When Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ended, Concern for Her Did Not
In the four-plus years since a judge ended the conservatorship that had long controlled Britney Spears’s life, the singer has...
A Fear for Travelers Escaping the Gulf: Are Flights Safe?
Gitu Ramani-Ruff was thrilled to be on board a flight from Dubai back home to New York on Thursday after...
A Philharmonic Conductor’s Concerts Surprise, for Better and Worse
Some concert programs make sense on paper but fall apart in performance. Others look cobbled together at first glance but...
Backstage for a Regal Night of Rock With Paul Simon and Elvis Costello
On a drizzly Thursday evening on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the dressing rooms and backstage stairwells of the...
The Unlikely Pairing That Pushed Hip-Hop Forward
A Tribe Called Quest’s album “The Low End Theory” stands firm as a pillar of hip-hop 35 years after its...
At Jesse Jackson Service, the Humble and Powerful Come to Pay Homage
Three former presidents, a sitting mayor and governor, business executives, clergy members and gospel singers gathered on Friday morning on...
In the Gulf, a Cruise Line Steps Up to Get Stranded Passengers Home
As thousands of stranded travelers trying to return home from the Middle East wait for government help, a Swiss-based cruise...
Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88
Jeremy Larner, whose experience as a speechwriter for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s 1968 Democratic presidential campaign informed his Oscar-winning screenplay...
From 2011: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71
This obituary was originally published on Sept. 27, 2011. It is being republished for a package for Women’s History Month....
Both Top Choices to Lead N.Y. Child Services Agency Are Off the List
Angela Burton, a finalist whose candidacy to lead the New York City Administration for Children’s Services drew attention for her...
A Head of State, a Rock Star and Oprah Walk Into a Palace
The power room of Paris Fashion Week wasn’t a fashion show at all. On Thursday evening, as Rick Owens was...
The Potomac Is Safe From the Sludge Now, Officials Say. Locals Aren’t So Sure.
The Potomac River has long been a source of tranquil counterprogramming for residents of Washington, a bucolic escape from the...
From 2001: Beate Uhse, 81, Entrepreneur in the Business of Erotic Goods
This obituary was originally published on July 22, 2001. It is being republished in preparation for a package for Women’s...
From 1999: Charlotte Perriand, Designer, Is Dead at 96
This obituary was originally published on Nov. 7, 1999. It is being republished for a package for Women’s History Month....
How The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons
For most of my two decades as a reporter in Washington, presidential clemency seemed like an arcane niche that did...
