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Before a crowd thick with maize and blue, the Wolverines beat Ohio State for the first time since 2011 and will play No. 16 Iowa for a Big Ten title.
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Britain, Germany and Italy confirmed cases while chaos at a Dutch airport exemplified the scattershot response across Europe. Follow updates on Covid.
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With countries trying to close their doors to the new coronavirus variant, southern African officials note that the West’s hoarding of vaccines helped create their struggle in the first place.
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In a citywide overhaul, a beloved Black high school was rezoned to include white students from a richer neighborhood. It has been hard for everyone.
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There are many unknowns but we have the means to manage the variant.
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In the world of home décor, maximalism is back — and with it, tchotchkes that were once regarded as kitschy or quaint.
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The furniture capital of the state is ground zero for inflation, labor shortages, hot demand and limited supply. It’s debating how to cope.
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A young Kurdish woman, Maryam Nuri, died with 26 others after making a desperate attempt to join her fiancé by crossing the English Channel from France on an inflatable boat.
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The party’s good fortune in avoiding profound punishment for all its follies is the reason those follies will probably continue.
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A new crop of luxury senior housing is turning retirement into a five-star resort stay.
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With Starling Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha, the run-starved Mets addressed their biggest need while adding some defensive versatility.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president, has beat back a flurry of corruption cases and climbed to the front of next year’s presidential race.
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Here’s a guide to films, documentaries and other productions that provide insight into the composer-lyricist’s sly wit and melodic acumen.
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Even as President Biden achieves some significant victories, Democrats are warning that many of their most loyal supporters see inaction and broken campaign promises.
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A new treatment using stem cells that produce insulin has surprised experts and given them hope for the 1.5 million Americans living with the disease.
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The capital of Texas has long been an attractive place to call home. But with an average of 180 new residents a day arriving, its popularity has created a brewing housing crisis that is reshaping the city.
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The World Health Organization began naming the variants after Greek letters to avoid public confusion and stigma.
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Conservatives may still end up unhappy with a court they now control.
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Space tourism is one of those ostensibly awesome experiences that often feel anticlimactic because they promise the sublime.
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Voters often punish a president for pushing an unpopular agenda. But President Biden has been learning that they rarely reward a president for enacting legislation.
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More than 20,000 strangers have donated to an online fund-raiser to help Kevin Strickland’s re-entry to society.
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Iranians couldn’t buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.
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The police were trying to determine if the charred remains found in the capital’s Chinatown district were linked to the protests, in which demonstrators set fire to buildings.
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Homemade paneer is tender and delicate and extremely creamy — and the star of this simple tikka.
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Feeling like an outsider can be painful. But it comes with secret gifts of perception.
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New York governor declares a state of emergency in anticipation of new coronavirus surge.
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He was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century and the driving force behind some of Broadway’s most beloved and celebrated shows.
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With a childlike sense of discovery, Stephen Sondheim found the language to convey the beauty in harsh complexity.
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Former President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise capital for his investment firm and is turning to a region that he dealt with extensively while in the White House.
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One retail expert anticipates that shoppers will spend more this year than in 2020. And while in-person shopping has returned, many items are out of stock.
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Scientists will meet with W.H.O. experts about a concerning variant as several countries have already restricted travel from the region. Here’s the latest.
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He was one of the most popular British composers of his time, but there are few celebrations of Arnold’s centenary this year.
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In an interview on Sunday, the revered composer and lyricist, 91, contentedly discussed his shows running on Broadway and off, as well as a new movie about to be released.
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Never paired together at one of golf’s majors, the rivals Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau instead went head-to-head in a spectacle for charity off the Las Vegas Strip.
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Carissa Schumacher channels the dead for her A-list celebrity clients.But most days, she’s in the forest.
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At least 46 miners were killed in an explosion at a Siberian mine. The director of the mine has been taken into police custody, along with five other administrators.
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Scientists do not yet know how dangerous the new Omicron variant is, but its many mutations set off alarms, lowering hopes of putting the pandemic in the past.
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The Omicron variant carries worrisome mutations that may let it evade antibodies, scientists said. But it will take more research to know how it fares against vaccinated people.
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The Bradford pear, hugely popular when suburbs were developed, contributed to an invasion of trees conquering nearly anywhere it lands. South Carolina is stepping up its fight against it.
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Stocks and oil futures slumped, while investors sought safety in government bonds.
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Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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The Pentagon isn’t doing what is necessary to protect and care for service members facing trauma.
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The drug, molnupiravir, reduced the risk of hospitalization and death in high-risk Covid patients by 30 percent. An earlier analysis had found a 50 percent reduction.
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With 6,000 residents and the feel of a college campus, the U.S. Navy base has some of the trappings of small-town America, and some of a police state.
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Carlos Arthur Nuzman was found guilty after a trial that featured claims of rigged votes, gold bars and at least $2 million in payoffs to top sports officials.
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The monumental scale of the Build Back Better plan raises a difficult question: Is a fleeting and narrow majority enough for making history?
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After I’ve struggled with anorexia and bulimia for more than 20 years, the last thing I want is technology that further estranges me from my body.
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The handling of the Peng Shuai case raised new questions about the I.O.C.’s relationship with China. One Olympic official called its actions ‘discreet.’ Critics called it collaboration.
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Baking whole wheat bread can reacquaint us with food that truly nourishes us.
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Mimicking official correspondence is an age-old marketing trick. But look-alike emails suggesting links to Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for governor show the tactic has accelerated in the digital era.
