Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the

[Editor’s Note: @Bartleby is this publication’s attempt to fill the void left by the great William Safire’s “On Language” columns in the Sunday New York Times Magazine which ended their run around the time of his death in 2009. If

Many federal employees are unhappy with President Trump’s demand that they return to the office five days a week. The Trump administration’s mandate stated that Americans “deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country.” Federal workers say that

Wolfgang Zwiener, who came to the United States from Germany in 1960 and spent almost four decades working as a waiter at Peter Luger in Brooklyn before founding what became an empire of 35 steakhouses, died on January 23 at

This coming Wednesday, February 12, is Lincoln’s Birthday, a holiday that is observed on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The 12th president of the United States was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The holiday is a

Photo caption: Mendenhall Glacier is one of the many large glaciers that flow from the 1,500-square-mile (3,885-square-kilometer) expanse of rock, snow and ice known as the Juneau Icefield, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The wreckage of the Bering Air

The United States Postal Service on Wednesday reversed course and said it had resumed accepting packages originating in Hong Kong and China. The move came on the heels of a 12-hour suspension that roiled the eCommerce industry in those two

Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Friday Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the

The Alaskan countryside outside Anchorage in the summer A Bering Air Cessna regional aircraft with 10 people on board including crew members went missing over the Bering Sea shortly before it was due to land. The Cessna plane operated by

A post office in Bayside, New York The United States Postal Service said it had stopped accepting all packages originating in Hong Kong and China, accordance to an international service disruption notice the agency posted on its website. “Effective February

Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the