Netflix Renews ‘The Crown’ for a Sixth Season After All

Netflix announced on Thursday that “The Crown,” its hit drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, would film a sixth and final season, months after saying the series would come to a close with Season 5. Peter Morgan, the writer and creator of “The Crown,” said that the possibility …...Read More

Drug Giants Create Fund to Bolster Struggling Antibiotic Start-Ups

Recipients will be chosen by an advisory panel made up of drug company executives, scientists and other experts in the field. The companies will also provide free expertise to biotech companies with promising drugs as they navigate the clinical and regulatory hurdles needed to bring an antimicrobial compound from laboratory …...Read More

NOAA Officials Feared Firings After Trump’s Hurricane Claims, Inspector General Says

WASHINGTON — The head of one of the nation’s premier science agencies felt that his job and the jobs of others would be in jeopardy if the agency did not rebuke forecasters who contradicted President Trump’s inaccurate claim last year about the path of Hurricane Dorian, a government report found. …...Read More

DeSantis Is Said to Quietly Hinder Fund-Raising for Trump Convention

Mr. Trump’s endorsement of Mr. DeSantis, then a congressman and a fixture on Fox News, catapulted him to victory in the 2018 Republican primary. The president, who will travel to Florida for a fund-raiser on Friday, also forcefully backed Mr. DeSantis in the general election in which he scored a …...Read More

Milley Calls for ‘Hard Look’ at Renaming Bases Honoring Confederates

WASHINGTON — The top military official in the United States called on Thursday for “taking a hard look” at changing the names of Army bases honoring Confederate officers who had fought against the Union during the Civil War, disagreeing with President Trump and further exposing a divide between the military …...Read More

The Coronavirus Can Float in Indoor Air, W.H.O. Concedes

The coronavirus may linger in the air in crowded indoor spaces, spreading from one person to the next, the World Health Organization formally conceded on Thursday. The W.H.O. had described this form of transmission as rare and possibly insignificant. But growing scientific and anecdotal evidence suggest this route may be …...Read More

Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

In their interviews, Ms. Calloway and Ms. Roman appear candid with their responses and comfortable with the line of questioning — save for the moment when Ms. Roman’s face flushes after being asked how many Black friends she has. The entire interview feels like an intimate conversation between two people …...Read More

5 Arrested in Connection With Pop Smoke Killing

Five people, including three adult men and two minors, were arrested early Thursday in connection with the February killing of Pop Smoke, a rising New York rapper, the Los Angeles Police Department announced. No additional information about the arrests or potential charges was provided by the department, which has been …...Read More

Top Manhattan Prosecutor Ousted by Trump Details Firing

Mr. Berman said he told Mr. Barr that Mr. Clayton was “an unqualified choice” for the Southern District post because he had never been a federal prosecutor nor had criminal legal experience. Mr. Berman told the committee that he had also consulted with private lawyers after talking with Mr. Barr …...Read More

‘Big Mess’ Looms if Schools Don’t Get Billions to Reopen Safely

Exactly how much money the nation’s schools need to reopen is a matter of debate, complicated by the conflicting, sometimes shifting advice and guidelines that administrators have received from government agencies and medical authorities. In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that remote learning was the safest …...Read More