Bryan Ortiz quit a job as a paramedic to help people at a safe injection site for drugs like fentanyl and heroin. Now, his job is under legal threat.

His Job Helping Drug Users Is Illegal. He Says He Does It to Save Lives.

Gangs in Cambodia have compelled thousands of captives to defraud unsuspecting victims. Because of political connections, no one is stopping them.

They’re Forced to Run Online Scams. Their Captors Are Untouchable.

Mathieu Belezi has been fascinated by the history of colonial Algeria for years. Acclaim finally came with his latest book, a sign of changing times.

A Novelist Writing on Colonization Finds an Audience in France, at Last

Many carmakers and charging companies are switching to the Tesla plug for electric vehicles. Why are they doing that, and what will it mean?

Electric Vehicle Charging Can Be Confusing. Here’s What to Know.

She rocked the art world in 2018. Now a legal battle looms over control of the painter’s visionary works, and historians question who really created many of her iconic paintings.

After the Sudden Heralding of Hilma af Klint, Questions and Court Fights

Hospitalizations are still low but have been rising in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come

Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.

After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected efforts by the former president’s legal team to postpone the trial until 2026.

Judge Sets Trial Date in March for Trump’s Federal Election Case

The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has come to embody the generational fault line between a culture of machismo and more recent progressivism.

A Forced Kiss, and a Reckoning With Sexism in Spain

Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind two popular obesity medications, is reaping huge profits and is now responsible for most of the country’s economic growth.

How Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs Are Reshaping Denmark’s Economy

Hawaiian Electric says power was shut off and an initial fire put out before a second blaze razed Lahaina. The county continues to blame the company.

After Maui Wildfire Disaster, a War of Words Over Its Cause

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests.

A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones

To show the long-term effects of severe Covid on the lungs, the Graphics desk created visual renderings based on data from CT scans.

Lungs as We’ve Never Published Them Before

“Getting In,” a new book from David Kennerley, collects the edgy advertisements for parties at clubs like the Palladium and records a culture forged from defiance.

Queer History Was Made in ’90s Clubs. These Fliers Captured It.

Florence Welch, the front woman of the band, apologized to fans for canceling her recent shows after undergoing what she said was lifesaving surgery.

Florence + the Machine Singer Says She Had Emergency Surgery

Quotation of the Day for Monday, August 28, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: An Inside Look at Covid’s Lasting Damage to the Lungs

On Fire Island, ardent fans described their affection for the Broadway star while waiting to see her perform at a Cherry Grove nightclub.

Patti LuPone Sings for the LuPonettes

Ons Jabeur, the Tunisian player who is popular among spectators and fellow competitors, is the only woman to appear in three of the last five major singles finals. But she has lost them all.

A Fan Favorite Is Still Trying to Clear Her Major Hurdle

Four picks across television, film and podcast that will take American viewers and listeners to places with vastly different systems and understandings of justice.

The Best True Crime to Stream: Leaving the United States

Loyalty-Test, a paid online service, was created to help you trap your partner. But what is it actually testing?

Would Your Partner Cheat? These ‘Testers’ Will Give You an Answer.

The series co-creator says the real ticking clock of the alien-invasion show, back this month, is “Can we make connections with other people in time?”

In ‘Invasion,’ Simon Kinberg Adds Touchy-Feely to Creepy-Crawly

Explore the new Times Square tinned fish emporium, grab a Tomato Girl necklace and more food news.

Skip the M&M’s Store and Head for ‘The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine’

A veteran journalist, she joins from The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Jamila Robinson Is Named Next Editor of Bon Appétit Magazine

The ABC reality show hosted by Kevin and Frankie Jonas wraps up, as does Canadian legal drama on the CW.

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Claim to Fame’ and ‘Family Law’

To follow an olive-sided flycatcher, first you have to catch it.

August 28, 2023

Headlines from August 28, 2023

His Job Helping Drug Users Is Illegal. He Says He Does It to Save Lives.

They’re Forced to Run Online Scams. Their Captors Are Untouchable.

A Novelist Writing on Colonization Finds an Audience in France, at Last

Electric Vehicle Charging Can Be Confusing. Here’s What to Know.

After the Sudden Heralding of Hilma af Klint, Questions and Court Fights

Billboard 200

Utopia

One Thing At A Time

Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)

Barbie: The Album

Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Historical Context for August 28, 2023