Man Dies After He Is Shot by the Police With a Stun Gun and Catches Fire

New York’s attorney general said her office would investigate the man’s death, which followed an altercation in an upstate police station.

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Retired Colonel Who Shared Plan to Overturn Election

Phil Waldron has been under scrutiny since a 38-page PowerPoint he circulated was turned over to the panel by former President Donald J. Trump’s last chief of staff.

Bruce Springsteen Sells Music Catalog in Massive Deal

Sony Music Entertainment buys the Boss’s entire corpus, including classics like “Born to Run,” for an estimated $550 million.

How Beijing Influences the Influencers

China’s government has supported foreign YouTubers who put a positive spin on its policies, in its latest effort to shape how the world sees it.

Reddit takes its first official step toward going public.

The company announced it had confidentially filed paperwork for an I.P.O., but without disclosing financial details.

Public Displays of Resignation: Saying ‘I Quit’ Loud and Proud

People aren’t just leaving their jobs. They are broadcasting it.

Europe Pushes New Rules Turning Gig Workers Into Employees

A proposal with widespread political support would entitle drivers and couriers for companies like Uber to a minimum wage and legal protections.

As Vaccines Trickle into Africa, Zambia’s Challenges Highlight Other Obstacles

Vaccinating Africa is critical to protecting the continent and the world against dangerous variants, but supply isn’t the only problem countries face.

Silent Films Offer Rare Glimpses of Life in 1920s Ireland

Shot by an American ornithologist in the early years of Irish independence, the footage turned up in the archives of the Chicago Academy of Sciences and is being restored.

Can #MeToo Survive Chinese Censorship?

What Peng Shuai’s assault accusations against a former senior Communist Party official reveal about the state of the movement in China.

Is Self-Censorship a Problem for Writers?

At an event organized by PEN America, four prominent writers debated art, identity, appropriation and the state of free expression. (Fisticuffs not included.)

Opinion | Social Media Companies Want to Co-opt the First Amendment. Courts Shouldn’t Let Them.

They want the same protections newspapers enjoy. But they are not newspapers.

New Zealand Plans to Eventually Ban All Cigarette Sales

The proposal, expected to become law next year, would raise the smoking age year by year until it covers the entire population.

Opinion | Is the University of Austin Just a PR Stunt?

Can a new university fix academia’s problems? Or will it just create another ideological bubble?

New York Times Lies About City's Murder Rate, NYPD's Clearance Rate To Sell Fear To Its Readers

There's no reason for the New York Times to be this bad at reporting. It has plenty of resources and a slew of editors, and yet we get headlines like this one, which says something completely false: If you can't read/see the...

A Bitcoin Boom Fueled by Cheap Power, Empty Plants and Few Rules

Cryptocurrency miners are flocking to New York’s faded industrial towns, prompting concern over the environmental impact of huge computer farms.

How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy

Americans failed to safeguard decades of diplomatic and financial investments in Congo, where the world’s largest supply of cobalt is controlled by Chinese companies backed by Beijing.

Millions More People Got Access to Water. Can They Drink It?

The U.N. pledged to halve the proportion of the world without access to clean drinking water by 2015.

The Yes Men did not invent "disinformation"

We know, that should be obvious. It apparently isn't.

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai

Steve Simon said Wednesday that the women’s tennis tour would not stage tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, because he has been unable to communicate with Peng despite repeated attempts.