BERLIN — An American man who made threats against Taylor Swift on social media was detained ahead of her first concert in the German city of Gelsenkirchen and will be kept in custody until her shows there are over, police said Thursday. The suspected stalker, a 34-year-old whose name wasn't...
Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Troops in Gaza Days Before Speech to US Congress
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, days before his speech to the U.S. Congress. Netanyahu’s visit to Rafah was announced just hours after Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Ben-Gvir's move...
The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola Are Among the Newest Kennedy Center Honors Recipients
WASHINGTON — An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world's most enduring musical acts headline this year's crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be honored for lifetime achievement in the arts, along with jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, blues legend Bonnie...
Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams, Who Helped Bring Team to Orlando, Dies at 84
ORLANDO — Pat Williams, a co-founder of the Orlando Magic and someone who spent more than a half-century working within the NBA, died Wednesday from complications related to viral pneumonia, the team announced. Williams was 84. He started his NBA career as business manager of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1968,...
US Army Honors Nisei Combat Unit That Helped Liberate Tuscany From Nazi-Fascist Forces in WWII
ROME — The U.S. military is celebrating a little-known part of World War II history, honoring the Japanese-American U.S. Army unit that was key to liberating parts of Italy and France even while the troops' relatives were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan's attack on Pearl...
Greenhouses Are Becoming More Popular, but There’s Little Research on How to Protect Workers
From opposite ends of the world, the uncomfortable conditions Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced doing separate Ph.D. research inside greenhouses inspired them to study the heat in the indoor structures. Tiwari, a researcher at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in India, realized the heat-amplifying effect of greenhouses is a big...
European Leaders Discuss Migration and Ukraine at a UK Summit as Concern Grows About Direction of US
WOODSTOCK, England — Leaders from across Europe expressed support for Ukraine and concern about the direction of the United States on Thursday at a security-focused summit clouded by worries about whether the U.S. will remain a reliable ally if Donald Trump wins a second presidency. Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister...
Newly Arrived Migrants Encounter Hazards of Food Delivery on the Streets of NYC: Robbers
NEW YORK — Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for Chinese food app Fantuan Delivery. Seven strangers surrounded the Chinese immigrant and knocked him off the scooter. He was rescued when a...
WNBA Players’ Union Head Concerned League Is Being Undervalued in New Media Deal
PHOENIX — The executive director of the WNBA players' union is concerned the league is being undervalued with the $2.2 billion over 11 years it will receive as part of the NBA's recently approved media rights deals. "We have wondered for months how the NBA would value the WNBA in...
What the Main Characters at the RNC Say About the Party
The idea that this is a unity convention is a fantasy, says Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie. - c. 2024 The New York Times