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Paul Sperry, Tenor Who Specialized in American Song, Dies at 90

Paul Sperry, a tenor who championed little-known American art song and spiky contemporary works, and was praised for his incisive performances of the...

Leaders in Their Prime Debate Substance in Detail (No, Not in the U.S.)

Forty-eight hours before President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump clashed onstage in Atlanta on Thursday, the leaders of Britain’s two major...

Reopen N.Y.C. Libraries on Sundays? Yes. Free 3-K for All? Not Quite.

After months of tense and protracted negotiations, Mayor Eric Adams and City Council leaders announced on Friday that they had reached agreement on...

Racist and Homophobic Comments Unsettle U.K. Election Campaign

Last year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech that he was proud to be Britain’s first prime minister of Asian heritage,...

New Jersey Tells Trump’s Golf Clubs to Show They Deserve Liquor Licenses

New Jersey alcoholic beverage regulators on Friday ordered two of former President Donald J. Trump’s golf clubs to demonstrate why their liquor licenses...

Prosecutors in Menendez Bribery Trial Rest Their Case

After seven weeks of trial, federal prosecutors rested their case on Friday against Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat accused of conspiring...

In Debate, Trump Shrugs and It’s NATO That’s Shaken

Amid a faltering performance by President Biden in the presidential debate Thursday night, former President Donald J. Trump caused anxiety among America’s allies...

Dutch Olympic Organizers Defend Participation of Athlete Convicted of Rape

The Dutch Volleyball Association and Dutch Olympic organizers are standing by their decision to send a man convicted of rape to the Paris...

Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.To...

At Euro 2024, a Very England Fight Misses the Point

The problem, really, boils down to a single word. Unfortunately, that word — the key word in all of this — is not...

What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past

It’s been a while since I did a “what I’m reading” roundup. (After the newsletter went to once a week, it became harder...

She Wants to Save the Arts in Britain (if She Can Get Elected)

For the past 14 years, Conservative-led governments in Britain said they wanted to maintain the country’s status as a cultural powerhouse, to foster...

Wife’s Ex-Boyfriend and Fear of Poverty at Center of Menendez’s Defense

Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers have cast him as a man who was duped by his dazzling wife, Nadine Menendez, and unaware of the...

Princess Anne Returns Home From the Hospital

Princess Anne, the younger sister of King Charles III, was released from a hospital on Friday, five days after suffering a concussion and...

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