James Shapiro celebrates New York’s love affair with Shakespeare; Mark Nayler goes on the hunt for monsters; and Herd introduces this issue’s In Brief pages.
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Underworld Turns
California mall must be redeveloped or demolished by 2026, court says
Hawthorne officials have obtained a permanent court injunction, requiring the owners of the long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza Mall to redevelop or demolish the property by the end of August of next year. The 35-acre shopping center, which closed in the late 1990s, once housed J.C. Penney, The Broadway and Montgomery Ward, along with a mix of […]
Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Found Guilty of Coup Attempt
A simple majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices voted to convict former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a coup attempt following his electoral defeat in 2022. Bolsonaro, painted by prosecutors as the orchestrator of the conspiracy, was found guilty on five counts, including coup d’état and attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. […]
Los Angeles County father charged with murder for leaving child in car
Authorities announced Thursday morning that a father has been charged with murdering his child, who was found dead after being left in a car in View Park-Windsor Hills on Tuesday. The child’s father, identified as Edwin Johnson of View Park, was initially arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter and child neglect, according to the Los […]
He worked the pile after 9/11, got sick and now can’t get help amid turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC
Richard Volpe, who spent six months both at Ground Zero and at the Staten Island landfill where he sifted through the mangled remains of the Twin Towers for human remains, suffers from IgAN Nephropathy, an extremely rare disease that destroys the kidneys.
The fashion business is not frivolous
Every autumn, just as the air thins out and subway cars fill up with kids heading back to school, Fashion Week comes rolling into New York like the cool aunt back from a summer holiday with unexpected gifts no one knew they needed or wanted until then.
It was only yesterday: 9/11 and how it changed our world
On one bright Tuesday morning 24 years ago today, our whole world changed. A city reeled. A war unlike any other in American history began.
Gleyber Torres jumpstarts Tigers’ offense as Yankees’ bullpen spirals again
Meanwhile, the Yankees’ bullpen imploded again.
Asking Eric: Perfect’ husband refuses intimacy
Dear Eric: Twenty years ago, I married a man who took care of me and my kids. He tells me he loves me, brings me flowers and supports me. The problem is, he doesn’t want to be physical with me, and it is tearing me apart. I am not asking to go to the moon; […]
Twenty Questions with Lea Ypi
“How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” (E. M. Forster). How much of your writing surprises you? All of it. It’s always a miracle, or rather a kind of grace, when thoughts convert into words. Thomas Mann had it right when he said that a writer is someone for […]
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