Missing Airman Raises Concerns That Iran Could Gain Leverage Over the U.S.

Since 1979, Iran has repeatedly used Americans and Europeans detained on its territory to win concessions over more powerful adversaries.Women walking by a mural of the Statue of Liberty on the outer wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In 1979, a group of militant students took over the embas

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Some Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. These Black Democrats Aren’t Leaving.

As older members of Congress head for the exits amid growing pressure for fresh faces in the Democratic Party, some of the most seasoned Black lawmakers are resisting retirement.Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, made headlines last year for shaking his cane at President Trump. Mr. Green, 7

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What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots

Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness.Quentin first downloaded a character chatbot when he was 13. He remembers thinking, “Wow, this is garbage, but fun.”

K Kashmir Hill and Frances F. Denny

‘Hacks’ Has the Last Laugh

As the HBO comedy finished production earlier this year, a photographer captured some of the final days on set and the showrunners looked back on its award-winning run.

C Chantal Anderson and Alexis Soloski

At Least 15 Injured After Driver Plows Into a Louisiana Festival

Some of the pedestrians at the parade in New Iberia, La., were critically hurt, according to the authorities, who said the driver was taken into custody.The downtown in New Iberia, La., in 2023. The driver of a vehicle who plowed into a crowd of people at a parade was taken into custody on Saturday,

R Rylee Kirk and Hannah Ziegler

She Wanted Her Hair Done for a Special Day. She Left the Salon in Tears.

A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned away from an Ulta Beauty salon in Manhattan because of their hair texture.Lauren Smith, who lives in West Harlem, said a stylist at an Ulta Beauty salon on the Upper East Sid

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