Trump Casts a Long Shadow Over New Jersey’s Governor Race
There are plenty of thorny policy issues facing the next governor of New Jersey. Housing and health care costs are high. Mass transit is on the ropes. Schools are among…
How Would Peacekeeping Work in Ukraine? These Experts Gamed It Out.
When military and civilian experts on peacekeeping started meeting in Geneva in the spring of 2022, they insisted on discretion. Their topic was sensitive: how to implement a future cease-fire…
Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools,…
North Korea Says It’s Building a Nuclear-Powered Submarine
North Korea said on Saturday that it was building its first nuclear-powered submarine to enhance its nuclear weapons abilities, and the state news media showed the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un,…
Newark Police Officer Is Killed and Another Is Injured in Shooting
One police officer was killed and a second was injured in a shooting in Newark on Friday night, a police officers’ union said in a statement. The Essex County Prosecutor’s…
An Oregon Family Vanished in 1958. Their Car May Have Been Found in a River.
On Dec. 7, 1958, Ken and Barbara Martin of Portland, Ore., took their three daughters on a family trip through the mountains en route to collect Christmas greenery. They stopped…
Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
Son of a Jazz Man Ricardo Merrill Scofidio was born on April 16, 1935, in New York City to Earle and June (Matthews) Scofidio. He had a brother, Basilio. His…
Russia Pushes Back Ukraine’s Offensive With Drones and North Korean Troops
Russian and North Korean forces have made significant battlefield advances in recent days in the Kursk region of Russia, threatening Ukraine’s supply lines and its hold on a patch of…
Chrystia Freeland Eyes Justin Trudeau’s Job as Canada’s Liberal Party Leader
The protester leaped on to the stage, lunged at Chrystia Freeland and screamed within inches of her face. She didn’t flinch. Her January campaign launch for leadership of the Liberal…
Will Canadians Warm Up to Mark Carney, the Liberal Party Front-Runner Eyeing Trudeau’s Job?
It was the summer of 2007. Deep inside Canada’s finance ministry, high-ranking officials were staring down the barrel of a global financial meltdown. They weren’t sure exactly when, or how,…