A Crisis of School Absences | |
Fewer children are attending school, across rich and poor districts. | |
A ?Cataclysmic Situation? in Haiti, and the Downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried | |
Plus, Beyoncé?s album has arrived, riding a horse. | |
Baltimore Key Bridge Cleanup and Reconstruction Expected to Be Complex | |
Clearing the debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge will be a complex but urgent task, officials said. And rebuilding it may take several years, they cautioned. | |
What We Know About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse | |
Federal investigators are searching for answers about how a giant cargo ship struck a major bridge minutes after leaving the Port of Baltimore early Tuesday. | |
Beyoncé?s ?Cowboy Carter? Is Here | |
The superstar?s new LP is a 27-track tour of popular music with a Beatles cover, cameos by Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, and features from Miley Cyrus and Post Malone. | |
After U.N. Cease-Fire Resolution, What?s Changed in Gaza War? | |
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that demands an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Here?s a closer look at where the situation stands. | |
From New England to Notre-Dame, a U.S. Carpenter Tends to a French Icon | |
Hank Silver, a timber framer based in Massachusetts, is one of a handful of foreigners who are helping to rebuild the Paris cathedral after the devastating fire in 2019. | |
S&P 500 Surges to Start the Year | |
The S&P 500, rising 10 percent, set the pace as investors looked forward to interest rate cuts. | |
Those Billion-Dollar Lottery ?Jackpots? Aren?t Even Half That Big | |
The latest enticing lottery prizes are the product of misleading advertising and high interest rates, our columnist says. | |
A Review of Robinhood?s 3 Percent Cash-Back Card | |
Charles Schwab stopped offering a 2 percent card years ago, and most banks don?t hand over more than 2 percent either. | |
?Every Day Is Hard?: One Year Since Russia Jailed Evan Gershkovich | |
In a notorious high-security prison, Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal stays connected with supporters through letters as they keep up the pressure for his release. | |
Harvard Applications Drop as Other Elite Schools See Record Highs | |
With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission. | |
Wanted in South Korea: Imperialism-Free Cherry Blossoms | |
Activists want to replace a variety of cherry tree associated with the Japanese colonial era with one they say is Korean. The science is messy. | |
After the Moscow Attack, Putin?s Next Escalation Is Coming | |
Even without the terror attack in Moscow last week, the Russian president was primed to step up his assault on Ukraine. | |
The Secret to Surviving Climate Apocalypse | |
The town of Bombay Beach, Calif., offers its residents a tight-knit community in the midst of catastrophe. | |
The Great Struggle for Liberalism | |
Liberal democratic capitalism isn?t some set of abstract ideas. It?s a means to a richer, fuller and more dynamic life. | |
Bidenomics Is Making China Angry. That?s OK. | |
Trump talked tough, but Biden is wielding a big stick. | |
A Very Royal Scavenger Hunt | |
Taking part in mass online sleuthing can feel thrilling. But the same impulses can take a dark turn. | |
How the Israel-Hamas War Has Roiled TikTok Internally | |
The video app has been criticized for how it has handled posts users see about the war. Some of the same tensions have also played out inside the company. | |
Shohei Ohtani Is Home and Focused on Baseball. Dodgers Fans Are Relieved. | |
Los Angeles finally got a close look at baseball?s megastar on Thursday, as a gambling situation involving his former interpreter took a back seat to opening day. | |
Woman Who Received 5-Year Sentence in Voter Fraud Case Is Acquitted | |
A Texas appeals court reversed its earlier opinion that had upheld the conviction of Crystal Mason, who was found guilty of illegally casting a provisional ballot in 2016, even though she claimed she hadn?t known she was ineligible to vote. | |
When Richard Serra?s Steel Curves Became a Memorial | |
The sculptor had a breakthrough in the late 1990s with his torqued metal rings. Then the attack on the World Trade Center, which Serra witnessed, gave them a sudden new significance. | |
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