F.D.A. Panel Vote Deals Setback to Biden’s Booster Shot Plan

The panel recommended against blanket access to Pfizer boosters, but urged offering them to those 65 and older and “at high risk.” Here’s the latest on Covid-19.

They Shunned Covid Vaccines but Embraced Antibody Treatment

Championed by doctors and conservative radio hosts alike, monoclonal antibodies for Covid are in high demand — even among people who don’t want a vaccine.

Some rich people are counting their antibodies “like calories” despite caveats about the tests’ usefulness.

The Secret Talks Behind the U.S. Deal That France Called a ‘Betrayal’

In meetings with their French counterparts, U.S. officials gave no notice of a deal with Australia that would upend France’s largest defense contract.

France Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. and Australia

It is the first time in the long history of the French-U.S. alliance that a top diplomat has been recalled, illustrating the depth of France’s anger.

Sidelined on Jan. 6, Walker Has Top Job Securing the Capitol

William Walker testified about how his requests to deploy the National Guard on Jan. 6 went unanswered. Now it falls to him to prevent another rampage.

The Capitol area is on high alert ahead of expected right-wing protests of the Jan. 6 arrests.

An Unconventional Weapon Against Future Wildfires: Goats

Lani Malmberg travels the American West with a few hundred goats, which eat the tall brush and grasses that power wildfires.

Robert Durst Found Guilty of Murder After Decades of Suspicion

Mr. Durst, the millionaire subject of a documentary probing three killings, was convicted in the execution-style murder of a close friend in 2000.

She Changed Black Literature Forever. Then She Disappeared.

In search of Gayl Jones, whose new novel breaks 22 years of silence.

How Old Is This Old House?

Property records don’t go back far enough to date some houses. But experts can pinpoint age by studying tree-ring patterns in the home’s timber.