Light Years is made up of glimpses, half-scenes, reveries, snatches of talk. It describes impressionistically the dissolution, over two decades, of a once happy marriage. The husband, Viri Berland, is an architect, sufficiently prosperous and not untalented, but never able to fulfil his higher professional ambitions. Nedra, his wife, is beautiful, “interesting”, a woman of […]

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Devising a book title is always tricky. I am not meaning fiction titles here – except to note in passing that, at the top end of the market, the Pride and Prejudice format has always had a lot going for it (Sense and Sensibility, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Oscar and Lucinda, Heat and […]

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Brooklyn: Malcolm Jamal Warner passed away swimming in the ocean while on vacation in Costa Rica. This tragedy compels me to call out the ocean for its dangerous riptides and rough nature, as well as its gentle waves and its bathtub or shower quality, feel and beauty.

Dear Eric: My wife of 50 years told me that she no longer wants to live with me. I am currently living in our summer home with no friends or social contacts/networks. She has no interest in reconciling. We didn’t fight or argue, and I am at a loss as to what triggered her declaration. […]

Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21, and Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, are facing federal charges related to possession of ammunition by an illegal alien, Homeland Security officials said.

We might have to crack a few eggs to make an omelet. This is exactly what’s taking place when the ego-driven Sun faces off with transformative Pluto at 2:33 am EDT, proving to us that we can change. These shifts may involve uncomfortable or unprecedented situations that have us a bit out of our depth. Later on, the emotional Moon conjoins thoughtful Mercury in bold Leo, aligning our hearts and minds to boldly go where we’ve never gone before. New horizons, here we come!

The family of a Long Island man who died after being sucked into an MRI machine by his chain necklace has hired a lawyer, who called his death “preventable.”

This week, Norma Clarke explores the ancient arts of hedge-laying, thatching, hay-cutting and wood-turning, plus highlights from this week’s issue.

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday’s landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change came as residents of some island nations are already “scraping barnacles off our grandfathers’ graves” as sea-level rise accelerates, said Julian Aguon, an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer […]

This story is published in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. In Minnesota, two tenants, the parents of a young autistic son, were told that they would be evicted. The reason? One neighbor had repeatedly complained about noise stemming from the child’s behavior, though it was nothing constant nor pervasive, according to […]