Opinion | The Trial America Needs
At last. The federal criminal justice system is going to legal war against one of the most dishonest, malicious and damaging conspiracies in the history of the United States. Tuesday’s…
Bishop Accused of Abuse Gets Married After Bid to Quit Church Is Denied
A retired Roman Catholic bishop in upstate New York who is a defendant in several sexual misconduct lawsuits said on Tuesday that he had recently married a woman after the…
A Soup and Salad That Can Beat a Heat Wave
This August menu is essentially designed for beating the heat on seriously sweltering summer days, when ice-cold everything seems appropriate. We’re on the right track, I think, with a chilled…
NYC Confronts Homelessness Crisis as Shelters are Overwhelmed
They came from Colombia and Chad, from Burundi, Peru, Venezuela, Madagascar. In New York they had heard there was a haven for immigrants, a place to live and get back…
Kenya Offers to Lead International Force to Help Restore Order in Haiti
After nearly a year of calls from the prime minister of Haiti for armed intervention from abroad, the troubled country may soon get such a deployment from an African nation.…
Solar Power’s China Problem – The New York Times
It’s never been cheaper or easier to produce electricity from the sun. Economies of scale and government subsidies, especially in China, have helped to drive down solar energy prices by…
Opinion | Oregon’s Hard-Drug Decriminalization Policy Is a Disaster
How soon is too soon to call a progressive and libertarian policy obsession a public policy fiasco? In the case of Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, better known…
NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space
Background: A long, strange trip through the solar system Voyager 2 launched to space on Aug. 20, 1977, to take a tour of our solar system’s outer planets. It’s the…
Trump Was Indicted Over His Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election
Donald Trump, the former president and current front-runner for the Republican nomination, was indicted today in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The charges, brought by…
U.S. Credit Rating Is Downgraded by Fitch
The long-term credit rating of the United States was downgraded on Tuesday by the Fitch Ratings agency, which said that the nation’s high and growing debt burden and penchant for…
Iran Orders Two-Day Shutdown Because of ‘Unprecedented’ Heat
Iran on Tuesday announced a two-day public holiday in response to “unprecedented” heat, ordering all government agencies, banks and schools to shut down, an unusual move prompted by soaring temperatures…
Incandescent Bulb Ban Renews a Squabble Over the American Home
The switchboard at Lightbulbs.com, a (pretty self-explanatory) e-commerce website, lit up with panicked callers on Tuesday, who all wanted to know if the news was true. Had the government just…
Matt DePerno, Trump Meddler in Michigan, Is Charged in Election Breach
Matthew DePerno, a key orchestrator of efforts to help former President Donald J. Trump try to overturn the 2020 election in Michigan and an unsuccessful candidate for state attorney general…
Ukraine’s Grain Lifeline in Danube Ports Comes Under Russia Threat
When Russia blockaded Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea after its full-scale invasion last year, grain that could feed millions worldwide piled up in silos. Crude iron that supplied some…