As a boy, Louis Armstrong worked for the Karnofsky family. The Karnofskys’ tailor shop on South Rampart Street in New Orleans became a second home to him, and the family helped him buy his first cornet. On Sunday night, the Karnofsky building, long neglected by the city and a succession of private owners who promised […]

(Reuters) -Clearwater Analytics, an investment management software company backed by buyout firm Welsh Carson, filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday. The Boise, Idaho-based company did not reveal the terms of its offering in its filing here, which showed a 24% year-over-year growth in revenue for the six months […]

An end to the U.S.’s longest war The last U.S. forces left Afghanistan late last night, ending a 20-year occupation that began shortly after Sept. 11, cost over $2 trillion, took more than 170,000 lives and ultimately failed to defeat the Taliban, the Islamist militants who allowed Al Qaeda to operate there. Five American C-17 […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Let’s Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem,” by Ezra Klein (column, nytimes.com, Aug. 26): Many members of my extended family and former clients are from Afghanistan, and it is concerning that the prevailing wisdom has now become that we should never […]

For the first time in over four years, a Ukrainian president is coming to the White House. On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with his American counterpart. They’re likely to cover a variety of issues: the state of relations with Russia; Ukraine’s fight against corruption; and the challenges of the pandemic. After […]

Late last month, researchers in Israel released some alarming new Covid-19 data. The data showed that many Israelis who had been among the first to receive the vaccine were nonetheless catching the Covid virus. Israelis who had been vaccinated later were not getting infected as often. The study led to headlines around the world about […]

Earlier this year, Elon Musk, the billionaire co-founder and chief executive of Tesla, promised $100 million in prizes to inventors who come up with ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The rewards, which will be awarded by the X Prize Foundation, are part of a cornucopia of cash that’s being dangled to induce […]

In her 1990 book “Fear of Falling,” Barbara Ehrenreich detailed how the widely broadcast violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago led to an immediate, dramatic paradigm shift in media coverage. In the month before the event, Mayor Richard Daley had denounced the various anti-Vietnam War protest groups who were planning to converge […]

By Michael Z. Lin and Paul E. Sax Dr. Lin is an associate professor of bioengineering and neurobiology at Stanford University and performs research on SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs. Dr. Sax is a professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he is the clinical director of the division of infectious […]

NEW DELHI – Mr Najibullah swats flies from an array of bakery products at his roadside stall in Lajpat Nagar. The aroma of freshly baked naan, however, keeps attracting more buzzing intruders. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive […]