Sam Bankman-Fried is a studiously disheveled billionaire who made a fortune overseeing trades that are too risky for the U.S. market. Now he wants Washington to follow his lead.

A Crypto Emperor’s Vision: No Pants, His Rules

Renting on a month-to-month basis can leave tenants in a vulnerable position. But landlords often want to make a deal rather than evict.

I’m on a Monthly Lease. Can My Landlord Suddenly Evict Me and My Dog?

Researchers are gaining a better understanding of the biochemical processes that precede female octopuses’ deaths after they lay and then tend their eggs.

The Trigger That Makes an Octopus Mom Self-Destruct

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: Pelosi Promises ‘Urgent Action’ in House to Address a Shortage of Baby Formula

Women inmates are less dangerous than incarcerated men. Their prisons should reflect that reality.

What Would a Feminist Jail Look Like?

Some research has shown that lingering Covid symptoms are more prevalent in people in their 30s and 40s — when workers are often in the prime of their careers. How will companies support employees with debilitating symptoms that can linger for months or even years after infection?

‘Another Unequal Burden’: Working With Long Covid

With Finland and Sweden likely to request NATO membership, and Ukraine counterattacking in the east, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is facing more setbacks.

For Putin, a Nordic Nightmare Is Springing to Life

Joseph Gray is the most decorated American mountain runner. As the lone Black runner at the top, he wants to help diversify the field.

At the Top of His Sport, a Mountain Runner Focuses on the Next Generation

There is still a lot we can learn from big data.

The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either.

Discarded metal left by decades of conflict has become a livelihood for impoverished Afghans. But many have been killed by unexploded munitions.

To Survive, Some Afghans Sift Through Deadly Remnants of Old Wars

Her Beverly Hills salon was a party scene where she roller-skated among her glamorous clientele, including Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty.

Carrie White, Hair Stylist to the Stars, Is Dead at 78

The Liet International, a competition for minority and regional languages, lacks the glitz of Eurovision. But its organizers say it helps keep endangered tongues alive.

Catalan Pop? Corsican Rock? It’s Europe’s Other Song Contest.

Rethinking what the region’s travel should be has meant expanding the focus from fairy tale castle crawls to experiences anchored more firmly in nature, food and the arts.

Beyond the Châteaux: New Escapes in France’s Loire Valley

He was an auto mechanic with a sideline in photography when he and his wife bought a cattle farm in 1972. They turned it into one of America’s leading wineries.

Jack Cakebread, Pioneering Napa Valley Winemaker, Dies at 92

State media reported 21 new deaths and a huge jump in suspected cases on Saturday, but it was unclear how many had been definitively linked to the coronavirus.

North Korea Says Its Covid Outbreak Is Spreading Fast

New York University graduates will be rewarded with a commencement speech from the pop star, who is being awarded an honorary degree.

Hottest Ticket in Town? Taylor Swift, Class of ’22.

Officials said that at least 27 people had been killed, most of them assembly line workers, and that the toll could rise.

Building Fire in India’s Capital Leaves Dozens Dead

Sheikh Mohammed has used his small country’s oil wealth to exert great influence across the Middle East and in Washington.

Mohammed bin Zayed, an Ambitious U.S. Partner, Rises to Lead the U.A.E.

Smoking a steak over low heat before finishing it over a hot fire ensures even cooking. Here’s how to get the grill ready for the technique.

How to Set Up Your Grill for Reverse Searing

Reverse-seared tri-tip may be the tastiest dish you grill all summer. Steven Raichlen guides you through the process.

How to Grill the Perfect Steak

Once empowered by triumphant ethnic nationalism after a brutal civil war, the Rajapaksa dynasty has been undone by what its own allies call incompetence and denial.

A Ruling Family on the Run as Sri Lanka Plunges Into Economic Ruin

Our columnist is responding to readers’ questions. This week, he focuses on inflation, with the help of a bond maven and a Nobel laureate.

How Do Higher Interest Rates Bring Down Inflation?

Activists and nonprofits are considering digital currencies as a way to raise funds. But can they really do anything other payment methods can’t?

Crypto Joins the Abortion Conversation

Tegernsee, a luxury getaway in Bavaria, is known for quietly hosting the superrich. But war in Ukraine has divided locals about whether the authorities should go after the assets of their wealthy Russian neighbors.

At a German Hideaway, Oligarch Villas Challenge a ‘Silent Contract’

Readers, including those who had abortions, an “unwanted fetus” and an obstetrician, recall how girls and women dealt with unplanned pregnancies pre-Roe.

May 14, 2022

Headlines from May 14, 2022

A Crypto Emperor’s Vision: No Pants, His Rules

I’m on a Monthly Lease. Can My Landlord Suddenly Evict Me and My Dog?

The Trigger That Makes an Octopus Mom Self-Destruct

Quotation of the Day: Pelosi Promises ‘Urgent Action’ in House to Address a Shortage of Baby Formula

What Would a Feminist Jail Look Like?

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