FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Five years ago, Kim Hart’s son underwent an open-heart surgery that got him healthy enough for the family to move from …
Has Covid Cost Australia Its Love for Freedom?
SYDNEY, Australia — In the war against the coronavirus’s Delta variant, few if any democracies have demanded as much of their people as Australia …
Readers Aren’t Into Sports? The Best-Seller List Says Otherwise.
SLAM DUNK This week’s batch of new best sellers includes two very different titles involving athletics. On the nonfiction side at No. 7, we have …
The Vibrant Resilience of Castelluccio di Norcia
I do not like lamb. And yet, I had been thinking about the “agnello scottadito alla brace” for five long years. So when those four crusty juicy …
In Push to Tax the Rich, White House Spotlights Billionaires’ Tax Rates
WASHINGTON — President Biden is leaning into his push to increase taxes on the rich as he seeks to unify Democrats in the House and Senate behind …
Oedipus Takes to the Stages in Berlin
BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in the grip of a deadly plague …
Arizona’s Criticized Election Review Nears End, but Copycats Are Just Getting Started
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Arizona Senate are expected on Friday to unveil the results of the deeply flawed review they ordered into …
Ex-Principal of Australian School to Stand Trial on Sexual Abuse Charges
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must stand trial …
In Sicily Slums, a 113-Year Wait for Housing May Be Over
MESSINA, Italy — The little girl climbed over the metal roofs of the shacks, gave chase to a rat as big as a rabbit, then stopped to look with …
An Experiment to Stop Online Abuse Falls Short in Germany
Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at her, including from people …