| China Says It Will Ban Plastics That Pollute Its Land and Water
- Though likely to be welcomed by many Chinese who worry about pollution, the measures could be a hard sell for a society used to convenience.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:51:26 +0000
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| Extradition Hearings Begin for Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Officer Held in Canada
- A Chinese executive wanted by the U.S. may be passing her days in a Vancouver mansion, but friends say she is “trapped” in a gilded cage.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:44:23 +0000
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| Virginia, Davos, Coco Gauff: Your Monday Evening Briefing
- Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:40:01 +0000
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| Ella Baker’s Legacy Runs Deep. Know Her Name.
- Her fighting spirit lives on in today’s social movements.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:31:50 +0000
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| Kansas City Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 15 Wounded
- Hours after the Kansas City Chiefs clinched a spot in the Super Bowl, shots erupted outside a club near the stadium.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:18:12 +0000
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| How Boeing’s Responsibility in a Deadly Crash ‘Got Buried’
- A study that blasted Boeing after a 2009 accident was never made public. Other criticisms were tempered by investigators after the company and U.S. safety officials objected.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:15:38 +0000
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| Virginia Gun Rally Live Updates: 22,000 Protesters Oppose New Gun Laws
- Weapons were banned on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol, but many pro-gun demonstrators outside the security perimeter came armed.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:09:44 +0000
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| ‘We’ve Got to Change This’: Has Dixie Highway Reached the End of the Road?
- In South Florida, leaders are discussing whether to change the name of Dixie Highway, which some say glorifies the nation’s racist history.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:55:46 +0000
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| ‘You Picked Two!’: Parsing the Klobuchar-Warren Endorsement
- Readers react to The Times’s unusual decision to endorse two candidates.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:39:36 +0000
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| Video Reveals Unused Earthquake Aid in Puerto Rico: ‘We Are Outraged’
- The governor dismissed three members of her cabinet, but some Puerto Ricans still took to the streets in protest.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:32:03 +0000
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| On King Holiday, 2020 Democrats March Arm in Arm to Honor His Legacy
- Most of the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls took part in speeches, a march and a rally in the state capital, before heading to an Iowa forum focused on minority communities.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:32:02 +0000
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| Psychologist Who Waterboarded for C.I.A. to Testify at Guantánamo
- James Mitchell will be the first witness to describe the torture of detainees in the secret prisons — some at his own hands — in the trial of the men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:22:46 +0000
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| Inside Judy Chicago’s Monumental Goddess Sculpture for Dior
- The pioneering artist discusses “The Female Divine,” the vast immersive work she created for the French house’s latest couture show.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:18:15 +0000
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| Trump Legal Team Asks Senate for Speedy Acquittal in Impeachment Trial
- The day before the trial starts, the president’s lawyers asserted he did nothing wrong and urged the Senate to “swiftly reject” the charges against him.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:53:42 +0000
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| Harvey Weinstein’s Dark Days
- As his trial begins, he’s hobbled and “terrified.” His accusers say he deserves his misfortune for his treatment of women.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:54:22 +0000
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| ‘1917’ Becomes Oscar Front-Runner After Producers Guild Win
- Its director, Sam Mendes, dedicated the award to his grandfather, a World War I veteran who was one of the inspirations behind the war film.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:49:44 +0000
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| Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.)
- A Trump administration program to help states prepare for natural disasters has become a window into the tortured political language of talking about climate change.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:32:28 +0000
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| How Technology Saved China’s Economy
- To outsiders, China may seem like a surveillance state. But tech has fueled growth and helped stave off recession.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:00:07 +0000
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| His Mother Worked to Find Him Love Despite War, Blindness and Loss
- The war in Afghanistan has taken so much from the poet Zaheer Ahmad Zindani. His mother was determined to ensure it wouldn’t take his chance to marry.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 19:27:16 +0000
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| We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point.
- The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:15:32 +0000
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