R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Genuine Style” – The artist depicts all the luxuries the city has to offer.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, G.O.P. efforts to ban abortion have backfired with voters in many states—and they could do so again in November.
At 100 Centre Street, another man charged with falsifying business records had a good day in court.
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
The president’s appearance at the historically Black college in Atlanta drew some respectful but noticeable protest over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs.
The Globalist (May 17, 2024): Michael Cohen returns to the witness stand for cross-examination on his third day of testimony.
Then: South Africa asks the International Court of Justice to order Israel to immediately withdraw from Rafah and we hear from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Stephen Adly Guirgis. Plus: your weekend drinks menu with Maxim Kassir, head sommelier at The Aubrey, Mandarin Oriental.
The move could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war. The Biden administration continues to say there will be no American troops on the ground.
Southern political leaders say a win for the United Automobile Workers would threaten their economies. Activists want to strike a blow against a system they say exploits the poor.
An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.
Years of vitriolic rhetoric, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, left Slovakia with bitter political division.
The first debate, on June 27 on CNN, raises the likelihood of the earliest general-election debate in modern history.
NBC’s leaders have been forced to grapple with how to square its cable news network’s embrace of progressive politics with the company’s straight-news operation.
Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s polarized politics were tipping into violence.
From cardiovascular disease and obesity to a weakened immune system, the side effects of stress can be life-altering. But there may be a way to prevent those outcomes.
ByYudhijit Bhattacharjee
Research is finally catching up to the idea that meditation—which has been practiced for millennia—also provides many health benefits, including managing stress and anxiety.
Scientific American (May 15, 2024): The June 2024 issue features:
BENJAMIN CASSIDY
RACHEL NUWER
Times Literary Supplement (May 17, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The future of sex?’ – Dating apps, virtual encounters and polyamory; An American Life; Ripley’s new game; Gurus and primal screams ….
As Hamas reappears in places Israel’s troops had cleared, Israeli commanders say their government’s failure to plan for stabilizing and administering Gaza will leave a perilous power vacuum.
Multiple factors are helping Russia’s military advance, including a delay in American weaponry and Moscow’s technological innovations on the battlefield.
Michael D. Cohen’s story of an arrangement struck in the White House with Donald Trump was the only personal account tying the former president to falsified documents.
Half of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporters said they were voting chiefly for him, and nearly half said their support was mostly a vote against President Biden or former President Donald J. Trump.
Country Life Magazine (May 14, 2024): The latest issue features…
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is poised to celebrate the unfolding freshness and energy of deciduous woods in May, as Kathryn Bradley-Hole discovers
Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith is returning to Chelsea’s Main Avenue for the first time in 14 years for the National Garden Scheme, reveals Joanna Fortnam
It’s raining ancient folklore and proverbs as John Lewis-Stempel relies on jumping trout, croaking frogs and chirping crickets to predict the great British weather
Carla Passino examines how the brushstrokes of Monet, Turner, Klimt and Canaletto are providing colour and inspiration at Chelsea
Cathryn Spence airs the story of how—250 years ago—Joseph Priestley ‘discovered’ oxygen at Bowood House in Wiltshire
The director of London’s Charles Dickens Museum picks a classic snapshot of the capital’s skyline
Bess of Hardwick was the first of many influential Chatsworth women, as Kate Green learns
George Plumptre admires the simple beauty of the gardens at Pusey House in Oxfordshire
What makes a comfortable garden seat, asks Tiffany Daneff
Amelia Thorpe seeks out crafted benches to suit every garden
In the final part of her series, Anna Brown is focused on harvesting
Clive Aslet lauds the enduring influence of the prolific Victorian architect George Edmund Street
Marianne Taylor is captivated by the curious beauty of molluscs
Deborah Nash visits the last British firm creating horsehair fabric
The Royal Countryside Fund reception at Fortnum & Mason
Amelia Thorpe takes a look at six of the best WOW!house creations
Hetty Lintell is wowed by jewels celebrating the National Gallery
The arrival of new-season carrots is applauded by Melanie Johnson
John Wright is playing with fire as he investigates horseradish
Deborah Nicholls-Lee dreams of dainty white flowers and a fragrant lawn that never needs mowing
Sir Ian McKellen lends a ‘silvering dignity’ to Shakespeare’s famed roisterer, finds Michael Billington
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