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World
Biden Is Not the First U.S. President to Cut Off Weapons to Israel
Ronald Reagan also used the power of American arms to influence Israeli war policy. The comparison underscores how much the politics of Israel have changed in the United States since the 1980s.
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World
No Encampment, No Tents: Where Princeton’s Protest Found Its Gravity
After a sit-in and the occupation of a campus building, about a dozen demonstrators have turned to a hunger strike.
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World
How Pro-Palestinian Students Pushed Trinity College Dublin to Divest
A surge of attention hit Ireland’s most prestigious university over protests that involved Israel, Gaza and the famed medieval Book of Kells.
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World
Chad’s Military Ruler Is Announced as Winner of Disputed Election
The Central African country’s incumbent president and his prime minister both ran. Shortly after the prime minister claimed victory, the president was declared the winner.
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Magazine
The C.E.O.s Who Just Won’t Quit
In September 2013, in a darkened auditorium, Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, faced a roaring crowd of his employees. “You work for the greatest company in the world,” he bellowed. “Soak it in!” Ballmer was known for his exuberance. He had ...
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World
Houston Police Chief Departs Amid Inquiry Into Suspended Cases
The abrupt retirement of Chief Troy Finner followed months of scrutiny into 260,000 crime reports, including for sexual assault, that were suspended for a “lack of resources.”
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Sports
Close Friends, Competing for Coveted Olympic Spots. Who Would Make It?
Conner Mantz’s arms were shaking as he warmed up for the Olympic marathon trials in Orlando in February. Mr. Mantz, 27, of Provo, Utah, looked over to his close friend, Clayton Young, who was stretching next to him. The two men had run more than 10 ...
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Magazine
George Takei Keeps Faith With Democracy
The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, George Takei explains, in his own words, what continues to motivate him. I was born April 20 of 1937. Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. I had turned 5 by the ...
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Health
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Mr. Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either ...
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World
He Knows It’s Important to Admit Mistakes. He’s Made Many.
Glenn Loury thought maybe the world — maybe he — had been wrong about Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. Loury had watched a documentary, “The Fall of Minneapolis,” that had circulated largely on right-wing ...