A college All-American, he led the San Diego Chargers to an American Football League title and later steered the N.F.L.’s Rams into the playoffs.
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Your Thursday Briefing: Jiang Zemin Dies
Plus China’s censors struggle to keep up with protests.
Continue readingA Slice of France, the Baguette Is Granted World Heritage Status
More than six billion baguettes are sold every year in France. But the bread is under threat, with bakeries vanishing in rural areas.
Continue readingDream Logic Mixed With ‘a Catalog of My Interests Back in 1996’
Choreographers make dances. The experimental choreographer Sally Silvers puts a twist on that: She turns fantasies intodances. One of her most memorable, “Pandora’s Cake Stain,” from 1996, was her first evening-length work. Eccentric? Dreamlike …
Continue readingA Resonant Topic in Georgia’s Senate Runoff: Insulin Prices
The cost of insulin is nowhere near as contentious as just about everything else raised in the runoff, but in a state with a high diabetes rate, it has proved a powerful issue.
Continue readingBiden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain
But the president stopped short of designating the ecologically and cultural important region, also known as Avi Kwa Ame, as a national monument.
Continue readingConcern grows about Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia.
The Biden administration is “deeply concerned” about Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia who has been transferred to a prison hospital, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday. Mr. Whelan’s brother, David, said in emails to supporters …
Continue readingA letter bomb delivered to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid explodes.
MADRID — A letter bomb delivered to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid exploded on Wednesday, mildly injuring an employee who was inspecting it, Ukrainian and Spanish officials said. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, ordered all Kyiv’s …
Continue readingIn Georgia, Walker’s Pace in the Finish Worries Republican Allies
The Senate candidate’s performance in the final days of the runoff campaign has Republicans airing frustrations. But no one is counting him out yet.
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