ASK TONYWhen my husband died Barclays added to my distress
Following the sudden death of my husband, Barclays has been by far the worst and most unsympathetic company I have had to deal with. We had an interest-free loan in my late husband's name. Read more...
Conferences Petition N.C.A.A., Seeking to Cut Sports
Five college conferences have asked for a relaxing of requirements because of financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Sony releases personal air conditioner that fits into a small pocket inside a t-shirt collar
Sony has released a new personal air conditioner designed to be stored inside a person's shirt collar, creating a cool envelope around their torso even when they're outside. Read more...
'Third wave' of coronavirus cases hits Hong Kong as the city reports 24 new infections
Chuang Shuk-kwan, Hong Kong's senior health official, said that the financial hub entered its third wave of the coronavirus outbreak. The city registered 24 cases on Wednesday. Read more...
The making of the US Open trophy
CNN Open Court traveled to Rhode Island to see how a gifted team of silversmiths craft the US Open trophy. Read more...
Congress told of US withdrawal from World Health Organization
The Trump Administration has formally told Congress that the U.S. is withdrawing from the World Health Organization, which is helping oversee the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Feminists, Poetic Pretensions and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Read more...
Harrowing video shows 'abducte'd British teenager being bundled into a car in Libya
The dramatic footage shows the teenager screaming for help before being shoved into the passenger seat of a battered Mercedes as her mother, from Wiltshire, pleaded for mercy. Read more...
11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
The tragic history of I cant breathe. Why you can have a kid or a job right now, not both. How Brooklyn Drill went global. Farewell, Carl Reiner. And more. Read more...
N.C.A.A. Outlines Plan to Let Athletes Make Endorsement Deals
The changes, with some big restrictions, would go into effect at the start of the 2021-22 academic year, after consideration and adoption by the three divisions of college sports. Read more...
Louis Lortie review New album,In Paradisum, makes apparent the importance of Faur's piano works
Gabriel Faur wrote some toothsome melodies in stuff such as his Requiem, or the Cantique De Jean Racine, and the delicious Pavane. Faur's real claim to fame, though, is his piano music. Read more...
Eula Bingham, Champion of Worker Safety, Dies at 90
As head of OSHA under President Carter, she dispensed with nit-picking regulations and went after serious health and safety violations. Read more...
Starbucks employee allegedly wrote 'ISIS' on Muslim woman's beverage
Minnesota woman Aishah, 19, says a Starbucks barista wrote 'ISIS' on her beverage at a St. Paul, Minnesota location on July 1, leaving her horrified and enraged. Read more...