‘They Are Gone, Vanished’: Missing Persons Haunt Ukrainian Village
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‘They Are Gone, Vanished’: Missing Persons Haunt Ukrainian Village

In a Russian-occupied village, five men went off to feed cattle. Their relatives and neighbors are wondering what happened to them. April 17, 2022 HUSARIVKA, Ukraine — The cows wouldn’t stop screaming. Russian soldiers had occupied this remote village in eastern Ukraine for about two weeks and were using a…

Jury Awards $450,000 to Man Fired Over Unwanted Office Birthday Party
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Jury Awards $450,000 to Man Fired Over Unwanted Office Birthday Party

A Kentucky man who was fired days after he had a panic attack at his workplace over an unwanted birthday party was awarded $450,000 by a jury last month for lost wages and emotional distress. The man, Kevin Berling, had been working at a medical laboratory, Gravity Diagnostics in Covington,…

Israeli Police Stop Muslim Worshipers From Entering Holy Site
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Israeli Police Stop Muslim Worshipers From Entering Holy Site

JERUSALEM — Israeli police stopped Muslim worshipers from entering the Aqsa Mosque compound early Sunday morning and brief clashes broke out in nearby side streets, two days after violence erupted at the holy site. The police, seeking to prevent contact between Muslims and Jews who had entered the compound, confined…

Stephen Curry Returns, and Golden State Beats the Nuggets
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Stephen Curry Returns, and Golden State Beats the Nuggets

Klay Thompson was splashing 3-pointers. Draymond Green was making stops and deftly finding open cutters. Stephen Curry drew several defenders any time he touched the ball. The threesome who redefined basketball en route to winning a series of championships with the Golden State Warriors reunited in the playoffs on Saturday…

Opinion | On Japan’s Adorable ‘Old Enough!’ Show and the State of American Childhoods
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Opinion | On Japan’s Adorable ‘Old Enough!’ Show and the State of American Childhoods

While I’m not suggesting that it’s advisable to let your kids go feral for a summer, I suspect that if “Don’t Tell Mom” were remade in 2022, one moral of the story would be about how negligent the mother was. But in 1991, there was simply a happy ending for…