Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts as Fighting With Hezbollah Escalates

U.S. efforts for a truce in Lebanon appear to have stalled. Israel accused Hezbollah of firing at Israeli territory. Iran swiftly retaliated.Rescue workers are seen on Sunday at a damaged building in a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Beirut, a longtime Hezbollah stronghold.

A Aaron Boxerman

Iranians Sink Into Despair Facing War Deaths and Skyrocketing Inflation

An imploding economy is causing hopelessness among both pro- and anti-government Iranians. And for those who wished for regime change, the letdown is palpable.Tehran in April. Daily life in Iran, already difficult, has grown harder in the months since the war began, with rampant inflation, civilian

F Farnaz Fassihi

5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Interview With The New York Times

Mr. Pelley, who was at CBS News for 37 years, including as a White House correspondent and a “60 Minutes” correspondent, spoke in his first extended interview since he was fired.In his first sit-down interview since he was fired from CBS News, Scott Pelley talks about his recent experiences at the n

A Adeel Hassan

Knicks Watch Party at MSG Is Canceled as Game 3 Security Ramps Up for Trump

President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to attend the game on Monday at Madison Square Garden. A viewing party on Friday led to more than a dozen arrests.After a watch party for Game 2 of the N.B.A. finals led to violence, a Game 3 party outside Madison Square Garden was canceled.

T Tracey Tully and Maia Coleman

They Have Yet to Sign a Lease. But They’re Furious Over $3,100 Rents.

Climate change. Gun violence. War. Generations of young people have organized over issues they fear threaten the future. Will housing be the next cause?Angelo Mazza, who lives with his family in Astoria, Queens, has watched an affordability crisis descend on New York, his hometown.

T Troy Closson

How Bank Tellers Are Stopping Customers From Giving Money to Scammers

With cybercrime continuing to rise, some banks are testing new prevention strategies. JPMorgan Chase hired a behavioral scientist.Karen Battista, who works at a Chase Bank in Scarsdale, N.Y., prevented a customer from transferring $9,000 into an unknown account.

T Tara Siegel Bernard

How People Working in Debt Collection Handle Abuse From Callers

More Americans are taking on debt and falling behind on bills. The people calling them to collect often endure a torrent of verbal abuse and threats of violence.Guybrielle Madison has worked as a debt collector for six years. She speaks to about 50 people each day, and being called racial slurs is c

K Kali Bomeli

Seattle’s Incredibly Loud Street Preachers Eagerly Await the World Cup

Long the bane of Mariners and Seahawks fans, evangelical ministers with large speakers are preparing for the “incredible opportunity” of screaming the word of God at 750,000 soccer fans.Ron Cardiel, a preacher, calls it a “no-escape mentality to hearing the word of God,” evangelizing through loudspe

A Anna Griffin

Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child Psychiatrist, Is Dead at 97

His five-volume “Children of Crisis” series, published between 1967 and 1977, drew on his conversations with American children whose voices were not often heard.Robert Coles eschewed ideologies and psychiatric orthodoxies to visit the homes of children — first in the American South and then around t

D Douglas Martin

Bruce Springsteen Talks About His Place in American Music

As he opens an expansive cultural center not far from the Jersey Shore boardwalk, the singer describes himself as “a small link in a big chain.”Bruce Springsteen outside the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music.

N Nick Corasaniti

Bruce Springsteen Opens His Music Center

Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others joined him to ring in the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, a $50 million archive and cultural hub.Bruce Springsteen greets Jon Bon Jovi at a ceremony for the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music in Long Branch, N.J., on Saturday.

N Nick Corasaniti