Alexandra Petri

5 days ago | nytimes.com | John Branch |Alexandra Petri |Mark Walker

The attack on an event in Boulder, Colo., for Israeli hostages on Sunday afternoon was the latest on the Jewish community, following two others in recent weeks involving assailants who expressed anger over the war in Gaza. On May 21, two people were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after which the suspect shouted "Free Palestine." In April, a man set fire to the residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is Jewish.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | John Branch |Alexandra Petri |Mark Walker

Multiple people sustained "burns and other injuries" in downtown Boulder, Colo., on Sunday afternoon, authorities said, after an attack on a group raising awareness about Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. The injuries ranged from serious to minor, the city's police chief said, though the total number of people hurt was not immediately clear. A suspect was detained but was not being publicly identified. The police chief, Steve Redfearn, said it was too early to confirm a motive for the attack.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Mark Walker |Alexandra Petri

The authorities were responding on Sunday afternoon to what they described as "a targeted terror attack" in Boulder, Colo., in which an incendiary device was thrown at a group of walkers who were raising awareness for Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza. The number of people harmed was not immediately known. "We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado," the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel, said on social media.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alexandra Petri

A Kansas man is facing federal charges after he grabbed a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight on Tuesday night, threw the person to the ground and tried to drag them up an aisle, federal prosecutors said.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alexandra Petri

Jorge Zamora-Quezada falsely diagnosed patients with a chronic disease and subjected them to unnecessary treatments to help fund his lavish lifestyle, officials said. For nearly 20 years, a Texas doctor falsely diagnosed patients as having a chronic disease, administered unnecessary, toxic treatments and filed more than $118 million in fraudulent health insurance claims to fund his lavish lifestyle, which included a private jet, luxury cars and high-end properties, prosecutors said.