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LONDON — Ingrid Pollard, a pioneering Black female photographer, and Veronica Ryan, a Black sculptor who found widespread recognition in her 60s, are among the nominees for this year’s Turner Prize, the prestigious British visual arts award. The four-strong shortlist was announced on Tuesday in an online news conference at…

Covid outbreaks in elite circles in Washington, D.C., and on Broadway have received a lot of media attention in recent days, but they appear to be only one part of a broader regional rise in infections: States in the Northeast are now reporting an uptick in cases. Last week, this…

Philadelphia’s new indoor mask mandate will begin next week.Credit…Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month after lifting it,…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — As Sri Lankans waited hours in line for fuel, sweated through the springtime heat during daily power cuts, and watched the value of their incomes erode, the president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blamed forces beyond his control. “This crisis was not created by me,” he said in an…

Europe has benefited from relatively cheap natural gas from Russia for decades. But for all the talk now of diversifying away from this supply, the plain reality is that it will not be easy to find alternatives. It will be a yearslong undertaking. The continent imports roughly 40 percent of…

The mother’s hands were shaking when she started writing on her 2-year-old’s body. They trembled so much that she couldn’t write correctly on her first try, even though the information was second nature: Her daughter’s name, Vira, along with her birth date and their family phone numbers. “I thought that…

Joe: Amen. Kristen Soltis Anderson: Krupal, how about you? Krupal (Asian, 22, medical assistant, Maryland): I would say you’re not allowed to be free anymore. Due to the internet and social media, a bunch of trolls have gotten so much power. They’re constantly out there to play gotcha. So you…

The popular “Fearless Girl” sculpture will continue to stand outside the New York Stock Exchange after city officials voted on Monday to extend the sculpture’s temporary permit for 11 months. This decision comes with the stipulation that the city, the owner of the sculpture and the artist return in six…

On April 12, 1861, rebel artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter, beginning the U.S. Civil War. The war eventually became a catastrophe for the South, which lost more than a fifth of its young men. But why did the secessionists believe they could pull it off? One reason was they…

Climate scientists, policy experts and environmental justice advocates on Monday announced a major project to better understand the contribution of thawing permafrost to global warming and to help Arctic communities cope with its effects. Led by the Massachusetts-based Woodwell Climate Research Center, the 6-year, $41 million project will fill in…