World & Nation
Under a resolution approved Wednesday, Texas voters would decide whether to halt executions for two years to give the state time to study its system of lethal injection.
April 12, 2001
Politics
Politics: He’s likely to use similar strategy of charm, perseverance in California. But Golden State may be tougher sell.
May 29, 2001
With copper nearing record high prices, thieves are robbing cemeteries of brass and bronze items.
July 20, 2008
Chided for giving all seventh-graders laptops, Gov. Angus King is now widely praised for raising education levels through technology.
Nov. 17, 2002
Business
The long-dormant area across the 110 Freeway from downtown L.A. is gaining appeal with studios, builders and urban professionals.
March 15, 2006
Travel & Experiences
The orange groves are mostly gone, the packinghouses mostly shut.
Feb. 22, 1990
Books
About 1,000 letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will be unveiled this week, and scholars hope they reveal a host of new details.
Jan. 1, 2020
GEORGE ELIOT by Jennifer Uglow (Pantheon: $15.95, cloth; $9.95, paper; 273 pp.).
Dec. 13, 1987
In a large, overheated room within the imposing structure of Lloyd’s Bank in the heart of London’s financial district, about 100 people gathered to honor a former bank employee.
Oct. 6, 1988
Entertainment & Arts
Most impressive is that nothing tries to find meaning in a text that is already stuffed with it. This ‘Four Quartets’ is magnificently superficial.
Feb. 17, 2020