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Her more than 400 novels often drew on her own romantic affairs, and her translation of an 11th-century romantic Japanese classic sold millions of copies.
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Middle-aged and scarred, a Mexican journalist is breaking the mold of social media influencers with a message of pure positivity that resonates in dark times.
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People with markers for cancer often need more screenings. But health insurers are not required to fully cover them.
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“If I find a better and safe route, I will definitely try again,” said one of the more than 600 Iraqi migrants who came home on the government’s latest evacuation flights.
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Strict controls on playhouses and music venues are returning as the continent deals with a new coronavirus wave.
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In the Bronx, where the percentage of murders solved by the police has plunged, one family is waiting impatiently for a day that may not come.
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Democrats were once able to count on wave elections to win back key statehouses. Republican gerrymandering is making that all but impossible.
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Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s first female prime minister, quit after her government’s budget was defeated on her first day in office and her coalition partners bolted.
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Posted: November 26th, 2021, 5:16pm CET
Two octogenarians have different reactions to an essay, “Living My Life Again.” Also: “Illiberal democracy”; housing in the Bronx; rich vs. poor
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Linda Dunikoski, a prosecutor brought in from the Atlanta area, struck a careful tone in a case that many saw as an obvious act of racial violence.
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This month’s picks include an amnesiac romance and acts of sentient killer robot rampage.
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Sharbat Gula, whose haunting portrait was featured by the magazine more than three decades ago, was evacuated to Rome after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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Bemelmans Bar now has bouncers. And at the Rainbow Room, a post-punk after party.
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Beneath the National Museum of American History, floodwaters are intruding into collection rooms, a consequence of a warming planet. A fix remains years away.
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A New Jersey mother had been granted a temporary restraining order against her husband before he killed her and their two children, according to a suit filed by the woman’s family.
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Posted: November 26th, 2021, 11:00am CET
Patchett talks about her new essay collection, and Corey Brettschneider discusses a series of books about liberty.
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Doctors in Texas say they cannot head off life-threatening medical crises in pregnant women if abortions cannot be offered or even discussed.
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If I were a salmon, I would die for my child. As a human being, I wish I could have.
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When I opened myself up to the generosity of others, even small kindnesses suddenly felt outsized in their humanity.
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The actress, also featured in “In the Heights” and on the series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” discusses her lead role as Mirabel in the latest Disney animated film.
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Many households with immunocompromised or vulnerable relatives are racing to get Covid shots for their 5-to-11-year-olds — and finally experiencing a long-awaited sense of relief.
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In Sydney, something changed. I embraced the uncertainty of the sea, following my children into a culture of volunteer lifesaving.
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The agency has taken a controversial stand on vaping as a way to quit tobacco. This is what the research shows.
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They’re in fobs or on phones, and digital or “smart,” and they can do far more than just open doors and start the engine.
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Even with cause for concern, retreats in countries like Costa Rica and Jamaica, as well as in the United States, have been popping up for more than a decade.
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Environmentalists are skeptical. They should be.
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We do not just remember the death. We remember the life, the beauty, the art, the feeling, the waiting, the living.
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A new program allows Morgan Stanley to front money for disaster repairs and then get paid back, with interest, by taxpayers.
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Ian Fishback revealed abuse of detainees during the Iraq war, but struggled after leaving the service. He died awaiting a bed at the V.A.
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Administration officials blame the Delta variant for a prolonged stretch of consumer spending on goods, rather than services, pushing up prices and creating a conundrum for the Fed.
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The boat, which was carrying the migrants to Britain, capsized near Calais. The French authorities said “many” people had died in the accident.
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Many retailers will close their stores on Thanksgiving Day, citing safety concerns and gratitude for their employees.
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The country will have a center-left government led by Olaf Scholz, who will replace Angela Merkel. Here’s the latest from Germany.
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Emerging from one of the world’s longest lockdowns, the country plans to admit most fully vaccinated travelers. Here’s the latest pandemic news.
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For a second day, jurors are considering the fate of the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Here’s the latest on the trial.
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Germany’s next chancellor is something of an enigma. He comes to power with a dizzying array of challenges, raising questions about whether he can fill the very big shoes of his predecessor.
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In resettling thousands of displaced Afghans, the Biden administration must weigh their need for support against the needs of the U.S. labor market.
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Share the gift of healthy living. Here’s a list of some of our favorite things, from the staff and contributors of Well.
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Republicans have fought mask requirements and vaccine mandates for months, but as coronavirus infections again rise, they are blaming the president for failing to end the health crisis.
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If you’re struggling during the festive season, you’re not alone.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tehran continues to refuse to let it replace key monitoring equipment that tracks the country’s nuclear program.
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The Real Madrid striker was found guilty of being part of an attempt to blackmail a fellow player, charges that had led to his being dropped from his national team for more than five years.
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Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them.
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Evaluation for transplant is an area of medicine where subjective criteria, like whether a person has strong family support, can determine access.
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How agricultural workers organized, protested and faced down Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and scored an unlikely victory.
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For 50 years, Francisco Luis Ramírez has been the go-to guy for instrument repairs in a nation that reveres the accordion. Now it’s a family business.
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An import tax on chassis is contributing to inflation and port congestion. The government needs to find better ways of increasing manufacturing.
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There are some in the G.O.P. who reject its worst antidemocratic impulses. We should celebrate them.
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No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he’s coming out of retirement with another movie.
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“I didn’t think I’d ever perform on Broadway again,” Natalie Mendoza said.
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