On a tiny stretch of the fast-flowing Valsan river in Romania lives one of the rarest fish in Europe, and quite possibly the world. The 65-million-year-old Asprete was first discovered…
Soon after the election results were announced, crowds gathered around Lafayette Square. Photographs by Joshua Yospyn for The New Yorker afayette Square is where, just over five months ago, Black Lives…
Peter Goffin's grandfather told many stories of his war years in the UK with the Canadian Air Force, but only ever showed his family one photograph - of his wedding…
MIAMI (AP) — A section of road that leads to the South Florida high school that Trayvon Martin attended now bears the name of the Black teenager whose 2012 death…
Two armed men were arrested Thursday near the Philadelphia convention center where votes were being tallied, police said. The men — a 61-year-old and a 42-year-old — traveled to the…
Before he could realize what he was about to do, Emmit had reacted in a way that would blow the encounter out of proportion. You see, what had happened was that there…
Jacinta follows her mother in and out of jail, trying to break free of an inherited cycle of drug addiction and incarceration. Upon release, she hopes to reconnect with her…
The nuanced and sometimes dissonant political preferences shown by Latino voters in the 2020 presidential election have sparked bewilderment and soul-searching among Democrats as the party lost significant ground with…
Police in Hong Kong have launched a hotline where residents can report breaches of the national security law imposed by Beijing earlier this year. The law criminalises secession, subversion and…
It’s only fitting that the most divisive U.S. election in recent memory would end in a most divisive election-eve finish—one that will have consequences for America’s standing in the world.…