This Whale May Win the Prize for Longest Pregnancy in Mammals
For animals that humans almost drove into extinction, there’s a lot about whales we still don’t know. Consider the bowhead whale in particular. “Bowhead whales can live greater than 200…
It’s Hard to Root Against Haiti in the Women’s World Cup
If you’ve read this column regularly over the last few years, my rooting interests should be clear by now. I pull for the outsiders and outliers. The strugglers and stragglers.…
Hollywood Strike Leaves Influencers Sidelined and Confused
Deanna Giulietti is not in the actors’ union, but she turned down $28,000 last week because of its strike. Ms. Giulietti, a 29-year-old content creator with 1.8 million TikTok followers,…
How George Santos Used Political Connections to Fuel Get-Rich Schemes
About a year before George Santos was elected to Congress, he and three other men approached a loyal campaign donor with a potentially lucrative opportunity. A wealthy Polish citizen wanted…
Anti-Trump Ads in Iowa Feature Republican Voters Who Turned Against Him
A Republican group that opposes Donald J. Trump is unveiling an advertising campaign featuring voters who supported him in the past two presidential elections but have now turned against him,…
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s July Meeting
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates at its meeting on Wednesday, and economists will be watching for hints at what officials expect next — and how…
What ‘The Bear’ Gets Right About Chicago
Leave it to a Chicagoan like me to note that there are, in fact, more than 20 restaurants in the city with at least one Michelin star. But “The Bear”…
Blistering Heat Spreads to U.S. Midwest as Wildfire Smoke Lingers
The heat wave that has scorched much of the American South and Southwest is now spreading throughout the Midwest, bringing temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, dangerous conditions for millions of people…
Credit Markets Are Creaking, Creating Economic Uncertainty
Investors and economists have become optimistic that the Federal Reserve might successfully slow inflation without plunging the economy into recession, but many are still eyeing a risk that threatens to…
Hunter Biden to Appear in Court to Ratify Plea Deal
Hunter Biden, President Biden’s troubled son and the target of long-running Republican efforts to cast the first family as corrupt, is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in federal court…
Gov. Abbott’s Policing of Texas Border Pushes Limits of State Power
Along Texas’ 1,200-mile-long border with Mexico, state troopers routinely arrest migrants for trespassing. Texas National Guard troops unspool razor wire along the banks of the Rio Grande. State game wardens…
Where Is Melania Trump Now?
Since leaving the White House, Melania Trump’s world has gotten smaller. Just how she likes it. Cloistered behind the gates of her three homes, she sticks to a small circle…
70 Years Along the Zone Where the Korean War Never Ended
Photographs and Video by Chang W. Lee Text by Choe Sang-Hun Photographer Chang W. Lee made multiple trips to and along the Korean Demilitarized Zone to photograph this story. Seen…
Some Russian Internet Trolls Turn Against Prigozhin After Wagner Uprising
When President Vladimir V. Putin said recently that the Wagner mercenary group legally “does not exist,” a collection of social media accounts that have historically been associated with Yevgeny V.…