“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”Passengers leaving and arriving on a stairwell at Boyston Station in Boston, Mass. as a E Branch train leaves the station on Monday, July 20.
A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said.Smoke from wildfires north of the Arcachon basin in southwestern France last week.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate or told to take shelter inside.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has seized on a vulnerable moment for neighboring Saudi Arabia, which does not want another war. The group hopes to force political concessions in Yemen that could give it more authority and more access to resources.Houthi supporters during a protest in the Ye
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are both facing electoral challenges in the months ahead.
The kingdom is being dragged deeper into the wider regional conflict as it faces attacks from Iraq and Yemen.A satellite image showing smoke rising from an oil facility in Abqaiq, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, on Monday.
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.Massive data centers are being built around the country, like this one in Louisiana by Meta.
The road to the giant project was paved with secret meetings and an ever-expanding building plan.An aerial view of the construction of the data center in Richland Parish, La., the largest of its kind to be built by Meta.
The New York Times on Saturday hosted an in-person search for places that hold centuries of the city’s history. Here’s what you need to explore those spots on your own.
In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.Sandy Weiswasser has been guiding tours at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for 18 years.
The first U.S. attempt at reopening a shuttered reactor has been held back by run-down equipment and a lack of planning.Palisades opened in 1971 and was part of an early wave of reactors built in the United States.
Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats’ progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary.Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, outside the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor last month.
Democrats must decide what brand to put forward: an establishment name or a candidate on the left who has garnered excitement.Democratic candidates for governor of Wisconsin at a candidate forum included, from left to right in seats: Kelda Roys, Francesca Hong and Joel Brennan.
Chinese A.I. models are gaining ground. But the companies behind them do not have a clear strategy to make money from that success.People visit the Moonshot AI stand, featuring the Kimi K3 model, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.
The company is continuing to back A.I. systems that can be freely used by others amid a continuing debate over the use of Chinese-made technology.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, has pushed for so-called open source A.I. that is built with his company’s computer chips.
As some executives fret over the safety of new A.I. systems, protecting against them could be a big business for tech companies.Mustafa Suleyman, who oversees development of Microsoft’s A.I. models, says his company has deep knowledge of cybersecurity because its technology has faced so many attacks
More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.
Kevin M. Warsh, who has said the Federal Reserve has “no tolerance” for elevated inflation, must decide whether he wants to push for an interest-rate increase at this week’s policy meeting.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, will have to decide whether to push for a rate increase at the ce
Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy turns away from the pessimism of his recent novels to offer a more hopeful vision for Black history.
The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.Colson Whitehead details urban realities both grimy and plush in his acclaimed trilogy of crime novels.
A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.
A.I. should work like this mystical Jewish practice.
We look at the end of Temporary Protected Status.Outside the Supreme Court last month.
Four others were injured near the city’s Space Needle, the authorities said. The police took a suspect into custody and were searching for another.Police responding to a shooting at the Seattle Center during a food festival on Sunday.
