Your Questions About Diwali, the Festival of Lights, Answered
Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the…
Typhoon Kong-rey Hits Taiwan’s East Coast, Leaving At Least One Dead
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern…
Hearing Is Set on Effort to Stop $1M-a-Day Sweepstakes From Elon Musk PAC
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge plans to hold a hearing Thursday in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states. The giveaways come…
Fear and Hoping in Ohio
An hour south of Cleveland, as my rented Kia crosses into Canaan Township one afternoon this October, I pass a farm that’s home to a herd of goats. I turn…
What the Megan Thee Stallion Documentary Tells Us About Megan Pete, According to Its Director
In songs and music videos, Megan The Stallion is authoritative, audacious, unbothered, self-possessed to the point of arrogance. But this larger-than-life persona masks a deep well of trauma: For the…