As businesses reopen and Americans reemerge from pandemic life, they’ve got some requests for the venues they’d frequent and are still collectively exercising a bit of caution. They’re largely comfortable gathering with friends at parties, taking road trips and going to restaurants, and harbor more mixed feelings about places that draw larger crowds and about…
French police fired tear gas and clashed with some protesters on Saturday as thousands marched across France again in largely peaceful demonstrations against soaring living costs and police violence. Police said about 70,000 people demonstrated in Paris alone. France’s interior ministry said about 320,000 people rallied nationwide. In the southern port city of Marseille, demonstrators…
We were at dinner, talking about doctors, when my friend Cristina announced that she was scheduled on Tuesday for a prostate exam. Twenty years ago I’d have laughed, assuming that she misspoke. Now, though, I looked at her thinking, Wow! Then, Well, good for you! My mind went back to when we first met. She…
Paris — French officials were considering declaring a state of emergency and implementing local curfews Monday as the nation reeled from a weekend of violence. Widespread anti-government protests in many large cities descended into riots, with damage to historic properties and thousands of arrests. In hard-hit Marseille, France’s second-largest city, all large gatherings were banned…
Scuffles broke out Saturday in Paris between police and small groups of protesters joining a march as part of nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances. Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the…
Greek life at Cornell University should be ended permanently if leadership can’t be convinced that fraternity gatherings there can be safe, the school’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, said at a contentious meeting of the Faculty Senate on Wednesday night. “I really appreciate the sentiment of a lot of faculty and a lot of leadership of the…
Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters on Saturday. India’s youth “Cockroach” movement had sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and election authorities. Police moved to break up the…
This story originally aired on Jan. 10, 2026. In January 2022, the pain coursing through Hannah Pettey’s body for six months was hitting her harder than ever. Hannah Pettey: It was unbearable … I was in the bed at this point for probably like a week straight. Anne Marie Green: Were you even able to…
Case update: On July 9, 2026, a jury found Larry Millete guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Maya Millete. Friends, colleagues and family of Maya Millete knew that it was unusual behavior for her to just disappear, but that is what happened in January 2021, just days before her eldest daughter’s birthday….
