Author: NY TIMES

One of Germany’s most wanted fugitives was arrested on Monday after living in plain sight in Berlin, just miles from the seat of government that the police say she fought to overthrow in the 1990s.The woman, Daniela Klette, who had evaded the police for decades, was wanted in connection with the bombing of a prison in 1993. The police say they believe she was a guerrilla with the Red Army Faction, originally know as the Baader-Meinhof gang, Germany’s most infamous postwar terrorist group.During her time in hiding, the police say, Ms. Klette and two accomplices, Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg,…

The smoke rising from Rafael Nadal’s training camp has kept the tennis world on its toes for more than a month, prompting predictions ranging from a triumphant spring on Paris clay to him never playing again after a second hip injury Participated in any official competition Australia January. All that is clear is that the 22-time Grand Slam champion will prioritize the clay court season in Europe this spring. Nadal said the same thing in January when he returned from a year-long layoff following hip surgery. Of course, he’s excited to be back competing in Australia, where he won his…

A Surprise Suitor1965, Calcutta. My 22-year-old mother had rejected several promising suitors who met the requirements of caste and class. “Meet this next one,” her mother begged. “Please. He’s come from Geneva, Switzerland.” En route to a party, Mother quickly dismissed the prospective bridegroom waiting on her family’s sofa. But in her brief, perfumed passage through the living room, she noticed his stylish shoes. And his smile. She agreed to see him again. My father was sweet, gentle. Two weeks after meeting, they married. Then, they flew to Geneva, where they’ve lived more or less happily ever after for 59…

In January, the law firm Crowell & Moring traded its New York offices in an early 1980s building in Midtown Manhattan for a newly built space on the West Side, with sweeping views of the Hudson River and New York Harbor.But the move was not just about gaining a better view. The law firm’s previous office layout was “essentially wasted space,” said Philip T. Inglima, the firm’s chairman. Crowell & Moring makes better use of the square footage in its new location, which includes features like sit-to-stand desks, video technology for hybrid meetings and double-pane glass for soundproofing, Mr. Inglima…

Feb. 27, 2024Gay and bisexual men are using condoms less than ever, and the decline has been particularly steep among those who are young or Hispanic, according to a new study. The worrisome trend points to an urgent need for better prevention strategies as the nation struggles to beat the H.I.V. epidemic, researchers said.Over the past decade, prevention medication known as PrEP has helped fuel a moderate drop in H.I.V. rates. And yet, despite persistent public health campaigns promoting the drugs, they have not been adopted in substantial numbers by Black and Hispanic men who are gay or bisexual.The use…

▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube3. Remi Wolf: “Grumpy Old Man”Thank you, Olivia Rodrigo, for picking the 28-year-old alt-pop star Remi Wolf as one of your openers and reminding me how much I loved her zany, hilarious and absurdly catchy 2021 album, “Juno.” This is still my favorite track: a tuneful showcase of Wolf’s audacious personality that sounds, in all the best ways, like some long-lost ’90s novelty hit.▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube4. PinkPantheress: “Internet Baby (Interlude)”“I am not your internet baby,” the 22-year-old viral sensation PinkPantheress warns on this electro ear worm from her…

The spending showdown that has brought the government to the brink of a partial shutdown this week is being fueled by Republicans in Congress, who, after failing in their efforts to slash federal funding, are still insisting on right-wing policy dictates.House Republicans loaded up their spending bills with hundreds of partisan policy mandates, a vast majority of which had no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate or being signed by President Biden.They include measures to target various pieces of Mr. Biden’s agenda, such as one to restrict access to abortion medication and another to restrict the Department of Veterans Affairs…

Madison Square Garden went very quiet when my face appeared on the giant screen above center court. The silence was noticeable. A few seconds earlier, Kenan Thompson’s face had brought down the house.It wasn’t like anyone gasped or got angry — no one seemed taken aback. It was just that no one knew who the hell I was. And why should they? I’m not famous. I had no right to be up there in the first place.Still, it was hard not to take it personally. Eighteen thousand people — New Yorkers, no less — had decided to silence their cheers.…

When the Alabama Supreme Court issued a surprising decision this month that led doctors to restrict in vitro fertilization treatments in the state, it raised a host of questions that the court did little to answer.In the wake of the decision, doctors and patients have worried that they could be vulnerable to prosecution in any number of medical scenarios that were once routine. Some Alabama facilities have halted or restricted treatment, and patients elsewhere worry that similar rulings or laws may soon come to their states.And because so many people pay so much for health care, the fallout from the…

OpenAI filed a motion in federal court on Monday that seeks to dismiss some key elements of a lawsuit brought by The New York Times Company.The Times sued OpenAI and its partner Microsoft on Dec. 27, accusing them of infringing on its copyrights by using millions of its articles to train A.I. technologies like the online chatbot ChatGPT. Chatbots now compete with the news outlet as a source of reliable information, the lawsuit said.In the motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the defendants argue that ChatGPT “is not in any way a…