The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots. Continue reading Cleveland’s Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name

The announcement removes a major hurdle to approving a plan to hunt for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, part of a push to allow drilling there by the Trump administration. Continue reading Arctic Seismic Work Will Not Hurt Polar Bears, Government Says

The justices struggled to decide whether a 1976 law that bars most suits against other nations allows Jewish victims to sue over the theft of their property. Continue reading Supreme Court Hears Holocaust Survivors’ Cases Against Hungary and Germany

A short cab ride, a new place in the West Village and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Continue reading ‘I Asked the Driver to Take Me to a Place That Was Seven Blocks Away’

Researchers in China spent a decade studying this question. Continue reading Why Are Pandas Covering Themselves With Horse Manure?

There are two culture wars, but only one with deadly consequences. Continue reading A Fake ‘War on Christmas’ and the Real Battle Against Covid

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Continue reading California, Vaccines, Georgia: Your Monday Evening Briefing

Last season, Crystal Hogan was the only woman officiating games in the top level of college basketball. The question is: Why? Continue reading A Referee Pursues Her Calling in the Men’s Game

Ms. Jones, currently a senior vice president at the network, will become the highest-ranking Black woman in the TV news industry. Continue reading MSNBC Names a New President as Rashida Jones Replaces Phil Griffin

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new restrictions model that could end indoor dining in the city as early as next week. Continue reading Indoor Dining May Be Banned Again, Threatening Many N.Y.C. Restaurants