Fan A.I. Videos Help Long Shot Break Through in L.A. Mayor’s Race
The video opens with the Hollywood sign engulfed in flames. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles sits on a throne,...
Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before
Donald Trump has been thinking a lot about his place in history. That’s one of the reasons, according to recent...
This Is How a Party Ends Up Looking Like a Clown Car
When did you last hear a speech that made you hopeful about the future? Here in California, speeches have not...
‘Eternal Flame’ Still Burns After Fire That Destroyed Buddhist Hall in Japan
Reikado Hall, close to the summit of Mount Misen in southwestern Japan, has long stood as a sacred monument to...
60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A’s. Enough Is Enough.
In a vote whose results were announced on Wednesday, Harvard faculty decided to do something we have talked about for...
China’s Endless Housing Crisis Shows Faint Signs of Hope
During China’s slow-moving housing crash, there have been brief stretches when prices stabilized, raising hopes that the multiyear slide was...
Trump to Ease Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’
President Trump will announce Thursday that his administration is easing restrictions on the potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioners and...
At DanceAfrica, When the Rules Disappear, the Party Begins
It’s all in the hips. When performing the traditional Ugandan dance baksimba, women swing their hips in pendular motion, making...
Texas Housing Developer Files Defamation Suit Against Alex Jones
A vast Houston-area housing development popular with Hispanic buyers has been attacked by conservative influencers, investigated by Texas’ Republican leaders...
Uganda Says It’s Not Aware of Ebola Clinics Promised by U.S.
The authorities in Uganda said on Thursday that they were not aware of U.S. plans to fund treatment clinics to...
A New Film Makes My Hearing Condition a Superpower. It’s Not.
A few days after my noise injury — I usually call it acoustic trauma, or a head injury if I...
A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5 million to a super PAC backed by President Trump last month, about one...
MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump
Is the MAHA movement’s political influence waning? On “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion science editor Alexandra Sifferlin, the columnist and...
‘The Boroughs’ review: ‘Stranger Things,’ the Senior Edition
What do you get when you take a lovable ensemble of septuagenarian actors and cross them with the Duffer brothers?...
A Writer and His Shirt Cardboards
Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll find out about a new acquisition by the New York Public Library: the papers of...
