Opinion | Two Languages Walk Into a Bar
I encountered another variation on this theme during my annual stay at a Jewish summer bungalow colony. Why me? Long story, but it started during the pandemic and became a…
Where Tech Investors Are Buying Up Land, Locals Are Worried
In a rural slice of California’s Solano County, between the cities of the Bay Area and Sacramento, rumors have been swirling for years about “the Flanneries,” a mystery company buying…
A California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.
Jan Sramek was 15 years old the first time he tried to get a government to do something he wanted. Back then, he was an internet- and science fiction-obsessed teenager…
Opinion | When I Tell You Nikki Haley Is Pathetic, That’s an Understatement
I wish it were as simple as that one Republican debate. I wish the Nikki Haley onstage in Milwaukee last week — who called out Donald Trump for his profligate…
Under Uganda Anti-LGBTQ Law, Man Is Arrested on Charge Punishable by Death
Ugandan prosecutors have lodged charges of “aggravated homosexuality” against a 20-year-old man — a crime punishable by death — in one of the country’s first applications of provision included in…
How to Track Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Idalia continued to build strength over the Gulf of Mexico’s abnormally warm waters on Tuesday, taking aim at a vulnerable but sparsely populated portion of Florida’s coastline known as…
The Lives Lost to the Jacksonville Gunman
Ms. Carr, an Uber driver, had just dropped off a friend at the store when the gunman began shooting at her car. “She would give her shirt off her back…
U.N.C. Grad Student Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of Professor
A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been charged in the fatal shooting of one of his professors on Monday, a killing that spread…
Idalia Threatens to Stir Up Lake Okeechobee’s Toxic Algae Blooms
For much of the summer, Lake Okeechobee suffocates under toxic, blue-green algae blooms fed by fertilizer runoff from farms. The blooms recently subsided, but Hurricane Idalia could cause further cycles…
Cannabis Use Disorder ‘Common’ Among Marijuana Users, Study Finds
The News More than one-fifth of people who use cannabis struggle with dependency or problematic use, according to a study published on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical…
Strengthening Storm Takes Aim at Vulnerable Florida Coastline
Researchers are unsure about whether human-caused climate change will mean longer or more active hurricane seasons in the future, but there is broad agreement on one thing: Global warming is…
Biden to Discuss Migration With the President of Costa Rica
President Biden will host President Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica at the White House on Tuesday as their countries try to rein in a surge of migration in the Western…
Why Marcia Gay Harden Spends Her Time Off in Upstate New York
Zooming around on an ATV at her property in the Catskills, a couple of hours north of New York City, Marcia Gay Harden pointed out various sights that sparked memories:…
Scalise, No. 2 House Republican, Says He Has Blood Cancer
Representative Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana and the majority leader, said Tuesday he had been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer, but planned to return to Washington to…