| Once Again, Oldest Mississippi Synagogue is Attacked With Fire
- A suspect was in custody and charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:05:16 +0000
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| Why Are Iranians Protesting? What to Know About the Unrest.
- Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy have spread across the country, amid an escalating crackdown by the authorities.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:58:11 +0000
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| Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
- More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:47:15 +0000
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| Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money’ From Venezuela
- President Trump urged Cuba to “make a deal, before it’s too late” in a social media post, but it was unclear what he meant. Cuba’s president responded with defiance.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:48:53 +0000
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| Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90
- His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:36:52 +0000
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| How to Watch the Golden Globes 2026: Date, Time and Streaming
- Nikki Glaser is back as host, there’s a new podcast category and “One Battle After Another” looks to have a big night.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:36:46 +0000
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| Glenn Youngkin Says JD Vance Would Be a ‘Great’ Republican Nominee in 2028
- But the departing Virginia governor sidestepped questions about whether he himself planned to run for president in three years.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:22:45 +0000
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| As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters
- President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for protesters’ economic pain, but said the state must respond to “rioters.” Rights groups reported a big spike in the death toll.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:10:50 +0000
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| Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants
- The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:48:29 +0000
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| After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits
- The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:40:50 +0000
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| Guantánamo Prison Enters 25th Year
- The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:08:22 +0000
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| Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.
- A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:05:16 +0000
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| Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread
- The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:12:29 +0000
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| Bob Weir: A Life in Pictures
- The Grateful Dead guitarist, singer and songwriter was a bedrock of the band that became a psychedelic institution.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:10:38 +0000
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| Trump Threats and Venezuela Strike Leave Mexico Agonizing Over How to Respond
- President Claudia Sheinbaum and her inner circle have been grappling with the right tone to strike in the country’s response to the Venezuela strike for fear of antagonizing the White House.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:01:58 +0000
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| Why on Earth Have I Seen the Same Broadway Show 13 Times? An Investigation.
- As a journalist, I thought I’d never join the ranks of obsessive superfans — until I suddenly became one.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:50 +0000
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| Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
- President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:18 +0000
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| Where Does Candidate Mamdani End and Mayor Mamdani Begin?
- In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:00:12 +0000
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| Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’
- The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:02:27 +0000
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| How Wagner Moura Stayed True to Himself and Earned a Golden Globe Nomination
- The Brazilian star of “The Secret Agent” is a major Oscar contender, though some at home turned against him for criticizing the right-wing government.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:01:50 +0000
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