Reopening Day in California
“We’ve had at least five cars come by and say, ‘Are you guys open?’” Ogboghodo said. Moments later, a man rode a motorcycle down the sidewalk and asked about coming in.…
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Why American Women Everywhere Are Delaying Motherhood
“The perceived price of having children has really increased since I first talked to women in the mid-1990s,” said Kathryn Edin, a sociologist at Princeton University who has…
As Pandemic Recedes in U.S., Calls Are Growing for an Investigative Commission
It produced an extensive report — both a detailed analysis and a gripping narrative that changed Americans’ understanding of the attacks, which killed nearly 3,000, and the…
How to Watch New York’s Final Democratic Mayoral Debate
The final debate among the leading Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City takes place Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. After last week’s debate, which featured only…
5 Police Officers Are Fired After a Man in Custody Hangs Himself
Five police officers in Savannah, Ga., have been fired after a Black man hanged himself while in custody in April, a death that three of them mocked in a text message exchange…
Southern Baptists Narrowly Head Off Conservative Takeover
The day’s most anticipated moment was the election of a new president. But messengers also tackled a slate of resolutions on racial issues, abortion and the Equality Act, a…
House lawmakers question top security officials about the failure to stop the Jan. 6 riot.
Here’s what you need to know: Ken Salazar, who served as interior secretary in the Obama administration, was nominated by President Biden to be ambassador to…
F.B.I. Is Pursuing ‘Hundreds’ in Capitol Riot Inquiry, Wray Tells Congress
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. is pursuing potentially hundreds more suspects in the Capitol riot, the agency’s director told Congress on Tuesday, calling the effort to find those…
Biden Selects Sullenberger for Aviation Ambassadorship
Chesley B. Sullenberger III gained fame in 2009 as the pilot whose nimble maneuvers safely landed a malfunctioning plane in the Hudson River. On Tuesday, President Biden, in a…
A bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday clears the Senate.
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the United States, as a federal holiday. Many states have recognized…
Southern Baptists Reject Compromise Candidate, Forcing a Runoff
The day’s most anticipated moment was the election of a new president. But messengers also tackled a slate of resolutions on racial issues, abortion and the Equality Act, a…
Democrats Vow to Push Their Own Infrastructure Plan as Talks Drag On
WASHINGTON — Top Senate Democrats vowed on Tuesday to steer around Republican opposition and press forward with their own ambitious package of tax increases and public works…
Washington Will Open Up for July 4 Fireworks. So Will Biden’s White House.
The White House event will not resemble President Donald J. Trump’s tank-festooned affairs. Last year, as coronavirus cases soared in the United States, he largely ignored pleas…
At a Berkeley supermarket, the mask habit dies hard.
Employees at Berkeley Bowl Marketplace, a supermarket known for its aisles of fresh produce, put out a sign on Tuesday informing shoppers that it was OK to enter maskless if they…
Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
California reopening California, the first state to impose a lockdown in the U.S. after the outbreak, lifted most of its Covid restrictions and officially reopened today — one…
More Than 30 Pelicans Have Been Mutilated on California’s Beaches
The lifeguards in Orange County, Calif., brought the injured brown pelicans to the veterinarian one at a time, the birds’ large wings mutilated, their bones twisted and…
U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines
It is a number that once seemed unimaginable. In the next few days, more than 600,000 people in the United States will have died from Covid-19, the highest death toll in the…
Pentagon Weighs Proposal to Send Scores of Troops Back to Somalia
“Al Shabab has had more freedom to maneuver,” Maj. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, who commands American Special Operations forces in Africa, said in an interview. In recent Senate…
A popular Oakland brunch spot hopes to recoup the $25,000-a-month it lost during the pandemic.
Within 20 minutes of opening, Portal, a popular brunch spot in Oakland, Calif., had already seated eight tables — not bad for a Tuesday afternoon, and exactly what the owner,…
Girl Scouts Stuck With Over 15 Million Boxes of Unsold Cookies
The Girl Scouts are struggling to sell a heaping pile of extra cookies: 15 million boxes of them, to be exact. Troops with armfuls of cookies used to be a fixture outside grocery…
Coming Soon: $300 Checks for Parents
Starting in July, a chunk of that credit will be sent to taxpayers in installments of $250 or $300 each month through the end of the year. The size of the payments reduces for…
The complaint in some cities as California reopened: What took so long?
While many Californians were celebrating a fully reopened state on Tuesday, a complaint emerged from some residents and officials in the redder parts: It should have happened a…
A federal watchdog backs the legality of Biden’s suspension of wall construction along the Mexican border.
A nonpartisan federal government watchdog on Tuesday found no wrongdoing in President Biden’s decision in January to pause spending on the border wall with funds that Congress…
Biden names his picks for ambassador to Mexico and Israel.
President Biden on Tuesday announced his long-awaited first slate of ambassadors, including his nominees for key posts in Mexico and Israel, as he made his first trip abroad since…
Republicans call Biden ‘soft’ on Russia, leaving out Trump’s defense of Putin.
Ahead of President Biden’s summit on Wednesday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in an 18th-century villa, Republicans in Congress and conservative media outlets like…
Gov. Gavin Newsom marks California’s reopening with a lottery, a Hollywood robot and no mask.
With crowds at the Disneyland entrance, traffic jams on the Los Angeles freeways and triple-digit heat from Sacramento to the San Fernando Valley, California’s governor…
The White House will host a large July 4 event, marking Biden’s promise of a return to normalcy.
The White House will host a 1,000-person gathering on the South Lawn on the Fourth of July, a celebratory display meant to signal that President Biden delivered on a promise that…
Confrontation, but not lunch, is on the menu of Wednesday’s Biden-Putin meeting in Geneva.
President Biden’s meeting on Wednesday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will be tense and tightly choreographed, with no planned “breaking of bread” —…
Politics colors how Californians are reacting as restrictions are lifted.
Many Californians responded to the state’s reopening on Tuesday along political lines. In liberal bulwarks like San Francisco, officials said they would continue to exercise…
Politics colors how Californians are reacting as restrictions are lifted.
Many Californians responded to the state’s reopening on Tuesday along political lines. In liberal bulwarks like San Francisco, officials said they would continue to exercise…
