Mavs hit NBA Draft Lottery jackpot, land No. 1 pick: ‘We get a fresh start’
Dallas had just a 1.8 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick in June’s NBA Draft.
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The Golf Analogy That Explains a Lot About Trump
President Trump invoked the golfing great Sam Snead to justify a plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar to use as Air Force One.
When Getting Out of Jail Means a Deadly Walk Home
Rebecca Jaramillo stepped out of the Santa Fe jail and into the cold one night in January 2021. After two days in a cell, she was free, but no one was there to pick her up. So, with a snowstorm coming, she began the long walk toward town. The jail in …
Air Traffic Staffing Shortage Forces Delays at Newark Airport
The delays are the latest problem to plague the airport, where radar and radio communications have recently malfunctioned.
New York City Takes Aim at Illegal Short-Term Rentals in New Lawsuit
A Greenwich Village hotel with several safety violations that offered rooms on sites like Airbnb has become the first test of a new law cracking down on short-term rentals.
Sharpe James, Revitalizing Newark Mayor Convicted of Corruption, Dies at 89
Sharpe James, the charismatic and combative mayor of Newark for 20 years who presided over a downtown resurgence and pressed to upgrade its blighted neighborhoods, but who was later convicted in a corruption scandal stemming from his time in office …
Hamas Frees American Held in Gaza in Deal That Largely Circumvents Israel
Edan Alexander, a dual Israeli American national, was released following pressure from President Trump, who is set to travel to the region.
The Red Sox should just let Rafael Devers DH and figure out the rest themselves
By asking Devers to switch positions for a second time, the Sox have put him in a lose-lose situation.
Draymond Green said what many Black people feel. But then he missed the point
The stereotype of the “angry Black man” or “angry Black woman” is very real. But that’s not what Draymond Green’s situation is.
Should Reporters Identify Judges by the President Who Nominated Them?
Back when I was a reporter covering the Supreme Court in the early 2000s, journalists in the nation’s capital had begun routinely to identify judges by the presidents who appointed them. I argued vigorously against this approach. The practice was …