How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now
At the University of Pennsylvania last fall, someone splattered red paint on a statue honoring Benjamin Franklin, the school’s founder. Within hours, campus workers washed it off. But the...
Trump Takes Aim at California Six Times in 24 Hours
In the annals of ill will between California and the Trump administration, Thursday may have been a record-breaker. The U.S. Education Department announced early in the West Coast morning that it...
Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned under pressure Friday and said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was...
A Scrum of Their Own
The fans erupted as the home team, the Exiles, ran out of the tunnel and onto the turf at Memorial Field in Mount Vernon, N.Y., to play the Boston Banshees on March 22. Some waved signs and others...
Trump’s Not-So-Subtle Purpose in Fighting Big Law Firms
It is a cornerstone of American democracy, enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: People have the right to challenge the actions of their leaders. Countless citizens, companies and...
Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms
Federal judges dealt twin blows to President Trump’s retaliation campaign on Friday by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking much of his executive orders targeting two major law...
Maps: 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Myanmar
A major, 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Myanmar on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. At a depth of about six miles, the quake was relatively shallow, which made it likely...
Tesla Finds a Chef for Its Retro-Futuristic Diner in Los Angeles
The restaurant that Tesla is building in Los Angeles — an old-fashioned drive-in retooled for the electric-car era — now has a chef, according to a post on X by an account that shares...
Overwhelmed by Cuteness? There’s a Word for That.
Need a word to emphasize that intense feeling that comes from bearing witness to a beautiful, doll-like baby? Or a term to refer to the overwhelming urge to pinch or squeeze a golden retriever...
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier
One of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform U.K. party has sold almost $2 million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier...