the use of Covid vaccines, citing widely debunked concerns that contaminants in the vaccine can permanently integrate into human DNA.…
Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
Canada has long promoted itself globally as a model for protecting one of the country’s most vital natural resources: the world’s largest swath of boreal forest, which is crucial to…
Kim Davis handed new legal bill in gay marriage licence case
A woman who denied same-sex marriage licences due to religious beliefs is hit with $260,000 legal fees.