BBC reporter at Trump trial as man sets himself on fire
A man has died after setting himself on fire outside the New York court where former US President Donald Trump’s criminal trial is taking place, US media outlets have reported.…
Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups
If I’m not working or around other people, more often than not, I want to be reading. The rise in availability of audiobooks has made this easier to achieve. One…
House Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The House on Saturday was heading toward passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line…
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes
In January, when Doug Dern, the state chairman of the Natural Law Party of Michigan, got an email from a top strategist for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, he…
G.O.P. Intensifies Scrutiny of Voting: ‘We’re Keeping a Close Eye on You’
On a Monday in mid-March, the Wisconsin Republican Party gathered about 50 conservative activists on a Zoom call to train them in how to become poll workers, helping oversee and…
Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Early last year, Josh Meisel and his wife wanted to watch a new buzzy Peacock drama, “Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne. But Mr. Meisel, a scientist who lives outside Boston,…
Lasers, Inflatable Dancers and the Fight to Fend Off Avian Flu
Loren Brey, a poultry grower in Minnesota, walked onto the farm where his egg-laying turkeys nest in November to discover a handful of hens, dead from the highly pathogenic avian…
Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold
Twenty-three top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 but were allowed to escape public scrutiny and continue…
Senate Passes Two-Year Extension of Surveillance Law Just After It Expired
The Senate early on Saturday approved an extension of a warrantless surveillance law, moving to renew it shortly after it had expired and sending President Biden legislation that national security…
A Life Overtaken by Conspiracy Theories Explodes in Flames as the Public Looks On
The journey that ended with a man setting himself on fire on Friday outside the Manhattan courthouse where Donald J. Trump was being tried seemed to have begun in Florida,…