World
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Adams Defends His Pick for Top Lawyer Despite City Council Opposition
Mayor Eric Adams praised Randy Mastro’s “impressive” career as he moves to hire him as New York City’s top lawyer.…
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Senate Moves Toward Approving Aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Support for the package in the Senate is expected to be overwhelming and bipartisan, and President Biden has urged lawmakers…
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Inside the Week That Shook Columbia University
Just after 2 p.m. last Wednesday, Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University, stepped out of an office building on…
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Kathleen Hanna’s Music Says a Lot. There’s More in the Book.
The first draft of Kathleen Hanna’s memoir, “Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk,” was 600 pages long. As…
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Italy’s New Abortion Law Is a Lesson in How Meloni Governs
The measure, largely restating existing law, shows the prime minister’s skill at reassuring her right-wing base without sacrificing her increasingly…
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U.N. Calls for Inquiry Into Mass Graves at 2 Gaza Hospitals
The United Nations’ human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into two mass graves found after Israeli…
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U.S. universities struggle to calm campuses torn by the Gaza war.
Administrators at some of the most influential American universities — including New York University, Yale and Columbia — were struggling,…
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A Brewery Worker’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Stomach Made the Alcohol
A 40-year-old man was acquitted of a drunken driving offense after doctors confirmed he had a rare condition: auto-brewery syndrome.
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In a Pair of ‘Macbeth’ Productions, Only One Does Right by the Lady
One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington.
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Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday claimed that it had made its deepest attack into Israel since October, striking…