Ann Blyth, who played wicked daughter in ‘Mildred Pierce,’ dies at 98
Ann Blyth, a Hollywood actress who earned an Oscar nomination in her teens for playing Joan Crawford’s venomous screen daughter...
Venezuela’s unnatural disaster
Marian Da Silva Parra is a human rights lawyer and a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights...
From foes to ‘great friends?’ Quakes test new U.S.-Venezuela relationship
For decades, the Venezuelan government has seen only one side of the United States. As a socialist dictatorship took hold...
Ukrainian drones drive Russia to declare emergency in occupied Crimea
Authorities in occupied Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed illegally from Ukraine in 2014, declared a state of...
Jawando declares victory in executive race in Maryland’s largest county
Will Jawando declared victory Friday in the Democratic primary for county executive in Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburb of D.C....
To beat socialists and populists, liberalism must get radical
Two recent events, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, point to the same problem. In Britain, the man widely expected...
In AI race vs. U.S., China eyes a come-from-behind victory
SINGAPORE — In the competition for global dominance in artificial intelligence, Chinese AI leaders increasingly see themselves running a different...
What if Trump is right to pump the brakes on the most advanced AI?
Robert Wright publishes the NonZero Newsletter and is the author of, most recently, “The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our...
Your sleep tracker might be giving you insomnia
You wake up to your 7 a.m. alarm feeling relatively refreshed and ready to tackle the day ahead. But when...
Americans spent $158 billion on pets. Now they’re fighting for custody.
In a nation of people who view pets as family members — and spent $158 billion last year on their...
Her house was on fire. Her poodle’s frantic barking helped save her life.
Aida Kelly was losing patience. It was around 12:45 a.m. and her standard poodle, Squilliam, would not stop barking. He...
In AI race vs. U.S., China eyes victory in lower prices and broader appeal
SINGAPORE — In the competition for global dominance in artificial intelligence, Chinese AI leaders increasingly see themselves running a different...
Quakes give U.S. opportunity to transform Venezuela from foe to friend
For decades, the Venezuelan government has seen only one side of the United States. As a socialist dictatorship took hold...
California billionaire tax headed for ballot despite top Democrats’ opposition
Leaders of a proposal to tax California’s billionaires faced growing opposition Thursday as they declared the issue would make the...
New York City passes rent freeze, in line with Mamdani campaign promise
NEW YORK — A city board voted Thursday to freeze rents for up to two years for about 1 million...
