Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)
Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein Joichi Ito, in a 2016 photo. Mr. Ito stepped down on Saturday as the director of the Media Lab at M.I.T., less than a day after an article in The New Yorker described the measures taken to conceal the lab’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Credit...Akio Kon/Bloomberg Nearly a month after his death, Jeffrey Epstein cont
Marella Agnelli, Society’s ‘Last Swan’ and a Passionate Gardener, Is Dead at 91 (Published 2019)
Marella Agnelli and her husband, Giovanni Agnelli, in 1988.Credit...Alberto Ramella/Associated Press Marella Agnelli, a descendant of Neapolitan nobility who lived a rarefied life of palatial estates, ornamental gardens, fine art, high fashion and lofty society, died on Saturday at her home in Turin, Italy. She was 91. The death was announced by the Agnelli family in a statement. With her husband,
Carrie Ann Lucas, Champion for Disabled Parents, Dies at 47 (Published 2019)
Carrie Ann Lucas, second from left, in 2018 in Windsor, Colo., with her children, from left, Asiza, Heather, Adrianne and Anthony. Ms. Lucas fought for the rights of the disabled, especially those who are parents.Credit...Carrie Ann Lucas Carrie Ann Lucas, who championed people, especially parents, with disabilities and won a major lawsuit to make Kmart more accessible, died on Sunday in Loveland,
Opinion | Everything Is War and Nothing Is True (Published 2019)
LONDON — A good indication of liberalism’s declining health is the rising profile of the military in domestic politics. As the clock ticks down on Britain’s Brexit negotiations and the prospect of “no deal” rises, the fallback of military security looms into view. Britain’s defense secretary, Gavin Williamson, has stated that an additional 3,500 troops will be on standby to help ensure supplies ge
After Winning a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast Food Workers Now Battle Unfair Firings (Published 2019)
After Winning a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast Food Workers Now Battle Unfair Firings Francis Gomez, 26, said she was fired without warning from a Taco Bell in Queens after she swore at a delivery driver who was harassing her.Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] New York City’s fast-food industry has served as a laborator
Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way (Published 2019)
Greta Thunberg, center, skips school on Fridays to demonstrate for climate action at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.Credit...Elisabeth Ubbe for The New York Times Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. STOCKHOLM — It’s complicated being Greta. Small, shy, survivor of crippling depression, Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish girl skipping scho
Opinion | Carlos Ghosn Faces Japanese ‘Justice’ (Published 2019)
The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Until last Nov. 19, Carlos Ghosn was the stuff of legend — a citizen of Brazil, Lebanon and France who created a global car-making empire uniting Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault, and who regularly appeared on television and in glossy magazines. Since Nov. 1
The Child Abuse Charge Was Dismissed. But It Can Still Cost You a Job. (Published 2019)
“It’s like a scarlet letter,” said Hope Lyzette Newton, whose name was included on a New York State list of people who mistreat children after an allegation of corporal punishment. The charge was dismissed, but her name was not removed.Credit...Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] In 2017, Ann was working as a home hea
Split-Sex Animals Are Unusual, Yes, but Not as Rare as You’d Think (Published 2019)
Top left, a male blue morpho butterfly; top middle, a female. The remainder are gynandromorphic, with both male and female characteristics.Credit...Nipam H. Patel All serious butterfly collectors remember their first gynandromorph: a butterfly with a color and pattern that are distinctly male on one wing and female on the other. Seeing one sparks wonder and curiosity. For the biologist Nipam H. Pa
2 American Wives of ISIS Militants Want to Return Home (Published 2019)
Hoda Muthana with her son in Syria. Ms. Muthana was a 20-year-old college student in Alabama when she joined the Islamic State in 2014. She used Twitter to encourage terrorist attacks in the West, but now says she regrets it and wants to return to the United States.Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times AL HAWL CAMP, Syria — She was a 20-year-old college student in Alabama who had become co
Meet Amanda Cox, Who Brings Life to Data on Our Pages (Published 2019)
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. In 2004, Amanda Cox was a first-year graduate student studying statistics at the University of Washington, not sure she wanted to be there. So, she sent off applications for all kinds of opportunities, including an internship with the graphics department at The New York
See How Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Lethem and More Draw a Bunny (Published 2019)
See How Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Lethem and More Draw a Bunny The writer Sabra Embury has spent a decade collecting 10-second drawings of rabbits from some of the most esteemed names in literature. Margaret Atwood is an angel! It's no surprise that her rabbit possesses both power and personality. And maybe even a little bit of low-key chaos.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times I start
Nightmare Result of US-NKorea Talks: Bad Deal, Little Change - The New York Times
Nightmare Result of US-NKorea Talks: Bad Deal, Little Change HANOI, Vietnam — The nightmare scenario heading into the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un isn't so much "fire and fury" and millions dead. Rather, some experts fear the meeting could result in an ill-considered deal that allows North Korea to get everything it wants while giving up very lit
This Legislation Could Force Stores to Take Your Cash (Published 2019)
A patron tried to pay with cash at a Dos Toros Taqueria in New York City before learning that only credit or debit cards are accepted.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Stores and restaurants in several states would be required to do something pretty basic if certain lawmakers have their way: accept their customers’ cash. The legislation comes amid a worldwide move toward cashless payments
Opinion | Paths to Power: How Every Member Got to Congress (Published 2019)
Here are the paths that the members of the House of Representatives took to Congress. Each line represents a Democratic or Republican representative, and circles are the major educational, career and political milestones on their path to the House. Items are not exhaustive nor in chronological order. The United States does not grant titles of nobility. There are no lords, barons or dukes here. At
Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un’s Mystery Train (Published 2018)
HONG KONG — The mysterious train that pulled into Beijing’s central train station on Monday night is now known to have been carrying Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, who arrived in the capital for secret talks with his Chinese counterpart. The train spotted in Beijing — 21 cars painted drab green, their windows tinted to obscure the identities of those on board — bore the hallmarks of the bullet
‘Paddleton’ Review: A Shrug in the Shadow of Death (Published 2019)
When contemplating the subject of dying, Michael (Mark Duplass) can muster little else than “eh.” “Paddleton,” and its gestures toward hushed profundity, might evoke much the same reaction from audiences. Before receiving a cancer diagnosis, Michael spent the bulk of his time with his best friend, Andy (Ray Romano), doing puzzles, playing a squash-like game called “Paddleton,” and watching the sam
Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos? (Published 2019)
There was, you might say, a disturbance in the Force. Long, long ago, when the universe was only about 100,000 years old — a buzzing, expanding mass of particles and radiation — a strange new energy field switched on. That energy suffused space with a kind of cosmic antigravity, delivering a not-so-gentle boost to the expansion of the universe. Then, after another 100,000 years or so, the new fiel
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A Feisty Google Adversary Tests How Much People Care About Privacy (Published 2019)
How Many Push-Ups Can You Do? It May Be a Good Predictor of Heart Health (Published 2019)