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Why do we admire Volodymyr Zelensky? The question almost answers itself. We admire him because, in the face of unequal odds, Ukraine’s president stands his ground. Because he proves the truth of the adage that one man with courage makes a majority. Because he shows that honor and love of…

In the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, doctors noticed a surprising silver lining: Americans were having fewer heart attacks. One likely reason, according to an analysis published last month by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, is that people were inhaling less air pollution. Millions…

Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday. The U.N. secretary general called for a four-day humanitarian pause in the war to mark Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He acknowledged that previous cease-fire calls had failed….

On Monday, a federal judge struck down a nationwide mask mandate on airplanes, trains, buses and other public transportation. The ruling left it up to individual airlines and local transit agencies to decide what to do. By late Monday, the nation’s largest airlines had dropped their mask requirements for domestic…

For two years, covered faces in airports and on airplanes were a persistent reminder of the hold that the coronavirus had on air travel. The end of the mask mandate on planes and other forms of transportation this week marked the latest advance in the airline industry’s effort to return…

A sprawling Soviet-era steel factory that is sheltering thousands of soldiers and civilians is the last Ukrainian redoubt in the ravaged city of Mariupol, where the battle by Russian forces to take full control of the city appears to be entering its final stages. Russian commanders said Tuesday they were…

As coronavirus infections tick up across the United States, there’s a lot of confusion about if, and when, to wear a mask. “This is the hardest thing of all because it’s not just the risks and benefits to you,” said Dr. Robert Wachter, a professor and the chair of the…

BRUSSELS — The race is on. As columns of Russian troops began pouring into Ukraine nearly two months ago, the United States and its allies started supplying Kyiv with weapons for what many expected to be a short war: sniper rifles, helmets, medical kits, encrypted communications, lots of bullets and…

By Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Adams himself confirmed that he would release his “tax information” — careful wording that might not mean his full returns — and reminded journalists that he did not have to do so. “Now remember, I’m not required,” he said at a news conference. “We know that,…

“As people walk away from Cawthorn, our job is to meet them,” she said, adding, “For those who don’t know what to make of a gay Christian minister, what is very clear with them is I’m being honest with them from the start.” In Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana,…