Pope Francis Lands in Congo, Where All His Priorities Converge
The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of the Catholic Church.
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Alan Cumming Returns British Honor Over ‘Toxicity of Empire’
The Scottish actor Alan Cumming said that he returned his Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in protest of the role of the monarchy and empire. He’s not the first celebrity to do so.
New Blood Donation Rules to Loosen Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Men
The F.D.A. proposed a more individualized policy based on questions about sexual behavior and risks.
The French Want to Remain the French
The Associated Press offends French sensibilities and retreats from a piece of descriptive advice.
In China’s Crackdown on Protesters, a Familiar Effort to Blame Foreign Powers
The protests against “zero Covid” were a rare rebuke of Xi Jinping’s rule, and Beijing apparently seeks to deter those who might have been emboldened by them.
Obamacare Sign-Ups Top 16 Million for 2023, Setting Another Record
Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.
With Pierogies and Artillery Shells, Scranton Fights Back in Ukraine
SCRANTON, Pa. — On a Saturday night in a small cinder-block-walled kitchen attached to St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, young and old hands alike turned red from grating beets for Father Myron’s borscht. Many of those same hands had formed …
OMG. Trump Has Started Texting.
The former president, averse to leaving records of his communications, had long avoided text and email.
Amid a Plague of Shootings, Bystanders Become Heroes
Jason Seaman, a seventh-grade science teacher in Noblesville, Ind., was helping a student with a test when a classmate returned from the bathroom, drew a handgun from his pocket and began firing. Mr. Seaman, now 34, threw a mini basketball at the …