EDGAR MATOBATO, who was a hit man for Rodrigo Duterte, a mayor who later became president of the Philippines. Mr. Matobato has been in hiding for a decade and is waiting to testify before the ...

ANTHONY C. MARRONE, the Los Angeles County fire chief, on the firestorms ripping across Los Angeles, threatening an ever wider path of destruction. Page A1.

“ RABBI BOT ,” , an artificial-intelligence chatbot that was trained on the sermons of Rabbi Josh Fixler of Congregation Emanu El in Houston. Modern religious leaders are experimenting with A.I. just ...

'If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration. I didn't grow up playing tennis at the country club' Tennis star Serena Williams, on the run ...

KHALID AL-QADI, 26, on Syrians picnicking on a mountaintop in the nation’s capital of Damascus and trading openly in dollars, actions forbidden under the former President Bashar al-Assad. Page A1.

DARIUS KUOLYS, who was Lithuania’s first culture minister after a 1990 declaration of independence and who now teaches literature, on the nation pausing performances of “ The Nutcracker” in solidarity ...

ADAMO DUMBIA, after he shoveled dirt on the grave of his stepdaughter’s fiancé, who died in a factory explosion. Since the pandemic, tourists have flocked to Naples, but the city has one of the ...

SCOTT HARDINGHAM, who plays the Noel Gallagher role in Ohasis, an Oasis tribute band, on fans asking him for autographs. Such groups in Britain are having a surge in popularity with Oasis planning a ...

MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ARAGON GARCIA, a visual arts student in Oaxaca, Mexico, who competed for the first time in the city’s radish-carving competition, a cherished tradition upheld by generations of ...

AVSHALOMHURVITZ, the fish biologist at Caviar Galilee on the Israel-Lebanon border, which has remained staffed and operational during the conflict. Page 4.

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year that brought us exciting moments and unforgettable memories. From ...