Sumptuous New Historical Fiction
Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen The action in Turpeinen’s BEASTS OF THE SEA (Little, Brown, 277 pp., $28)...
They, Too, Died After Beatings by Guards. No One Raised an Alarm.
When an inmate named Ladale Kennedy stopped breathing one night in a New York State prison cell, no one paid...
One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine
Mahsa Khanbabai peered through the small glass window of a locked door in an immigration jail in Basile, La., watching...
Mamdani Will Be First N.Y.C. Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In
When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City on Jan. 1, he will represent a range...
Behind Oklahoma Cannabis Farms, New Yorkers With Ties to Beijing
The police found him in his bedroom in Edmond, Okla., facedown, dead from a gunshot wound and still gripping the...
For Zohran Mamdani, a Crowning Moment, With Challenges Looming
This time last year, Zohran Mamdani was a little-known mayoral candidate so desperate to raise his profile that he spent...
Tonight’s Ball Drop Is a Celebration of Both the New Year and Times History
In just a few hours, a ritual will be repeated — a ritual that began with The New York Times:...
Thailand Releases 18 Cambodian P.O.W.s
Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian soldiers it had held captive since July, officials from both governments said, marking a hopeful...
Jon Kyl, Former Arizona Senator, Says He Has Dementia
Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona who served in both chambers of Congress for nearly 30 years, said on Tuesday...
Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths
The origin of China’s dominance of rare earths can be traced to an iron ore mine near Baotou in the...
Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric
For a certain France, Brigitte Bardot incarnated the lost idyll of the country’s supposed golden years after World War II...
Last Orders, London?
One afternoon some weeks ago, a little after 1 p.m., groups of office workers — a mass of navy quarter-zips...
Slow Pace of Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia
The river rose as high as a coconut tree one November morning, depositing a 10-foot-high pile of logs that crushed...
George Clooney Is French Now
France has granted citizenship to Hollywood star George Clooney and his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, according to...
Isiah Whitlock Jr., 71, Scene-Stealing Character Actor in ‘The Wire,’ Dies
Isiah Whitlock Jr., a character actor best known for his scene-stealing role as a smooth-talking, corrupt politician in the widely...
