Guan Chenchen of China wins gold. Biles takes bronze.
Chenchen won with a more difficult routine than her rivals. Her compatriot, Tang Xijing, won silver....
The U.S. handily defeats Spain in men’s basketball, moving on to the semifinals.
The U.S. had produced a string of shaky performances in the last month but, after a...
Simone Biles plans to compete in the balance beam, her last possible event in Tokyo.
The decision comes as she had skipped three other apparatus finals and the individual all-around.
Jade Carey of the United States wins the floor exercise gold.
Carey held off Vanessa Ferrari of Italy by performing a more difficult routine.
U.S. Athletes Have Been Planning Podium Protests for Weeks
Raven Saunders, a shot-putter, on Sunday delivered the first political demonstration at the Games. The I.O.C....
Opinion | Don’t Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance.
Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills.
In Weight Lifting, a Historic Moment for Transgender Women
A sport that rarely makes headlines was at the center of the Olympics on Monday as...
A brush fire in Hawaii exceeds 40,000 acres and prompts evacuations.
Residents were allowed to return home on Sunday but could be required to evacuate again if...
Belarusian Sprinter Who Feared for Her Safety Is Offered Asylum in Poland
Kristina Timanovskaya sought help at a Tokyo airport as her country tried to forcibly send her...
Olympic Sprinter From Belarus Seeks Refuge in Japan, Fearing Jail at Home
Belarus tried to force the sprinter, Kristina Timanovskaya, to return home after she criticized her coaches...
Simone Biles has withdrawn from the gymnastics floor exercise final.
That leaves one event left for her at the Tokyo Games — if she chooses to...
Olympics’ First Openly Transgender Woman Stokes Debate on Fairness
Laurel Hubbard, a 43-year-old weight lifter from New Zealand, will compete on Monday, as some question...
In addition to Covid, more children are getting a respiratory virus more commonly seen in winter.
An outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, combined with growing Covid-19 pediatric cases, is straining hospital resources...
Mass Shooting in Queens Leaves 10 Wounded
As seven bystanders were injured in a shooting, Eric Adams called on New York City authorities...
Opinion | Unvaxxed, Unmasked and Putting Our Kids at Risk
Yes, this is a rant against irrationality and vaccines.
A New Surge at a Santa Monica I.C.U.
They thought the worst of the pandemic was behind them. Then a new wave of cases...
Shot-Putter’s Gesture Renews Controversy Over Podium Protests
Raven Saunders of the United States crossed her arms over her head. A second athlete, the...
Trump Has Built War Chest of More Than $100 Million
In the first half of 2021, the former president raised far more money online than any...
Taiwan’s gold medal win over China in badminton raises tension.
The Taiwanese badminton duo Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, who beat a Chinese team to take...
‘It’s Nowhere Near Over’: A Beach Town’s Gust of Freedom, Then a U-turn
Provincetown, Mass., the quirky community at the tip of Cape Cod, thought it was safe to...
More than 200 staff members at 2 San Francisco hospitals have tested positive, most in breakthrough Delta infections.
Vaccinations warded off severe Covid for most of the workers, who tested positive this month; two...
Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There’s No One Answer.
One segment of people who have avoided shots is vehemently opposed to the idea. But there...
Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative
In the Republicans’ disinformation campaign, the arrested Capitol rioters are political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Stranded Killer Whale Survives With Help of Good Samaritans
Rescuers and wildlife officials kept it cool and wet while waiting for a rising tide. The...
Opinion | Why Do Republicans Hate Cops?
Turning their backs on the ones who had their backs.
Biden Seeks to Revive Vaccine Effort With New Rules and Incentives
The president said those refusing to get a coronavirus shot should expect inconveniences as long as...
Novak Djokovic loses in a men’s singles tennis semifinal.
The loss ended Djokovic’s bid for a Golden Slam — winning the four Grand Slam tournaments...
They Spurned the Vaccine. Now They Want You to Know They Regret It.
People who once rejected the vaccine or simply waited too long are now grappling with the...
Simone Biles, struggling with ‘the twisties,’ says she can’t ‘tell up from down.’
She wrote on Instagram that she “seriously cannot comprehend how to twist.”
Vaccinated People May Spread the Virus, Though Rarely, C.D.C. Reports
The agency cited an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., in which most of the infected were immunized....
Treasury must turn over Trump’s taxes to Congress, the Justice Dept. says.
The Trump administration had stymied the request, and the committee sued to obtain the documents. The...
Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show
“Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have...
Mexican softball players apologize for tossing team gear.
Pictures of their equipment and uniforms in clear trash bags prompted widespread criticism on social media.
Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?
The C.D.C.’s new masking advice was based in part on data showing that the virus can...
C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox
Infections in vaccinated Americans are rare, compared with those in unvaccinated people, the document said. But...
‘They Thought I Was Dead’: Haitian President’s Widow Recounts Assassination
Struck by gunfire, Martine Moïse lay bleeding as the assassins who killed her husband ransacked her...
Remains of Esther Dingley, Missing British Hiker, Are Found
For months, the authorities and Ms. Dingley’s partner combed the Pyrenees mountains. A DNA test confirmed...
Gloria Vanderbilt’s Beekman Place Apartment Is for Sale
Anderson Cooper is selling his mother’s perpetually reimagined two-bedroom, where she lived for nearly 25 years,...
Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back.
In his first meeting with a foreign journalist in a decade, Seif al-Islam described his years...
ابن القذافي ما زال حيا ويريد أن يستعيد ليبيا
في أول مقابلة له مع صحفي، بعد اختفاء دام عشر سنوات، يصف سيف الإسلام القذافي سنواته...
Fourth Suicide at the Vessel Leads to Calls for Higher Barriers
A teenager killed himself Thursday afternoon at the tourist attraction, located in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards.
The Justice Dept. tells the Texas governor his new Covid rule restricting migrant transports violates federal law.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland labeled the executive order Mr. Abbott issued on Wednesday “both dangerous...
The Arizona vote review winds down amid disclosures that it was paid for almost entirely by Trump supporters.
Cyber Ninjas said that it had collected more than $5.6 million from five pro-Trump organizations for...
Opinion | What if the Unvaccinated Can’t Be Persuaded?
To reach herd immunity, we need a different approach.
Opinion | What’s Ripping American Families Apart?
The U.S. seems to be in the middle of a pervasive psychological decline.
Sunisa Lee wins the all-around gold medal.
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won the silver while Angelina Melnikova of Russia won the bronze.
Is This the End of Summer as We’ve Known It?
Wildfires. Drought. Monsoons. Sewage spills. A resurgent virus. The summer season we thought we knew has...
Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey will represent the U.S. in the all-around with Simone Biles out.
Carey will take Biles’s spot in the competition on Thursday after she withdrew from the event...
Jake Ellzey Defeats Widow of Former Congressman in Race for Texas Seat
Mr. Ellzey, a state representative, was victorious in a runoff against Susan Wright, whose husband had...
Opinion | We’re Ben and Jerry. Men of Ice Cream, Men of Principle.
We support the company's decision to end the sale of its ice cream in the occupied...