Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City at the old City Hall subway station early Thursday.
Zohran Mamdani has stocked his administration with seasoned officials, in part to allay concerns about his inexperience and left-wing stances.Jessica Tisch will be staying on as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s police commissioner.
The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.
Known for its gourmet food, luxury stores, and for hosting major sporting events, the high-end resort was acquired by Vail Resorts in 2024.Police officers investigate the area where the fire at Le Constellation bar broke out in Crans-Montana, a popular ski resort in Switzerland.
After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota’s child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.Demonstrators spoke out against threatened cuts to child-care programs at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Wednes
The troops had nearly no presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago. But the decision signaled a retreat, at least for now, in one of the president’s most audacious attempts to test his power.National Guard troops in Los Angeles in June. President Trump abandoned his effort to deploy the Gu
The former special counsel accused President Trump of “exploiting” violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an interview released by House Republicans.Jack Smith, the former special counsel, during a break in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month.
After a year of Russian advances, the goal for 2026 is simply to survive, said one officer in eastern Ukraine. “It’s hard to make any plans,” he said.A Ukrainian serviceman of the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion carrying an artillery shell before firing toward Russian positions at the front line in easter
The assessment rebutted a claim that the Russian leader made to President Trump in a phone call this week.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called Russia’s claim “a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to t
The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.“He had looks and talent, and he had a chance,” Zenovich said of Chase, adding, “He made it as much as he could, but I think he turned to drug
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates burst into the open this week with an unusually direct confrontation that has global implications.Burned-out vehicles at Al Mukalla port, in southern Yemen, on Tuesday after an early-morning strike by a Saudi-led coalition.
In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.The Space Launch System rocket, which will carry the Artemis II NASA mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 20.
Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.
The twisting saga that separated the Hashemis in Oregon from their infant son has reached a new dead end: President Trump’s hold on all visas to the United States.Sayed Anas Hashemi, 3, has been separated from his family since he was a month old.
The president seems to be at war with the Democratic-led state as he raises the pressure on Colorado leaders to release a convicted election denier, Tina Peters, from state prison.The Arkansas Valley Conduit would provide clean water to 50,000 Colorado residents by diverting water from the Arkansas
The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have
The U.S. military attacked a convoy of three boats in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against people suspected of drug trafficking.A Coast Guard cutter in San Juan, P.R. An undetermined number of people survived strikes by the
The floods that struck last week just before the first anniversary of the January wildfires show how extreme weather is defining life in the L.A. region.“You have to live with the fact that it’s a dangerous place,” said Paige Fillion, who fled her home during the January wildfires and lived through
In China, trafficking marijuana is punishable by death. But in the United States, it has become a lucrative sideline for some favored sons of the motherland.
There was a lot to tie up after five seasons and nearly 10 years, and the show gave itself another two hours to do it. Here are the major events.Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown, right, with Linnea Berthelsen) had a very difficult choice to make in the “Stranger Things” series finale.
How did we get here? I don’t want to know.
The new mayor is an entirely familiar type of New York politician.
At a moment when Americans are distrusting and fearful, we examine the psychology of hope.A rainbow in the Faroe Islands.
