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Mass shootings rock 2 US cities, leave 3 dead, 18 injured: Police

Shootings in Chicago and Trenton, N.J., over the weekend left two dead and 18 injured.

Iran live updates: US forces strike 2 Iranian rocket launch sites

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

Why the United States Can’t Quit Its Wars

GREG JAFFE

The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.

Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville burial

The Grand Ole Opry also honored the country music legend days after her death.

How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’

MJ FRANKLIN

With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.

US plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, AP

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions

The World Is a Room With a Piano Waiting to Be Played

ROGER ROSENBLATT

Like any life, mine has had its pain, yet from the outset it seems to have been graced by unbelievable people and events. An anthology of miracles.

Ferry Carrying Hundreds of Passengers Capsizes Off Coast of Cyprus

LEO SANDS AND BEN HUBBARD

Local authorities said 267 people were aboard the catamaran-type vessel when it began taking on water shortly after its departure from Kyrenia.

How Not to Announce a Measles Death

RACHAEL BEDARD

Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths. Things went downhill fast.

What to Know About Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal and Tibet

ZANE IRWIN AND LYNSEY CHUTEL

A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy rainfall. More than 3,000 people remained missing.

Nepal Turns to Mass Burials, as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods

SAJAL PRADHAN, MUJIB MASHAL AND ATUL LOKE

Only a fraction of the over 2,500 missing are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.

Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James

DWIGHT GARNER

Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.

How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas

ZACH MONTAGUE AND MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.

Dolly Parton’s Marriage to Carl Dean Was Fueled by Distance and Difference

DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.

New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis

ARFA MOMIN, EDISON WU, MIHIR ZAVERI AND HURUBIE MEKO

A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.