Is the World Getting Uglier?
—NurPhoto—Getty Images A few blocks from where I live, a quaint, mid-size home was recently razed and replaced by a...
Can You Hear the Theaters Ka-Ching? A Battered Industry Turns to ‘Les Miz.’
Right from the start, it is clear the production of “Les Misérables” unfolding in an amphitheater at the mouth of...
What if America Went Completely Dark?
The snipers had been shooting for nearly 10 minutes before someone called 911. A man driving down the highway told...
How the Supreme Court remade religious liberty in the Christian right’s image
The Republican Party’s supermajority on the Supreme Court was barely a month old when the justices handed down one of...
The Cop Who Took On Flock
On an early fall afternoon in 2023, midway through a shift in Pawtucket’s District Five, Rhode Island police officer Noel...
Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids.
Social media is bad for children. That was the blunt verdict in a recent spate of high-tech court cases in...
This clumsy green beetle is buzzing all over L.A. It might just crash into your face
Whiz! Bang! Pow! It’s not ’60s-era Batman, it’s a large metallic-green beetle. And it’s heading straight for your face. Parts...
States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims
Meta on Tuesday will defend itself in court again over claims it addicted young people to social media, this time...
What it’s like to spend a weekend with more than 2,000 sets of twins
TWINSBURG, Ohio — Last weekend, Twinsburg was twinning. Every August, for more than half a century, siblings who first met...
Tish James snoozes as NYC charity burns tens of millions
State Attorney General Tish James should be digging into the $100 million pit of waste, lost opportunities and likely self-dealing...
