Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come

Hospitalizations are still low but have been rising in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Judge Sets Trial Date in March for Trump’s Federal Election Case

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected efforts by the former president’s legal team to postpone the trial until 2026.

To Escape the Heat in Dubai, Head to the Beach at Midnight

In a city where weather that would constitute a deadly heat wave in Europe is just a typical summer day, official “night beaches” have become a popular way to cool down.

A Forced Kiss, and a Reckoning With Sexism in Spain

The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has come to embody the generational fault line between a culture of machismo and more recent progressivism.

Trump and His Co-Defendants in Georgia Are Already at Odds

Some defendants have already sought to move the case to federal court, while others are seeking speedy or separate trials.

Leaderless and Exposed, Russia’s Wagner Faces an Uncertain Future

It could be hard for the Kremlin to find a way to neutralize the mercenary group after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death while retaining its fighting power and geopolitical links.

An Inside Look at Covid’s Lasting Damage to the Lungs

President of Powerful Realtors Group Is Accused of Sexual Harassment

An employee described a “culture of fear” at the National Association of Realtors, a powerful nonprofit that controls access to nearly every U.S. home listing.

Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.

Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.

Ukraine Is Still Grappling With the Battlefield Prigozhin Left Behind

He shored up Russian forces at their most vulnerable and drew Ukraine into a costly fight for Bakhmut, giving Moscow time to build defenses that are slowing Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

In Push to Modernize Cairo, Cultural Gems and Green Spaces Razed

The Egyptian government has demolished historic tombs, cultural centers, artisan workshops and gardens in pursuit of large-scale urban renewal.

Bob Barker, Longtime Host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ Dies at 99

The winner of numerous Emmy Awards, he was almost as well known for his advocacy of animal rights as he was for his half a century as a daytime television fixture.