On a gold-tinged morning at Appleyard College, a senior named Miranda wakes singing a foreboding melody. Her heartbeat is hammering,...

When 2025 becomes 2026, the mayoralty of New York City will pass from Eric Adams to Zohran Mamdani. It’s unclear...

It was October 2023, and F.B.I. agents told Hui Bo not to come to their office. For his own safety,...

A mass shooting killed at least nine people and injured 10 more at a tavern near Johannesburg, the police said...

Some of the most memorable farewells to “Saturday Night Live” cast members over the years have been musical ones: Kristen...

Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse-practitioner about losing weight. “We tried exercise,” like walking 35 minutes a...

To the Editor: Re “How Can We Afford $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance?,” by Zack Cooper (Opinion guest essay,...

Peak shopping season is upon us. And so what? Shopping has become a drag. A bore. An obligation. A thing...

Power was restored for tens of thousands of electricity customers in San Francisco late Saturday, after an hourslong outage affecting...

Religion is one of the most dangerous forces on earth. If you’ve ever encountered true fundamentalists, you know why. When...

At a New Orleans Hilton along the banks of the Mississippi River this month, rice farmers met to discuss agricultural...

In January, I made a prediction: “I suspect we are at or near the peak of Trump vibes.” Now, as...

A few years ago, I was out jogging on Hampstead Heath near my home in north London when I suddenly...

It started with “Red Comet,” an 1,118-page biography of Sylvia Plath, undertaken with far-flung friends during the pandemic (obviously). The...

Move over Karen and snowflake. There’s a new go-to political put-down: Theater kid. Last month, the comedian Tim Dillon referred...