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Hank Azaria said he will no longer provide the voice on “The Simpsons” for the convenience-store owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, whose thick accent and penny-squeezing ways have led to criticism that the character was a racist stereotype. It was not clear what Mr. Azaria’s decision, first reported on Friday by the …

An explosive flash over the sea The rocket launched. Less than two minutes later, it exploded. It appears to be a success. Usually the destruction of a rocket in flight means a mission is a failure. But on Sunday, SpaceX was demonstrating a crucial safety system of Crew Dragon, a …

MOSCOW — In a solemn ceremony at an airport in Ukraine on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky paid his respects to the 11 citizens from his country who were killed when Iran’s military mistakenly shot down a passenger jet in Tehran this month. Mr. Zelensky has grappled with the diplomacy around …

The American news media has come a long way since the country’s first impeachment trial, of President Andrew Johnson, in 1868, when House impeachment managers sat for a still portrait by the famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. The Clinton impeachment trial was the first to take place in the …

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. The third impeachment trial of an American president is set to begin this week. The House impeachment managers, appointed this past week by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, above, will argue …

A water main break, the second in one week, flooded New York City subway stations and suspended service on several lines on Sunday morning. The flooding disrupted subway service on the A, C and D lines between 125th Street and 59th Street-Columbus Circle, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Twitter. …

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As two of the producers with “The Weekly,” The New York Times’s documentary TV series, we have experience filming presidential races and know how challenging it can be to obtain …

Inbee Park has finally made a bogey but she’s still finished with a four-under 67 and a two-shot lead over Sei Young Kim heading into the final round of the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Florida. Park, a 19-time winner on the LPGA Tour, hadn’t made a bogey …

A leading law firm is investigating a class action over the federal government’s $100 million community sports scandal. Slater and Gordon’s class actions practice group leader Andrew Baker says tens of millions of dollars in sporting club grants were awarded to clubs whose applications for funding would otherwise have been …

A man has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing in Perth’s southern suburbs on Friday night left a man in a serious condition in hospital. Police said the 39-year-old victim was stabbed in the throat at a house in Beaconsfield about 9pm. Last night Gang Crime Squad …