The Willful Amnesia Behind Trump’s Attacks on Harris’s Identity
When I was a child, my dad sat my older sister and me down in our living room and explained to us the rules of race in America. A Black…
Harris Faces Party Divisions as She Chooses a Running Mate
The competitive, divisive primary that many Democrats long wanted to avoid has arrived anyway — playing out largely behind closed doors in a fight over the bottom of the ticket.…
A Doping Scandal
When you sit down to watch the Olympics, you expect that you’re seeing the world’s best athletes competing on a level playing field. The organization that runs the Olympics prides…
They United Their Muslim and Jewish Families but Didn’t Stop There
Under a huppah in a cornfield in Glenwood, Iowa, Sammi Rose Cannold and Safiullah Rauf took turns reading excerpts from a notebook that she had written in nearly every day…
Doug Emhoff, Husband of Kamala Harris, Acknowledges Long-Ago Affair
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Saturday that he had an extramarital affair during his first marriage, years before he met Ms. Harris. The acknowledgment,…
War Shatters Dating Scene for Women in Ukraine
For the past two and a half years, Kateryna Bairachna has wanted to meet someone special. But war always gets in the way. Ms. Bairachna met a soldier, but then…
Plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters revoked – US government
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks. In a memo on Friday, Mr Austin also said…
Police called to save cat with jar stuck on head
Officers from Palmhurst Police Department in the US state of Texas jumped into action when they received a call about an animal in distress. Upon finding the cat, which had…
What pointers can Kamala Harris take from the state run by women?
BBC In a country where women still find it challenging to reach high office, the swing state of Michigan is an outlier. Its three most senior elected officials are all…
Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India
BBC Mystery surrounds an American woman who was found chained to a tree “screaming” in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Lalita Kayi, 50, was discovered a…