Gene Espy, Pioneering Hiker of the Appalachian Trail, Dies at 98
In 1951, he became the second person known to have walked the trail in a single trek — a “thru-hike” — covering some 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine in 123 days.
In 1951, he became the second person known to have walked the trail in a single trek — a “thru-hike” — covering some 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine in 123 days.
Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.
The world’s largest food company named Philipp Navratil, a longtime employee, to replace Laurent Freixe.
The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.
As the sun sets on another summer, John Hersh is wrapping up his 10th year of rooftop serenades.
The Bulgarian authorities believe that Russia disrupted navigation signals that would have been used by a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, European officials said.
If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.
We study photographers’ contact sheets from the last century.
A shift toward pressing for a permanent cease-fire deal, alongside plans for a new offensive in Gaza City, means the fighting is unlikely to end soon.
Ukraine said it had arrested a suspect in the murder of the politician, who had voiced anti-Russian views. The authorities did not explain how the suspect was tied to Moscow.
The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.
Hundreds of people were killed, according to the Taliban government, and the death toll was expected to rise.
Their display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to U.S. global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain.
Is our vaunted system really safe from the shameless likes of Trump?
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.
Our critic went to Las Vegas to see the immersive presentation of the classic 1939 film. What she saw defied easy categorization.
Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.
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Bad Bunny’s three-month concert series in San Juan is spurring a short-term surge in Puerto Rico’s economy.
A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.
The W.N.B.A.’s Sophie Cunningham is riding her viral moment to endorsements and brand deals. But she doesn’t want to talk politics.
The new, higher premium placed on college application essays that focus on racially traumatic experiences produces numerous undesirable consequences.
Mining materials to make cement, gravel and a host of other common products require an explosive that is becoming more expensive and limited in supply.
The artist Fonki developed a graffiti style that blends ancient motifs with scenes of modern Cambodia.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra when a vehicle slammed into his car on Saturday.
A small part of the New York City tennis tournament is staged, miles away from the main action, at the gleaming Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx.
Thousands of residents and interns were protesting a government proposal that would have dramatically increased the number of medical students in the country.
Why the labor movement needs to act like its future is under grave threat.