‘Dean of American Historians’: Ken Burns on William E. Leuchtenburg
Ken Burns was in his studio working on the final edits of a forthcoming documentary film series on the American Revolution when he learned on Tuesday that the historian William…
C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins
The C.I.A. has said for years that it did not have enough information to conclude whether the Covid pandemic emerged naturally from a wet market in Wuhan, China, or from…
Crafting a Haggis for American Tastes (and Import Restrictions)
When Scottish Americans and Scottish expats sit down on Saturday night to celebrate the birthday of the 18th-century poet Robert Burns, the traditional haggis will probably not be up to…
Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12 Million for Not Quickly Reporting Burn Risk With Watches
Reports that Fitbit’s Ionic smartwatch was overheating began in 2018 and continued into 2020. But according to U.S. officials, the company did not quickly report, as the law requires, that…
Hughes Fire Burns 10,000 Acres as Dangerous Conditions Persist in Southern California
Firefighters north of Los Angeles were racing on Thursday morning to contain a brush fire that had exploded the day before, quickly burning more than 10,000 acres and forcing the…
C.I.A.’s Chatbot Stands In for World Leaders
Understanding leaders around the world is one of the C.I.A.’s most important jobs. Teams of analysts comb through intelligence collected by spies and publicly available information to create profiles of…