The haze is likely to ease in the East this weekend but linger in the Upper Midwest, where some cities recorded extremely high pollution indexes on Thursday.
From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.
Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements.
American forces appeared to be focused on infrastructure, hitting bridges and a railway junction, Iranian state media reported.
Andy Burnham is set to officially become the next prime minister on Monday, but a number of things have to happen before then. Here’s how everything is expected to play out.
Boris B. Nadezhdin, an outspoken opponent of the war in Ukraine, says he knows why he was detained: “Among our leadership, there is panic and chaos.”
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Flooding from relentless rain, which Gov. Greg Abbott said was likely to break records, left a trail of damage in many communities in the Hill Country region.
Federal investigators said a “crystal-like” substance in the bags looked like methamphetamine. A lawyer for the victim’s brother said it was salt.
Mr. Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, had at least eight traffic violations in one 13-year period before his crash this year, according to court records.
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In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded the acting attorney general meet with victims.
The move is a significant change that could deter hundreds of thousands of immigrants from using such programs to meet basic needs.
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Conversations with economists, and people around him, shed light on how Andy Burnham might tackle entrenched challenges.
U.S. diesel prices first surpassed $5 a gallon in March. Renewed fighting in the Persian Gulf and reduced refinery capacity are pushing up prices again.
The product, Truth API, could give Wall Street trading firms an edge in seeing President Trump’s posts on the social media platform he partly owns.
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A technical assistant to President Trump won around $100,000, according to the prediction market, which flagged the activity to the federal government.
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
The decision by European Union regulators is a response to fears that Google will use its vast Android user base to gain an edge in A.I.
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Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.
Federal authorities searched the home of Anthony Miranda, the former sheriff, and sought records about the tobacco company, Reynolds American.
Dmitriy Popov, 20, was convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime for fatally stabbing O’Shae Sibley, 28, at a gas station in Brooklyn in 2023.
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The comedian and actress announced her departure as the show looks ahead to its 52nd season.
