The Campaign for Ohio’s Next Governor May Be the Ugliest in the Country

The candidates for Ohio governor have significant policy differences, but the campaign ads have been strikingly personal, with exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk.Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former chief public health officer, has faced ugly, personal attacks i

C Campbell Robertson

Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads

The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.President Trump reversed course and said that his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him, which had been paid for with public funds.

S Shane Goldmacher, Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman

How Ketamine Emerged as a Key Factor in an Alleged Cornell Sex Assault

The powerful anesthetic has gained popularity as a party drug, including among a certain social set on the university’s campus.A former Cornell University student filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted inside the Chi Phi fraternity house on campus in October 2024.

N Nicole Hong

As Students Protest Handling of Cornell Sexual Assault Case, a Building Is Vandalized

In the first large gathering on campus since revelations about sexual assault allegations, students and faculty members convened outside an administration building that had been the target of vandalism overnight.A protest at Cornell on Monday was the first large gathering on campus since allegations

E Emma Goldberg, Santul Nerkar and Maia Coleman

Cornell University Rape Investigation: What We Know

Gov. Kathy Hochul has appointed the New York attorney general, Letitia James, to lead an investigation into allegations that a woman was raped on campus in 2024.A woman identified as Jane Doe says she was raped at the now-shuttered Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.

S Sharon Otterman and Santul Nerkar

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Knows That ‘Digger’ Is Polarizing. That’s the Point.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu knows that “Digger” is polarizing. “I prefer that to the lukewarm reception,” he says of the climate-change satire with Tom Cruise.“Digger” is “a provoking film,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu conceded. “That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.”

M Melena Ryzik and Sinna Nasseri

In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency

Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift.Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.

A Ana Ionova and Adam B. Ellick

Brazil Election Could Give Bolsonaro a Key Role in Trump’s Latin America Map

Flávio Bolsonaro, now the favorite to win Brazil’s presidency, would give President Trump a critical new ally in Latin America, particularly on security.An effigy of President Trump carrying a depiction of an incarcerated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a rally in São Paulo last month in

J Jack Nicas

Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve

Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.

S Siobhán O’Grady, Liubov Sholudko and Yurii Shyvala