President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday. He said that the targets of Thursday’s strike on Sokoto State in Nigeria were mem
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target affiliates of a resurgent Islamic State.Police officers in Nigeria securing the site of a U.S. airstrike in Jabo, Nigeria, on Friday.
Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 11 inches of snow.
Another wave of rain was hitting the Los Angeles area on Friday, adding to the record-setting precipitation over Christmas.Clouds covered downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Rain continued on Thursday and Friday.
An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.A detention center in Lumpkin, Ga., where Benjamin Schoonwinkel, an Afrikaner, is being held.
The president is planning to meet with the leader of Ukraine in Florida just as the lawmakers are applying some pressure.
Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer.The hedge fund magnate Edward Lampert’s plan to turn Sears stores into dazzling mixed-use developments had attracted prominent investors.
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.Peter Thiel, a tech venture capitalist, could face a tax bill of more than $1.2 billion if the proposed wealth tax is placed on the
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.Ryan Wedding, the police said, ordered the murder of an associate who became an informant. The man was shot and killed while dining in M
She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.Annette Dionne, left, in 2017, with her sister Cécile, who died in July. “It’s tiring, always being watched,”
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.
A former roadie, Mr. Bamonte joined the band in 1990. He played on five albums and in hundreds of shows and was “a vital part of the Cure story,” the band said.Perry Bamonte of the Cure performing at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in 2000 in Mountain View, Calif.
Here are the best nonfiction essays of the year, according to me.
It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia.A downed Somali Air Force MiG 17 on display at the Hargeisa War Memorial in Somaliland.
Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.
A 23-year-old CVS employee was killed on Thursday in Lindenhurst, the authorities said. A person of interest has been identified.
