Iranians cowered under the barrage as Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said the U.S. aimed to wipe out Iran’s capacity to obtain nuclear weapons “forever.”A new billboard in Valiasr Square in Tehran on Tuesday shows the history of Iran’s three supreme leaders: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, h
Eight Americans have been seriously wounded, military officials said, but the bulk of the injured have already returned to duty. Seven Americans have been killed.A vehicle containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. He was the seventh American service m
The legislation’s progress is all the more surprising because it addresses an issue that is shaping up to be the main battleground of the midterm elections: affordability. The effort could still stall.Construction on a home in Simpsonville, S.C., in January.
A federal judge appeared receptive to the Trump administration’s demands for information about the University of Pennsylvania’s Jewish faculty and staff as the government pursues an antisemitism investigation.The University of Pennsylvania campus. The school has been fighting a request that it hand
A new legal filing accused Mr. Martin, a senior Justice Department official, of an unethical pressure campaign against Georgetown University.Ed Martin has overseen the efforts by President Trump to use the Justice Department to punish the president’s perceived enemies.
The secretary of health and human services, known for his Make America Healthy Again campaign, is expected to be back at work on Monday.Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is undergoing rotator cuff surgery on Tuesday.
It’s Primary Day in Mississippi, where a younger Democrat is trying to oust a House veteran, and in Georgia, where Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat is up for grabs.Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, is defending his seat against Evan Turnage.
Allison Ziogas, a first-time candidate, hopes to unseat Representative Nicole Malliotakis by appealing to the district’s union roots.Allison Ziogas has entered the Democratic primary in New York’s 11th Congressional District, a seat that her party last held in 2020.
Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.An external report by Columbia University found that a culture of silence allowed for Robert Hadden,
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system was once so successful, it could rely mostly on riders to sustain itself. But the pandemic dealt BART an unusually heavy blow.BART directors say that Bay Area residents can rescue the system by passing a new sales tax in November.
Two companies have withdrawn from a series of dinners in Los Angeles after The New York Times reported allegations that René Redzepi attacked workers.René Redzepi, pictured here at a 2017 Noma pop-up in Tulum, Mexico, has been accused of physical and psychological abuse by dozens of former employees
Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.Noma, in Copenhagen, has become one of the world’s most famous restaurants under its chef, René Redzepi. Former workers have come forward to say that its reputation was built on abusive w
At 67, the actress is still reinventing herself, with two new TV shows, “The Madison” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” and an evolving attitude about her work.
Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.Megan Garcia sued Google and Character.AI in 2024 over the suicide of her 14-year-old son, Sewell.
The company banned the shooter’s ChatGPT account but did not alert the authorities, a move that amounted to fatal negligence, the family claims.A memorial for the victims of a mass shooting last month at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
New guidelines said Senate aides could use A.I. tools for official work, including research, drafting and editing documents, and preparing briefings and talking points for lawmakers.The United States Capitol on Tuesday. The chief information officer for the Senate sergeant-at-arms said in a one-page
Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.At Moltbook, agents based on a software called OpenClaw can chat with one another, much like people on Facebook and Instag
A high school senior and a recent graduate, both from the Philadelphia suburbs, were charged by federal prosecutors with trying to support a terrorist group.Emir Balat, 18, was arrested outside Gracie Mansion, the New York City mayor’s residence, on Saturday. He is accused of throwing a homemade bom
It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago.Death penalty opponents had flooded the governor’s office in recent days with pleas to spare Charles Burton.
Yuval Sharon’s debut production featured an astonishing performance by the soprano Lise Davidsen. It is the event of the season.Michael Spyres, left, and Lise Davidsen in the tunnel as the title lovers in “Tristan und Isolde” at the Metropolitan Opera.
The best hope? Weaken the regime’s ability to lash out and resist an uprising.
When disruption becomes destruction.
Forecasters warned that areas around Chicago could experience especially dangerous weather. This type of storm in early March is “uncommon,” one forecaster said.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday presented her first budget as governor, which included reducing a tax cut and allowing businesses to claim fewer deductions.Governor Sherrill’s criticism of past fiscal woes is an indirect jab at fellow Democrats, who have long held a majority in the Legislature.
