Gordon S. Wood, eminent scholar of U.S. history, struck by car and killed at 92
Gordon S. Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of American history at Brown University whose books illuminated the radical...
‘Jaw-dropping’ corruption could see Trump’s UFC fight scrapped at last-minute: law expert
President Donald Trump has been hit by a new lawsuit over his UFC arena being built on the White House...
A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists
YACHATS, Ore. — For much of his career, Bruce Menge assumed he would conduct the same research until he died....
How Banks Are Using SpaceX to Woo the Superrich
On the 51st floor of JPMorgan’s gleaming Midtown headquarters, 350 wealthy investors gathered last week to hear directly from Elon...
‘DTF St. Louis’ begins with sex, death and ‘deviancy.’ Then things get really interesting
The suburban malaise subgenre of murder mystery is thriving, from “Big Little Lies” to “All Her Fault.” At first glance,...
They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.
Earlier this year, Sidharth Hariharan, a graduate student in mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, received news that sent him rushing...
China Reasserts Itself, to Contain North Korea’s Tilt Toward Russia
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, arrived in North Korea on Monday and delivered what analysts said was a subtle reminder...
Retired Supreme Court justice becomes Canada’s governor general, the representative of King Charles
TORONTO — Retired Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour was installed as Canada’s next governor general on Monday after a swearing-in ceremony. The...
The global airline industry’s profits could be cut in half as it braces for its worst year since the pandemic
Even as travelers keep flying, airlines’ profits could be cut in half, thanks in part to the stranglehold Iran has...
What’s Taking So Long to Count California Ballots?
California’s election process is notoriously time-consuming, in part because of the state’s reliance on mail-in voting, and a requirement that...
