Luis Puenzo, an Argentine film director whose “The Official Story,” based on the yearslong “dirty war” in which Argentina’s military regime killed and disappeared thousands of people it perceived as its enemies, brought his country its first Academy Award for best foreign language film, died on Tuesday in Buenos Aires. He was 80. His death…
The authorities have said that the suspect in the Saturday attack was taken into custody shortly after charging through a security checkpoint and exchanging gunfire with federal law enforcement officials inside the Washington Hilton. He was armed with knives, a shotgun, and a handgun, authorities have said. The suspect is initially expected to be charged…
The gunman who sprinted through a security checkpoint on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton believed that the Secret Service was poorly prepared to guard top administration officials against him, according to writing he left behind. Agents, in turn, stopped him in a matter of seconds. The episode raised fresh questions about whether the Secret…
Amid the professional-grade networking at Tammy Haddad’s Garden Brunch in Georgetown on Saturday, hours before the kickoff of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a television anchor was joking about how savage President Trump might be toward the news media in his speech later that night. “Twenty-four hours from now,” the anchor said, gesturing at…
Federal authorities are investigating a note they said was written by the man being held in connection with the attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner that suggests he was angered by the actions of the Trump administration. The writing was shared with The New York Times by two law enforcement officials who asked not…
A man armed with knives, a shotgun and a handgun was barreling through security at a full sprint, heading toward the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. At that moment on Saturday night, President Trump and many of America’s top government officials and journalists were one floor down, crammed into the ballroom for a black-tie dinner….
A bashful 11-year-old named Crystal had a question for Zara Larsson: “How did you become the perfect star?” Onstage, the singer — Barbie-like in a neon-pink tube top and flowing blond extensions — giggled into her bedazzled mic while a small group of V.I.P. fans awwed. They had assembled in the cavernous, gilded hall of…
Eugene Braunwald, a groundbreaking cardiologist whose research helped transform heart disease from a near-certain killer into a condition often manageable with medications, procedures and careful monitoring, died on Wednesday in Newton, Mass. He was 96. His death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his daughter Jill Braunwald Porter. He lived in Weston, Mass. Widely regarded…
BTS, the biggest band in K-pop, will on Saturday kick off the U.S. leg of a world tour covering at least 11 months, 80 concerts and 34 cities. The physical demands will be intense. In addition to performing high-energy dance routines onstage, they will also devote hours each day to rehearsals, fittings, hair and makeup…
Josef Slenczynski lay on the battlefield and bargained. A down-at-the-heels young man from Poland who had come to the United States not long before, Mr. Slenczynski was serving in World War I with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. In civilian life he was a violinist of large ambition but no large reputation, and now…
