World & Nation
Former President Clinton was among those who paid their respects Thursday to the Texas representative at a memorial service in Houston.
Aug. 1, 2024
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died.
July 20, 2024
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment.
June 3, 2024
Books
In ‘Alphabetical Diaries,’ Sheila Heti has once again tried something that feels impossible: collecting her personal diary entries for more than 10 years, re-ordering the sentences in alphabetical order, to build a different form of narrative.
Feb. 5, 2024
California
One of the pilots was pronounced dead at the scene in Lancaster, while the other pilot was uninjured, officials said. Neither plane had passengers.
Sept. 22, 2024
A longtime Democratic Texas lawmaker who has represented Houston in the Legislature for more than 50 years will lead the nation’s fourth-largest city after winning a mayoral runoff election
Dec. 10, 2023
Has this famously liberal city moved too far right to embrace an old-school progressive for mayor?
Sept. 19, 2024
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who made history as the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the state Assembly, died Tuesday.
Aug. 1, 2023
Opinion
Inspired by the events of 2020, the American Historical Assn. took a hard look at how history is taught in middle and high schools. Congress needs to pay attention to the findings.
Sept. 20, 2024
Jurors took little more than an hour on Tuesday to convict a man of murder in the stabbing death of UCLA graduate student Brianna Kupfer as she worked in a Hancock Park boutique furniture store.
Sept. 11, 2024