Trump Vows to Make Venezuela Rich. It Will Take More Than U.S. Cash.

History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.Read More
Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case

The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.Read More
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis

Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.Read More
Federal Agent Shoots and Injures Man in Minneapolis, and F.B.I. Searches Reporter’s Home

Plus, a space station evacuation.Read More
Harvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead

Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.Read More
Harper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend

In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.Read More
James Luckey-Lange Among Americans Freed in Venezuela

James Luckey-Lange, 28, was released this week with several other U.S. citizens from the country’s notorious prison system after going missing in December, his family said.Read More
Venezuelan Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Restore Deportation Protections

The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States.Read More
If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One

The oboe has 500 parts. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.Read More
Woman Killed by ICE Agent Seemed at Fault, N.Y. Republican Says

Bruce Blakeman, the likely Republican candidate for governor, said the killing of Renee Good was just one point of disagreement between him and Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat.Read More