Israel Strikes Rafah, and a Super Bowl Surprise

In the next few months, as the weather warms in Washington, something remarkable could happen in the city’s federal courthouse: Donald J. Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to sit through a trial as a criminal defendant. The trial, based on charges that Mr. Trump conspired…

The city of Berkeley, Calif., has agreed to repeal a landmark climate rule that would have banned natural gas hookups in new homes, throwing into question the fate of dozens of similar restrictions on gas in cities across the country. Berkeley’s gas ban, which was the first of its kind…

Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, is leaving the company after an investigation into an inappropriate workplace relationship, the company’s owner, Comcast, said in a statement on Sunday. In the statement, Mr. Shell said that Sunday would be his last day and that he had had “an inappropriate relationship…

On This Week’s Episode: For the lead-up to Halloween, scary stories that are all true. Zombie raccoons, real haunted houses and things that go “EEEEK!!!” in the night. Plus, a story by David Sedaris, in which he walks among the dead. This is a rerun of an episode that first…