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To Fix Its Problems in Ukraine, Russia Turns to the Architect of the War

HELENE COOPER, JULIAN E. BARNES AND ERIC SCHMITT

President Vladimir V. Putin is on his third overall commander in Ukraine. But his military’s fundamental issues have not been addressed, Western officials say.

Police Beating in Memphis

GERMAN LOPEZ AND IAN PRASAD PHILBRICK

Americans once again protested after another recorded instance of police brutality.

Farmworker Describes Coming Face to Face With Half Moon Bay Gunman

A man walked in and fatally shot Marciano Martinez, but spared his co-worker. Two other farmworkers, a husband and wife, were also found dead at Concord Farms.

Trump’s Evolution on Truth Social: More QAnon, More Extremes

KEN BENSINGER AND MAGGIE HABERMAN

The former president, now free to post again on Facebook and Twitter, has increasingly amplified far-right accounts on Truth Social. Experts on extremism worry that he will bring this approach to a far wider audience.

Handling of Tyre Nichols Case in Memphis Reflects a National Shift

MITCH SMITH, JULIE BOSMAN AND CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS

With cameras nearly everywhere, and residents wary, the authorities are moving faster and speaking critically when officers are accused of beatings.

Video of Memphis Officers Beating Tyre Nichols Elicits Widespread Horror

RICK ROJAS

As public officials and others condemned the actions they viewed, initial reactions from protesters around the country were largely peaceful.

Overlooked No More: Mary Barr, Who Fought Wildfires From Aloft

DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

She relied on adamantine nerves and decades of flying experience as the first woman lead pilot for the U.S. Forest Service.

Three Dead and Four Wounded in Shooting Near Beverly Hills

AMANDA HOLPUCH

The shooting took place at a short-term rental residence in the Beverly Crest neighborhood early on Saturday morning, the police said.

High-level U.S. diplomatic mission to Middle East overshadowed by violence

TRACY WILKINSON

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had hoped to broach a wide agenda in the Middle East. But after deadly attacks in the region, security again tops the list.

Tyre Nichols Beating Opens a Complex Conversation on Race and Policing

CLYDE MCGRADY

The five officers charged with the murder of the young Black man are also Black, complicating the anguish and efforts at police reform.

Column: In comparing Tyre Nichols to Rodney King, we're missing this point about policing

ERIKA D. SMITH

With five Black ex-cops charged with murder in Memphis, Tenn., Lora King reflects on what has changed since her father was beaten by the LAPD in 1991.

Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Who Faced a Lynch Mob, Dies at 98

SAM ROBERTS

One of the last surviving Black pilots from that celebrated group, he was surrounded by an angry mob after parachuting from his P-51 over Austria during World War II.

Memphis Police Disbands Unit Whose Officers Were Charged in Tyre Nichols’s Death

RICK ROJAS

Mr. Nichols’s family and activists had demanded the scuttling of the group, the Scorpion unit, which patrolled high-crime areas of the city.

Jury Awards $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’

MCKENNA OXENDEN

Rose Wakefield was ignored by an attendant at a gas station in Beaverton, Ore., near Portland, as white customers who pulled in after her were served first, according to the lawsuit.

Paul Pelosi Attack Suspect Tells TV Station He Has No Remorse

EDUARDO MEDINA

The man accused of assaulting the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a disturbing surprise phone call to the station on Friday, the same day footage of the attack was made public.