Will the Biggest Publisher in the United States Get Even Bigger?
The Biden administration is suing to block Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster. A United States District Court will decide if the sale can proceed.
As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Bleak Reality.
All six of the largest economies in the region could soon be run by presidents elected on leftist platforms. Their challenge? Inflation, war in Europe, growing poverty at home.
When There’s Arsenic in the Water, but ‘We Have Nowhere to Go’
The Environmental Protection Agency found that water at a mobile home park that mostly serves agricultural workers contained almost 10 times the allowable limit of arsenic. But housing alternatives are hard to find.
After Uvalde, a Kindergarten Teacher Trains to Carry a Gun In School
More school employees are carrying guns to defend against school shootings. In Ohio, a contentious new law requires no more than 24 hours of training.
Kansas Abortion Vote Tests Political Energy in Post-Roe America
On Tuesday, Kansans will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment that could lead to far-reaching abortion restrictions or an outright ban on the procedure.
Why Catholicism Remains Strong in Canada
Even as Catholicism wanes in many Western countries, in Canada, it is holding steady as the largest religious denomination.
Why Don’t Many Hotels Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms?
Three carbon monoxide deaths at a resort in the Bahamas called attention to the dangers of the odorless gas. In the U.S., where it often takes multiple poisonings for hotels to install alarms, a debate about detector policies has been…
The Democratization of Airport Lounges
No longer just for the flying elite, these havens from chaos are easier to get into now, with the crowds to prove it.
Why Was Joshua Held for More Than Two Years for Someone Else’s Crimes?
Honolulu incarcerated the wrong man for more than two years — a miscarriage of justice that shows the cruel inadequacy of America’s approach to mental health.
Los poemas a los que recurre una corresponsal de guerra del Times
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