Jasmine Garsd explores what it means to be from Argentina as its star soccer player competes in what could be his last World Cup.
Continue readingWhere Veteran Rockers Go to Reinvent Themselves
How the Hudson Valley and the Catskills became the home to grunge icons, ex-punks and one-hit wonders.
Continue readingThe U.S. women’s team has won millions at the men’s World Cup.
The United States women’s soccer team, a four-time World Cup champion, is winning at the men’s World Cup, too. Thanks to new labor agreements reached with U.S. Soccer that guarantee a split of prize money won by the country’s national teams, the …
Continue readingWhy Is This Man With the Famous Name Walking 2,000 Miles Across India?
Rahul Gandhi is hoping to pull his once-mighty party out of the political wilderness. The future of India as a multiparty democracy may be on the line.
Continue readingAs the World Focuses on Soccer, a Women’s Team in Exile Aches to Play
When the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team watches the men’s World Cup, every image on the TV screen feels bittersweet. Each country’s flag flying high and each roaring, roiling cheering section. Each national anthem echoing across a pristine …
Continue readingAs Ukraine Presses Its Offensive, a Call for Evacuations From a Russian-Controlled Area
A Ukrainian official urged civilians to leave the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, across from the city of Kherson, warning of the “possible intensification of hostilities” there.
Continue readingA Killer on the Loose Leaves an Idaho College Town Shaken
Many students living in the dorms at the University of Idaho have not returned after the Thanksgiving break, as residents worry about their safety.
Continue readingAfter Half a Century, Prince Edward Island’s Musical Tradition Takes a Break
The musical theater version of “Anne of Green Gables,” a favorite of tourists from around the world, will now be staged only every other year.
Continue readingLandslide Tragedy Turns Italy’s Focus to Illegal Construction
CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy — A bulldozer paused and everything went silent in the night as a firefighter, spotting a pink sweater in a generator’s light, reached into the mud-caked debris. This time, it was only a sweater. Torrential rains last …
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