As the Old Files Open, One Family Confronts Another’s Dark Nazi Past
A woman who secured the criminal file of her grandmother, a collaborator, offered to share it with a Jewish family that had been betrayed. T…
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A Consulate Shooting, a Toronto Street and a Network of Guns for Hire
A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns…
Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa
As part of its expansionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, the Trump administration is trying to reassert its dominance, one U.S. visa …
Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmar’s Biggest City
Civil war and military rule have weakened Myanmar’s health care system, while heavy monsoon rains have increased the risk of waterborne di…
It’s a Crowded Place With Some of the City’s Trickiest Traffic
A fatal accident has drawn attention to New York Harbor, a popular destination where not everyone necessarily knows the rules — or follows…
American Weed Is Going Global. Europe Is Not Ready.
The race to go global is on.
This Is the Solution to America’s Literacy Crisis, and It’s a Lot of Fun
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Young Women Joined Protests in India. The Hate Followed.
Widespread online abuse and visits from the police show the added risks women take standing up for their beliefs in a patriarchal society.
With Priests Scarce in Rural Italy, an African Pastor Is Filling the Void
Immigrants have long eased labor shortages on farms and factories in Italy. But churches also need foreign-born priests, like the Rev. Vince…
Inside Emmy Rossum’s Tidy and Spacious Upper East Side Home
The ‘Furious’ actress long dreamed of returning to the neighborhood where she grew up, but with more square footage this time.
Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85
Saved by his ability to paint, he was one of only a handful of prisoners to make it out of the brutal prison Tuol Sleng.
Jinny Lu, the World’s Ugliest Dog, Proves That Looks Aren’t Everything
The rescued pug, who likes to dip her protruding tongue into the food bowls of everyone at home, emerged as the winner of the World’s Ugli…