Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Nina Popova was a celebrated ballet dancer who escaped the Bolsheviks in Russia and the Nazis in Paris. It was the coronavirus that ultimately caught up to her. She died …...Read More

New Safety Standards for Moviegoing as U.S. Theaters Reopen

LOS ANGELES — “Some people go to the gym. Some people go to church,” Megan Colligan, the president of Imax Entertainment, said at a news conference on Friday to mark the reopening of theaters in much of the United States. “And some people really do need to go to the …...Read More

What to Know About Stuttering

For a couple of minutes on Thursday, the sprawling, virtual Democratic National Convention seemed to hold its collective breath as 13-year-old Brayden Harrington of Concord, N.H., addressed the nation from his bedroom, occasionally stumbling on his words. “I’m a regular kid,” he said into a home camera, and a recent …...Read More

Fact-Checking the Democratic National Convention

WASHINGTON — This week’s virtual Democratic National Convention was largely devoted to character, with testimonials to the decency and empathy of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and criticisms of President Trump’s temperament. Few words were spent on policy discussions or fact-based claims. When they did cite statistics, many speakers spoke grimly …...Read More

Golden State Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

“I have listened to all of your statements, each one of them, and I am truly sorry to everyone I have hurt,” he said in a Sacramento State University ballroom, where the court session was held to accommodate a large number of victims and allow for social distancing. “Thank you, …...Read More

Deidre Davis Butler, Who Fought for Disability Rights, Dies at 64

When she was a girl growing up in New Jersey, Deidre Davis Butler made an unlikely sight on the tennis court. A spinal tumor had impaired her mobility — later in life she would be in a wheelchair — but her father had taught her how to play the net, …...Read More

The 7 Takeaways From The 2020 DNC

Former President Barack Obama, typically known for his cool, even demeanor, delivered an unusually passionate, caustic attack on his successor in the White House as he described the stakes of the election in stark and chilling terms. This presidential contest, Mr. Obama made clear, is not about typical partisan warfare …...Read More

Overlooked No More: Leonora O’Reilly, Suffragist Who Fought for Working Women

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. This latest installment is one of many ways The New York Times is examining the centennial of the 19th Amendment. The date was March 13, 1912. The …...Read More

DeJoy Tells Senators Election Mail Will Be Delivered ‘Fully and on Time’

WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy, the embattled postmaster general whose cost-cutting and operational changes have prompted widespread concern about mail-in voting, said on Friday he was “extremely, highly confident” the Postal Service could handle the largest vote-by-mail program in American history. He said it was “outrageous” for Democrats to suggest that …...Read More

Economic Data Points to Pause in Recovery as Aid Programs Expire

WASHINGTON — America’s economic recovery is in an uneasy pause, with key indicators of hiring, shopping and investment stalling or in retreat in the wake of a resurgence in coronavirus cases across broad sections of the country, and with Congress and President Trump showing no signs of progress on another …...Read More