Democrats, along with families of officers who died because of the Jan. 6 riot, held a vigil on the steps of the Capitol on the two-year anniversary of the attack. https://nyti.ms/3ZgKdjf
: It's not your imagination; NBA teams and individuals have never been better at scoring points than they are right now. Can anyone surpass Kobe Bryant’s 81? How about Wilt Chamberlain’s 100?? Our experts explain the offensive renaissance.
For decades, dams and levees were built in California to store water and limit flooding. But as climate change increases the risk of stronger storms, experts are urging another approach: giving rivers room to overflow.
Recent storms come amid one of the worst droughts the state has seen — and droughts are becoming more severe. Intense rainfall during droughts is dangerous because parched ground becomes less absorbent and more prone to runoff and landslides. https://nyti.ms/3GJRKzO
As California battles another week of heavy rain and snow that have flooded communities, broken levees and toppled power lines, the state is facing questions about whether its approach to handling crippling storms is suited to 21st-century climate threats: https://nyti.ms/3GJRKzO
Calls to ban or force a sell-off of TikTok are gaining momentum, and ByteDance's surveillance of several U.S. journalists is doing no favors. On today's episode of Hard Fork, we talk to one of the reporters who was spied on.
: Over the past couple of weeks, the biggest story in baseball has remained Carlos Correa and his situation with the Mets. We talked with sources across the industry to answer readers' frequently asked questions.
: "The worst part of it for me is my heart aches for my wife because it was her story to tell if she chose to or not, and that’s what just really, really saddens me."
World Cup coach Gregg Berhalter addressed the 1991 incident.
Wondering why the House of Representatives keeps voting on the same thing over and again? Part of the answer is that, until the House chooses a speaker, it cannot legally do anything else.
The investigation into the storming of the Capitol is, by any measure, the biggest criminal inquiry in the Justice Department’s 153-year history. And even two years after Jan. 6, 2021, it is only getting bigger.
The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state constitution contains no right to abortion. It upheld three laws, including a ban at conception and a ban after six weeks of pregnancy. We continue to track abortion laws across the U.S.
The famed Brazilian surfer Márcio Freire died while surfing in the town of Nazaré on Portugal’s central coast, an area renowned in the sport for its record-breaking giant waves, Portugal’s National Maritime Authority said on Friday. He was 47.
: Cristiano Ronaldo has missed out on making his debut for Al Nassr during their game against Al Tai on Friday. On Tuesday, Ronaldo declared himself ready to make his debut against their Saudi League rivals.
Documents obtained through a lawsuit reveal how biases led to the botched U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021, and that officials made misleading statements concealing their assessment of civilian casualties.
: Millions of people make the very uncomplicated decision every day to have healthy, safe, non-physical relationships with their partners. Chris Beard didn’t, and that’s why he’s no longer the head coach at Texas, our columnist writes.
Gianluca Vialli's embrace with Roberto Mancini when Italy won Euro 2020 was an image of brotherhood & a football life spent together.
For it to happen at Wembley felt special. London had become Vialli's primary residence.
The English gentleman made in Italy.
People have been afraid of robots for as long as robots have existed. But robots that can dance — really dance — are distinctly unnerving. The horror-comedy “M3GAN” plays on the mix of amusement and deep unease that real-life dancing robots often provoke.
Breaking News: Bills safety Damar Hamlin had his breathing tube removed overnight and has been able to talk with his family and doctors, the team said. https://nyti.ms/3GKcJm0
News Analysis: After another day of Representative Kevin McCarthy trying and failing to become speaker of the House, this much was clear: The U.S. should brace for the likelihood of a Congress in disarray for the next two years,
Breaking News: The Biden administration proposed tougher limits on industrial emissions of soot, a pollutant that disproportionately harms communities of color. It estimates that the draft rule could prevent as many as 4,200 premature deaths annually.
: Arsenal have proven they deserve their spot at the top of the Premier League. But will they remain on top or get reeled back? Here's what recent history tells us.
After a humiliating three-day stretch of 11 consecutive defeats in his bid to become speaker of the House, Representative Kevin McCarthy pressed on Friday for a deal with far-right Republicans.
Follow our updates.
“Kaleidoscope,” a series that serves episodes to viewers in random order, is one of several attempts to make TV “less linear and in some cases more interactive — many of which have gotten attention, but none of which have really stuck,” our critic writes.
After a humiliating three-day stretch of 11 consecutive defeats in his bid to become the speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy is hoping a proposed agreement will sway ultraconservatives to support him. But no votes have yet moved.
Countries around the world came together at the end of 2022 for an agreement to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
How does the ambitious deal aim to confront the problem? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily.
Nicole Valentine got a call from a neighbor during a recent storm in California. “She’s like, ‘A tree just fell on your house! I smell gas! I called 911!’”
Trees have fallen in large numbers across the state, as it veers between environmental extremes.
A unilateral Russian cease-fire announced for Friday appeared to have little effect, as fighting continued and Moscow claimed it was defending itself against Ukrainian strikes.
The western coast of the U.S. has been hit relentlessly by a series of storms since the end of December.
Track the rain and extreme winter weather here.
Eugenia Kargbo loved the pristine beaches and lush forests of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as a child. Now, as the city’s first chief heat officer, she’s trying to make the sprawling metropolis livable again by helping it cope with climate change.
https://nyti.ms/3CsGG7K
The partner of a Capitol Police officer who died after the Jan. 6 attack sued Donald Trump and two Capitol rioters, arguing that his death was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of their roles in the violence that day.