The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.Distributing hot meals to those affected by power outages in Odesa last week.
The first draft essentially called for Ukraine’s surrender. The revised version includes the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression.A resident at an apartment building hit by a Russian drone during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents consider overly permissive.Few aid policies have been studied as extensively as Housing First, and supporters’ faith that it is “evidence based” lends the debate special intensity.
Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade.An annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled by its host after President Trump’s name was added to the Kennedy Center building.
After a fatal shooting, the Trump administration froze a visa program for Afghans that Republicans in Congress had championed. The G.O.P. has not objected.Men fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
Federal and local officials said the man, an immigrant from Portugal, tried to flee and harm agents. He and another man were hospitalized after a vehicle they were in crashed.A shooting in Glen Burnie, Md., involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs officer left two people hospitalized. They were in s
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.A memorial outside the Van Wickle Gates on the Brown University campus, where a mass shooting killed two people.
Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach.“The Democratic Party should be leading, rather than just saying: ‘No, no, no. Status quo, status quo,’” Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan,
The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.In his time in Washington, Karl-Gerhard Lille has helped recruit more than 70 representatives and about a dozen senators
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home.Brian Darwas stores his films in a climate-controlled room at his home in Westchester County, N.Y.
Brendan Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.Dr. Sylvio Burcescu received a kidney from Brendan Costello, pictured. He struggles with the reality of never being able to thank the person who gave him such a life-altering
Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish.Brendan Costello’s Mass card and a watercolor painting by his aunt Cathy Costello.
Officials warned that driving for holiday celebrations would be hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places.Los Angeles set a record for Christmas Eve rainfall on Wednesday. Another half inch could fall on Thursday.
Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees.The State Department has allowed private sponsor organizations to exercise enormous amounts of control over the J-1 visa
Haitham Salem spent 11 months held by Israel without charge and said he endured beatings and abuse. He was released as part of the cease-fire deal, longing to return to his family.Haitham Salem, a Palestinian electrician, at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in December.
Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” for homeless people with mental illness.Lamar Brown in Riverside Park, near his Manhattan apartment, in September. He moved to the apartment last year after a lengthy stay at a
Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his predecessor, Francis.Pope Leo XIV greeting the crowd gathered at the Vatican on Christmas Day.
His annual Christmas message was more outward-looking than last year’s, when he focused on the medical workers who had helped him and his daughter-in-law after their cancer diagnoses.King Charles III and Queen Camilla arriving at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, on Thursday for a C
The holiday spirit is bringing people together, with celebrations of lights, dance and Santa.A Christmas Eve service at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Basra, Iraq.
For decades, Havaianas flip-flops have been a beloved global symbol of Brazilian culture, worn by millions of people each day. They are now ensnared in a political fight.The trouble started for Havaianas with the beginning of a new holiday campaign starring the popular Brazilian actress Fernanda Tor
Julia Angwin turns her iPhone screen to gray and learns a lot about her relationship with her phone.
A long-neglected one-act from a theatrical master offers the key to enjoying your family gatherings.
An arcane numbering system and the misplacement of an official record have caused confusion on where Zohran Mamdani falls in history.Kenneth Cobb, assistant commissioner of the city records department, called the historical records “a little bit confusing.”
Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.
