The teacher’s family “supports getting the charges dropped for all involved,” after a planned toilet-paper prank became a fatal car accident.

By Alexandra E. Petri

Screening delays created lines that stretched around William P. Hobby and Louis Armstrong airports on Sunday, causing many to miss flights at the start of spring break season.

By Billy Witz and Shannon Sims

A region famous for its sun-drenched climate becomes a refreshing retreat when the summer heat, megayachts and swarms of tourists are gone.

By Alexis Steinman and Gianni Cipriano

The Democratic Senate candidate in Texas is teaching us about what faith really means.

By David French

The news is good. Really.

By Jason Furman

Experts say a great night’s rest starts as soon as you wake up.

By Amanda Schupak

A.I. chatbots contain the sum of all human knowledge. That can make them pretty good writers.

By Kevin Roose and Stuart A. Thompson

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee from Texas, hopes to counter what he sees as a conservative takeover of the American church.

By Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias

It’s more than the Jeep Wave: Miatas can wink with their pop-up headlights, and Porsche owners have their own waves, but only for the right cars.

By Roy Furchgott and Kelsey McClellan

One of the starring acts at Woodstock, he and his band, the Fish, came out of the Bay Area’s psychedelic rock scene. He went on to a long career as a solo artist.

By Jim Farber

Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

By Mike Baker and Steven Rich

The verdict comes more than a month after the trial began in Federal District Court in Manhattan where the jury heard weeks of emotional and often graphic testimony.

By Debra Kamin, Kate Christobek and Benjamin Weiser

America is a big oil producer. But its overreliance on crude and the president’s efforts to keep it that way mean times like these can hurt.

By Rosemary Kelanic

Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.

By Julia Moskin

The university said it was investigating a company owned by a podcaster after the president, Walter Carter Jr., said he had “made a mistake.”

By Vimal Patel

Since 2018, Californians have bought luxury vehicles worth over $20 million in sales-tax-free Montana, exploiting a loophole that avoided millions of dollars in levies, an investigation revealed.

By Adeel Hassan

Don’t let its unassuming looks deceive you.

By Alexandra Pattillo

The writer and activist on how political change happens and taking the long view.

By David Marchese

With longevity comes the opportunity for an extended sex life, which some seniors find by staying active and open-minded.

By Catherine Pearson

Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to locate her.

By Chris Hippensteel