Leon Black Agreed to Pay $62.5 Million to Settle Epstein-Related Claims
The billionaire investor Leon Black agreed to pay $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands in January to be released from any potential claims arising...
Biden Elevates C.I.A. Director to Become a Member of the Cabinet
President Biden on Friday elevated William J. Burns, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to become a member of his cabinet, citing the agency’s...
Messi Shines a Spotlight on Miami, and on Soccer in the U.S.
On the morning of Lionel Messi’s first official practice with his new Inter Miami teammates, Freddy Eraza Jr. and his father woke up before the...
Harman Charges to British Open Lead as McIlroy Seeks Elusive Magic
That is expected to tax the 76 players remaining after the cut, which barely spared Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler and Scottie Scheffler, the...
Catherine Burks-Brooks, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies at 83
Catherine Burks-Brooks, who as a 21-year-old Freedom Rider was among a small group of Nashville students who kept the movement to desegregate public transportation in...
Overlooked No More: Lily Parr, Dominant British Soccer Player
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1921,...
DeSantis Tells Russell Brand That Jan. 6 ‘Was Not an Insurrection’
In a podcast conversation with the British actor Russell Brand on Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida rejected characterizing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on...
Review: ‘Flex’ Hits the Right Rhythms on the Court and Off
Their knees are bent, palms outstretched, eyes darting and alert. The young women of Lady Train, a high school basketball team in rural Arkansas, are...
JFK’s Grandson on Robert Kennedy’s Campaign: ‘An Embarrassment’
The grandson of President John F. Kennedy on Friday called Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign “an embarrassment,” becoming the latest member of the storied...
F.B.I. Botched Query on Senator Even as Its Adherence to Wiretap Program Rules Rose
An F.B.I. analyst improperly used a high-profile warrantless surveillance program to conduct overly broad searches about two lawmakers, including a U.S. senator, last June, a...
A.I. Regulation Is in Its ‘Early Days’
Regulating artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in Washington in recent months, with lawmakers holding hearings and news conferences and the White House announcing...
After Controversial Libel Trial, Johnny Depp Is Selling Self-Portraits
Following the release of his second series of silkscreen prints at Castle Fine Arts earlier this year, the embattled actor Johnny Depp has decided to continue his...
Climate Activists Who Glued Themselves to Raphael’s ‘Sistine Madonna’ Should Pay Fines, Dresden Prosecutors Say
Two climate activists who glued their hands to the frame of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna at the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden should pay for “community damage...
Ancient Mayan Skull Carving Found in German Antique Shop Returned to Mexico
An ancient Maya relief sculpture that was identified in a German antique shop has been returned to Mexico via the Mexican consulate in Frankfurt on...