In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican governor…

NEW YORK — The courthouse’s 15th floor is available for only one trial. All judges except New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan must work elsewhere for now. An organization that intervenes in the lives of youths caught up in the justice system has relocated…

Andy Musser, a real estate agent based in Falls Church, Va., had a client recently who showed up with a laundry list of no-compromise criteria, including a specific Fairfax County school district and a tight budget cap. With local inventory still near historical…

If the first four episodes of Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling’s “The Jinx: Part Two” prove anything, it’s that some documentaries, like their subjects, can’t leave well enough alone. That isn’t, for the nosy rubbernecks among us, a bad thing. But it isn’t…

Now & Then is an occasional series that delves into the cyclical nature of trends. The very first thing Betsey Johnson designed had a bow on it. It was 1964, and Johnson was a 22-year-old Mademoiselle editor. She had started making her own clothes as an art…

This spring and summer, people in parts of the American Midwest and South will get to experience a numerically magnificent wildlife event: a rare double emergence of periodical cicadas. With the arrival of Brood XIX and Brood XIII, trillions of harmless,…

LOS ANGELES — When Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to an astonishing comeback victory over the Denver Nuggets last week, the rookie sensation provided an unwelcome reminder to the reigning NBA champions: Title defenses are tricky business. Rather…

VENICE — Something is peeking in around the edges of the 2024 Venice Biennale, the world’s preeminent art gathering held every two years, which just opened in this fragile city built on the muck of a grand lagoon. Call it humanity, or pleasure, or even joy.…

The first week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York ended Friday with a full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in place ahead of opening statements expected Monday. Jury selection saw numerous moments of drama and tumult, including potential jurors…

LOS ANGELES Solomon Friedman is addressing a standing-room-only crowd in Hollywood, rooster-printed socks peeking out from his New Balance sneakers from his perch onstage. “I come from a big Jewish family. I’ve had some raucous Passover Seders … but what…

With seemingly fewer friends posting to their main Facebook and Instagram feeds, Meta has introduced a new feature its users can talk to: an AI chatbot. The feature, named Meta AI, is rolling out to the company’s main apps including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger…

The Washington Capitals open the first round of the playoffs against the New York Rangers, who won the Presidents’ Trophy as the team with the most points in the regular season, on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals slipped into the playoffs…

STEPHENVILLE, Tex. — The black bull stands in an upper pasture on J.B. Mauney’s ranch like a blot on the green ryegrass horizon. His dark hulk presides over a hilly rise looking down on the tin-roofed hay sheds and iron chutes where Mauney is hard at work.…

The spouses of people who have heart attacks, strokes and heart failure may be at elevated risk of depression, an analysis published this month suggests. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, looked at 277,142 married couples enrolled in the Japan Health…

Is it true that drinking soy milk can cause men’s breasts to enlarge? The idea is all over social media, but the answer is almost certainly no. “It’s highly unlikely that drinking soy milk promotes breast growth in men,” says Donald Hensrud, associate professor…

It was the T. rex that chased Rebecca Smith over the edge. Her son, age 3, would make the dinosaur roar over and over and over again, a cinematic cry that filled the house and made her head pound. One day, the dinosaur — a gift from an uncle who, incidentally…

The House is expected later today to approve $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, ending six months of squabbling over continued U.S. funding of the war against Russia. But the diplomatic battle over how to pay the rest of Ukraine’s bills is only getting started.…

1. ‘The Fox Wife,’ by Yangsze Choo Set in Manchuria in the last days of the Qing dynasty, Choo’s enchanting third novel might be called a fairy tale given its uncanny elements; on the other hand, it is so rich in intricate plot, sense of place and character…

Sleep is every bit as personal as sex and more essential. Not getting any sex is frustrating; not getting any sleep is dire. Insomniacs curse the easy sleepers who have no idea what it’s like to live without sleep, never known the discomfiting feeling of…

The Smithsonian Institution has canceled events featuring a drag performer and conducted an “audit” of past drag programming, following a December congressional hearing in which Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III told representatives that he didn’t…