Leonard Dinnerstein, 84, Dies; Scholar of Anti-Semitism in U.S.
He began his academic work with a seminal account of the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Georgia who was convicted of murder.
We Tried Five Polar-Weather Experiments. Here’s What Happened.
With schools closed and temperatures well below zero, one family learned some hard lessons about the scientific process.
3 European Nations Create Firm to Trade With Iran, but Will Anyone Use It?
Britain, France and Germany have set up a financial mechanism to bolster the 2015 nuclear deal after the renewal of U.S. sanctions. Now comes the hard part.
Extreme Cold Weather Spreads East
Temperatures remained near record lows in much of the Midwest for a second day on Thursday. The dangerous cold has been linked to at least 21 deaths.
California Today: California Today: What Happens Next for PG&E Executives?
Thursday: Here’s why it’s unlikely that the utility’s executives will face consequences; the Democrats’ opening border offer; and love and betrayal and the Rams.
Sanders Unveils Estate Tax Plan, Joining Democrats Who Want to Tax the Rich
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a plan lowering the threshold for taxing assets transferred to heirs, joining others in the party trying to address income inequality.
Your Thursday Briefing
Weather, Facebook, Venezuela: Here’s what you need to know.
He Says ‘Wall,’ They Say ‘Border Security’: A Glossary of the Border Debate
The semantics are anything but trivial.
A Secret Tunnel Leading Toward a Florida Bank Puzzles the F.B.I.
A narrow, 150-foot-long tunnel discovered on Tuesday reaches toward a Chase bank near Miami. The F.B.I. called it an “attempted bank burglary.”
At War: The Secret History of a Vietnam War Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong
An 1968 investigative report obtained by The Times offers new details into one of the Vietnam War’s worst friendly-fire incidents.
On Politics: Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Officials ‘Naïve’
President Trump lashed out at U.S. intelligence agencies, putting them in the awkward position of being at odds with the commander in chief over Iran and North Korea.
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