Three of Summer’s Best Thrillers
The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian The mystery in THE AMATEUR (Doubleday, 319 pp., $33) isn’t about who killed Kenny Foster,...
‘Nightmarish’ Wildfire in Crete Kills Two Firefighters as Thousands Evacuate
Greece battled a wildfire on Thursday on the island of Crete that has killed two firefighters and forced thousands to...
Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts
More and more uninsured patients are showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the...
Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards
In California, a place famous around the world for its viticulture, winemakers produced less wine last year than at any...
Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups
In December, Representative Jack Bergman of Michigan, a staunch ally of President Trump and MAGA defender, took to the House...
Rescue Boat Crews Show Signs of Brain Injuries, but Coast Guard Isn’t Looking
Brett Bonner saved hundreds of lives during 21 years on rescue boats in the Coast Guard. When he died, his...
As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing
China has cast itself as a champion of low-cost, open-source artificial intelligence technology that it says should be made widely...
Russia Hits Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8
Russia pounded Ukrainian cities overnight with a barrage of missiles and drones that killed at least eight people and wounded...
Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.
For the last 15 years, talking to Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant on iPhones, felt profoundly uncool. Though it performed a...
Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
A Canadian man served 18 months in prison after being wrongfully convicted of offenses related to child pornography in 2023...
7 of Betye Saar’s Most Important Works
In 1972, the Rainbow Sign, a Black cultural center in Berkeley, Calif., put on a group show that featured a...
Warsh’s Performance Falls Flat With Markets as Fed Holds Rates Steady
Early in Kevin M. Warsh’s second news conference as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he laid out how the central...
Oil Prices Teeter as Middle East Veers Toward Wider Conflict
Oil prices wobbled on Thursday as the conflict in the Middle East threatened to expand. On Thursday, the United States...
Poland’s Leader Says Russian Missile May Have Struck Its Territory During Ukraine Attack
A Russian missile may have struck the territory of Poland, a NATO member, during an overnight assault on neighboring Ukraine,...
Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political
Donald Trump’s presidencies are the evangelical church’s unwanted gift to America. You don’t have to rehash all the events of...
