Can humanity’s new giant leap into space succeed?
Space is a vital part of our everyday lives. We depend on satellites for weather forecasts, communications, bank transactions, not to mention valuable surveillance tools for nation states. And it’s…
Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off
RIO VERDE, Ariz. — Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new stucco houses sprouting in the granite foothills of Rio Verde,…
China’s Latest Source of Unrest: Unpaid ‘Zero Covid’ Workers
After China’s abrupt reversal of “zero Covid” restrictions, the nation’s vast machinery of virus surveillance and testing collapsed, even as infections and deaths surged. Now, the authorities face another problem:…
With Another Storm Arriving, Five Areas of California to Watch
SAN MATEO, Calif. — More than two weeks of storms have already hammered California, and one more is on the way over the holiday weekend. The relentless downpours and their…
A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address
Mr. Warnock, however, said in his victory speech that night that he won despite voter suppression. Stories of Georgia voters waiting for hours in long lines that wrapped around buildings,…
Israel Moves Right
Israel’s new right-wing government is moving quickly to transform the country.
Isn’t My Granddaughter Too Young to Walk Home Alone?
After her son-in-law refused her offer to pay someone to accompany her 9-year-old granddaughter from the bus stop, a worried reader wonders what she can do.
The Sunday Read: ‘Risking Everything to Offer Abortion Access Across State Lines’
Doctors and midwives in blue states are working to get abortion pills into red states — setting the stage for a historic legal clash.
The Week in Business: More Air Travel Chaos
Consumer prices continue to cool down. Goldman Sachs began one of its largest rounds of layoffs since the 2008 financial crisis. And Elon Musk is to go to trial over…
How the Universe Brought Them Together — Twice
William Wildman and Parker Kennedy began dating as students at the University of Mississippi before going their separate ways for four years.