The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship.

The New Jersey governor’s race was the first significant sign that President Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.

The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.

Brooklyn smashed previous records.

Jair Bolsonaro faces life behind bars after Supreme Court majority finds right-wing firebrand guilty of 2022 coup attempt.

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It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than that, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”

Almost 1 in 4 Brazilians have been victims of cybercrime, making the country number one in the world for phishing via WhatsApp.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he has directed his team to fire the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than previously reported.

Sweden was the first country in Europe to print paper money over 350 years ago.  But for the past decade or more, it’s been leading the charge to get rid of cash altogether. Not everyone is on board t...

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams defeated Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar. The incumbent defeated challengers Jenifer Rajkumar, a state assemblymember, and Marty Dolan, a financial adviser. [ more › ]

Early results showed Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani with an eight-point lead over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, with more than two thirds of voting machines reporting.

A new U.S. intelligence report finds that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not totally destroyed as President Donald Trump has said.

The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room invites reflection and prayer inside a major New York City museum, but one group claims it’s made with stolen artifacts.

The last chance to vote in the primary is Tuesday, June 24. A total of 385,184 New Yorkers voted early in this primary election, compared to 191,197 in 2021. [ more › ]

A report from Nielsen says that for the first time, streaming viewership of TV has surpassed people watching TV via broadcast or cable combined.

The nearly 5,000 soldiers in Los Angeles detained one man, briefly. Was that worth $134 million and a constitutional crisis?

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Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.

A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States has been released on bail.

US officials have suspended visa interviews for all international students looking to study in the United States. They say they’re revamping policies to include the vetting of applicants' social media...

David Byrne has a new album and he's taking it on the road

Comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. With the regime that stifled dissent under former President Bashar al-Assad gone, they have been putting together performances at cafes and club...

Chad suspended visa issuance to U.S. citizens on Thursday after its nationals were included in a U.S. travel ban targeting 12 countries, President Idriss Deby said in a Facebook post.

ICE detentions surge while deportations lag. NPR found overcrowded facilities lacking food and medicine after speaking to dozens of detainees, families, and lawyers over the past month.

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on press access at the Pentagon. And then, she said, she was fired.