Why Americans Feel More Pain

The authorities in Poland and Germany have arrested at least five of their citizens in recent days and accused them of spying for Russia or of offering to help Moscow commit violence on European soil, including a “possible attack” on the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The arrests underscored fears…

Two men near Portage, Ind., were scouting a creek for potential fishing spots on Tuesday when they spotted a shiny object through the trees. They moved closer and saw that it was a mangled vehicle. One of the men, Mario Garcia, said that he looked inside, pushed aside the airbag…

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which has been led for decades by conducting titans including Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Riccardo Muti, announced Tuesday that its next music director would be Klaus Mäkelä, a 28-year-old Finnish conductor whose charisma and clarity have fueled his rapid rise in classical music. When he…

The mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., called New York’s congestion pricing plan “doormat treatment.” A New Jersey congressman said pricing details disclosed for the first time Wednesday showed that New York was “sticking it to Jersey families.” And Gov. Philip D. Murphy insisted that he supported congestion pricing “as a…

Humankind took one small step toward the moon yesterday: NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft arrived at the dusty orb and dipped as close as 81 miles above the surface, part of a multiyear project to return to our closest celestial neighbor half a century after the last visit. After several delays,…