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SAN FRANCISCO — Bitcoin was conceived more than a decade ago as “digital gold,” a long-term store of value that would resist broader economic trends and provide a hedge against inflation. But Bitcoin’s crashing price over the last month shows that vision is a long way from reality. Instead, traders…

JERUSALEM — Shireen Abu Akleh originally studied to be an architect but her career took a different path after she decided to go into journalism instead, becoming one of the most well-known Palestinian journalists. A Palestinian American, Ms. Abu Akleh became a familiar face on the Al Jazeera network, where…

Caitlin Myers, a professor of economics at Middlebury who has written extensively on reproductive issues, was pessimistic about the likelihood of abortion functioning as a liberal mobilizing issue. She wrote by email: The brunt of the impacts of a Roe reversal will be felt by young, poor, and Black women…

A federal candidate backed by former President Donald J. Trump won a contested primary for the second consecutive week on Tuesday, as Representative Alex Mooney resoundingly defeated Representative David McKinley in West Virginia in the first incumbent-vs.-incumbent primary race of 2022. But Mr. Trump’s endorsement scorecard took a hit in…

A New York City police officer was shot in the arm on Tuesday night as he and a partner on a public safety team confronted a suspect near Crotona Park in the Bronx, the police said. The two uniformed officers were on patrol near Third Avenue and Claremont Parkway about…

Leonid Makarovich Kravchuk, who shepherded Ukraine out of the collapse of the Soviet Union and signed off on giving up the country’s nuclear arsenal as its first popularly-elected president, died on Tuesday. He was 88. A family member reported his death to the Ukrainian News Agency, and it was confirmed…

The escalating brutality of the war in Ukraine has dampened voices on both the right and left skeptical of the United States’ involving itself in armed conflict overseas, fueling a rush by Congress to pour huge amounts of money into a potentially lengthy and costly offensive against Russia with few…

WASHINGTON — Faced with financial pressure and a federal investigation into his taxes and foreign consulting work, Hunter Biden has turned for money and strategic advice to an unlikely source: a wealthy Hollywood lawyer and novelist best known for brokering a lucrative licensing deal for the animated series “South Park.”…

The celebrity chef Mario Batali, 61, is not guilty of indecent assault and battery, a Boston judge ruled Tuesday. Judge James Stanton delivered the verdict in Boston Municipal Court after a day and a half of trial testimony, mostly from Natali Tene, 32, who said Mr. Batali forcibly kissed her…

“In the 1990s and early 2000s, it looked like I was ahead, but after Sept. 11, people started arguing he was right,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s conclusive that I’m going to lose.” Liberal democracy, he believes, isn’t just an accidental, culturally contingent byproduct of a particular historical…