Romanian Man Is Sentenced in 2023 Wave of ‘Swatting’ Calls
For about two weeks starting around Christmas in 2023 the American political establishment was harassed by a wave of crisis...
Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed
Over the past year, Jerome H. Powell has frequently said that the Federal Reserve faced “no risk-free paths” as it...
What to Know About the Stabbing Attack Against 2 Jewish Men in London
A knife attack against two Jewish men in north London on Wednesday was declared a terrorist incident, and a man...
Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight
Oil prices hit a fresh wartime high on Thursday, surging to a four-year high above $120 a barrel, before pulling...
Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass
Most people I know in the A.I. industry think the median person is screwed, and they have no idea what...
Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was.
President Trump’s threat on Wednesday to pull American troops out of Germany, following German criticism of the Iran war, might...
Janet Mills, Governor of Maine, Suspends Senate Campaign
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, the Democratic establishment’s choice to run for the Senate seat long held by Senator Susan...
Rising Fuel Prices Force Policymakers to Weigh Excruciating Choices
With the flow of energy through the Middle East still mostly blocked and oil prices well above $100 a barrel,...
U.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices
The American economy extended a streak of resilience and expanded at an annual rate of 2 percent in the first...
David Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86
David Allan Coe, the country singer whose outlandish exploits, prison tales and obscenity-laden performances earned him notoriety as a transgressive...
Mamdani May Be Weakening Domestic Violence Prevention, Advocates Fear
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that he was creating an office to overhaul New York City’s policing of mentally ill...
Why Are We Still Driving?
It feels as if we’ve been hearing about self-driving cars for a long time, but now they’re really here. Ferrying...
‘Hokum’ Review: You Can Check In, but You Might Not Check Out
The Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy, in common with his genre colleague Osgood Perkins, likes to seed familiar horror setups with...
‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie’ Review: Apocalyptic Vacation
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea” is a stand-alone offshoot from...
‘Two Pianos’ Review: Striking an Odd Chord
The love triangle scenario in “Two Pianos” might sound contrived, but because the director is Arnaud Desplechin, a French filmmaker...
