When federal pay stalled, a furloughed worker organized meals for others
Hours before lunchtime, Simone Randolph stood in Canal Park in Southeast Washington, scribbling delivery details across brown paper shopping bags....
ChatGPT helped her win the lottery. She gave it all away.
Winning the lottery isn’t what brought Carrie Edwards her 15 minutes of fame. It was giving it all away. Standing...
Body of hostage returned to Israel, as three remain in Gaza
Israel on Friday identified the body of a hostage released from Gaza as Meny Godard, a 73-year-old who was killed...
China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific
China’s efforts to blunt American maritime power in the Pacific, a region the United States has long considered its domain,...
Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning
There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more...
A dying poet embraces life in ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’
(3 stars)Periodically, some charismatic person with a terminal diagnosis steps into the role of societal sage. With their days numbered,...
The $500 million American Dream museum near the White House: Should you go?
Everyone has their version of the American Dream. For some, it’s to be rich or famous or become president. For...
Custom framing prices have doubled over the past decade. Here’s why.
It’s a rite of passage. As young adults grow up, they ditch their futons, get nicer towels and decide it’s...
Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ is more than just a love letter to Godard
(3.5 stars)Sometimes a passion project leans a little too hard into the first half of that descriptor. (Who said “Glitter”?...
How the FBI’s massive search for the D.C. pipe bomber stalled
In the weeks after a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the FBI dedicated more than 50 agents...
A new Ira Sachs film resurrects Peter Hujar, and something far greater
(4 stars)Several times, when the conversation at the center of “Peter Hujar’s Day” takes an existential turn, we hear a...
Israeli settler attacks in West Bank threaten vital olive harvest
AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank — For Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, the annual olive harvest has become a time...
Miss Manners: Friend I haven’t seen in a year cancels hangout last minute
Dear Miss Manners: What is the polite way to eat large sushi rolls? Sometimes they’re too big to comfortably eat...
Asking Eric: Parents try to force reunion with estranged brother
Dear Eric: I am in my late 30s. I live halfway across the country from my parents and don’t have...
Here’s how to do ‘Oedipus’ in a way that feels totally of the moment
NEW YORK — In the corner of the campaign headquarters onstage, a countdown clock ticks toward the inevitable: When polls...
