An Ex-Coach’s Spirited Ascent of a 140-Character Soapbox
After winning 648 games as a Division I coach, Tom Penders now retreats to a winter home in Miami during college basketball season. Much to the chagrin of his wife,…
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A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
Polluted Air Cuts Years Off Lives of Millions in India, Study Finds
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — More than half of India’s population lives in places with such polluted air that each person loses an average of 3.2 years in life expectancy, according…
Concern in Britain as Schoolgirls Seek to Join Islamic State
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said Saturday that the country’s authorities would do everything they could to help three British schoolgirls who were believed to be traveling…
Eovaldi’s Untapped Potential Has the Yankees Dreaming of Big Things
TAMPA, Fla. — When pitchers and catchers reported for spring training Friday, there were questions about the frayed right elbow of Masahiro Tanaka, the surgically repaired right knee of C….
Disclosures of Battle Plan by Pentagon Startle Many
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been eager to show momentum against the Islamic State after a conference last week dramatized the hurdles to countering the terrorist group’s propaganda. But…
Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for a Doubtful Climate Scientist
For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that greenhouse gases pose…
A Deal That Preserves Greece’s Place in Eurozone, and Fiscal Restraints
BRUSSELS — Just a month ago, after being propelled to power by a wave of anger at Greece’s economic miseries, Alexis Tsipras declared his Syriza party’s election victory the start…
Photos: Six Sports and a Cloud of Dust
For his Powder Sports series, the photographer Steve Boyle shoots athletes in silhouette during action moments exaggerated by colored powder spread on the equipment. Then, with his retoucher, George McCardle,…
Photos: Six Sports and a Cloud of Dust
For his Powder Sports series, the photographer Steve Boyle shoots athletes in silhouette during action moments exaggerated by colored powder spread on the equipment. Then, with his retoucher, George McCardle,…
London Fashion Week: Sibling Fall/Winter 2015
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London Fashion Week: Sibling Fall/Winter 2015
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U.S. Open to Slowing Troop Pullout in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four days into his tenure as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning and opened up the possibility of slowing the withdrawal of…
Battle to Retake Iraqi City Looms as Test of Obama’s ISIS Strategy
WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies and the Pentagon are struggling to determine how difficult it will be to retake Mosul, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Iraq, as planning…
Yemen’s Former Leader, Held by Rebels, Flees Capital
SANA, Yemen — Yemen’s former president, held under house arrest for the past month by Houthi militants controlling the country, on Saturday left the capital amid conflicting reports about whether…
Somalia Death Toll Rises to 25 In Suicide Bomb Attack at Hotel
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The death toll in an attack by suicide bombers at a hotel compound in Mogadishu on Friday rose to 25 people, with more than 40 people wounded,…
Yemen’s Former President Flees Capital
SANA, Yemen — Yemen’s former president, held under house arrest for the past month by Houthi militants controlling the country, on Saturday left the capital amid conflicting reports about whether…
Kerry Says Further Sanctions on Russia Will Be Discussed Over Ukraine
LONDON — Nearly one week after a cease-fire was supposed to have gone into effect in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he and his British…
For Immigrants, Fear Returns After a Federal Judge’s Ruling
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — For Tomás Péndola, an immigrant from Argentina, it was a normal week teaching chemistry in a public high school here, filling a whiteboard with dense equations…
Former Yemen President Flees Capital After Rebels Let Him Go
SANAA, Yemen — Aides close to Yemen’s former president say he has fled the capital after Shiite rebels who surrounded his house let him go under international and local pressure….
With Kiwi Charm, the New Zealand Breakers Master Australia’s National Basketball League
The SkyCity New Zealand Breakers, based in Auckland, warming up before a Feb. 7 game against the Townsville Crocodiles on the north coast of Queensland, Australia. The Breakers are the…
How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’
Modern Love By NIKKI MOUSTAKI The evening I convinced my boyfriend that he had leprosy defined a moment in our relationship that I can best describe as glorious. Leprosy represented…
How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’
Modern Love By NIKKI MOUSTAKI The evening I convinced my boyfriend that he had leprosy defined a moment in our relationship that I can best describe as glorious. Leprosy represented…
Tentative Agreement Is Reached in West Coast Ports Dispute
LOS ANGELES — Shipowners and dockworkers reached a tentative deal on Friday night to end a protracted labor dispute that had jammed ship traffic at ports along the West Coast…
Shutterbug Parents and Overexposed Lives
Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE In “The Entire History of You,” the third episode of the dystopian BBC series “Black Mirror,” humans have developed implanted memory “grains” that record everything…
Shutterbug Parents and Overexposed Lives
Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE In “The Entire History of You,” the third episode of the dystopian BBC series “Black Mirror,” humans have developed implanted memory “grains” that record everything…
Chelsea to Send Invitation to Man Abused by Its Fans
Chelsea plans to invite a black man abused by its supporters at a Paris subway station this week to its London stadium for the return leg of the team’s Champions…
Chelsea to Send Invitation to Man Abused by Its Fans
Chelsea plans to invite a black man abused by its supporters at a Paris subway station this week to its London stadium for the return leg of the team’s Champions…
Ashton Carter, Defense Secretary, in Afghanistan for Security Talks
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four days after he was sworn in as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning to begin his own assessment of the security…