The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week but lived. She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.
Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, clashed with the Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over President Trump, ICE and more.
In a single night, an Iran-allied militia trounced Saudi-backed forces to take control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. No one was able, or willing, to stop them.
Union members, parents, teachers and others took part in mass demonstrations around the country, backing student demands that the government invest more in schools.
Attendees at the party’s annual conference have been buoyed: both by leader Kemi Badenoch’s rising poll ratings and a mock Bayeux Tapestry. But the challenge from Reform U.K. remains.
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The university said it was putting its fraternity chapters on “activities suspension” while it investigated allegations that included assault, drug use and hazing.
State and local investigators executed a warrant on Tuesday to search the Boyle Heights building, which burned for days in June. A community group also sued the E.P.A. to get environmental data.
A Southern California couple were arrested and charged with conspiring to abuse 15 children, nearly all of whom were born to surrogate mothers, prosecutors said.
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President Trump’s comments caused an uproar from members of both parties. A White House official said he was taken out of context.
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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After a legal battle, the two Hollywood giants have become one. But the new company is saddled with debt, and in a memo to employees, its leaders hinted at cost cuts.
Global pet food makers chasing a growing market are pouring big money into studying the taste buds of dogs and cats.
The Television Academy is moving its awards telecast to streaming, following the lead of the Oscars.
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Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.
The university hired Sally Yates, a career federal prosecutor, to investigate how it handled a former student’s claim she was raped in 2024.
The proposed New York City legislation would also allow nonprofits, including tenants’ unions, to sue companies directly rather than relying on agency enforcement.
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From “On the Waterfront” to “North by Northwest,” Saint specialized in complex sympathetic women who did their best to weather domestic and cultural storms.
The Grammy-winning singer who accused LaBeouf of abuse used a California law to challenge his use of a nondisclosure agreement in a settlement.
The documents were sought by the Democratic lawmaker who is suing to block the closure of the performing arts venue.
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Novels by Edwidge Danticat and Valeria Luiselli are among the books up for the fiction prize, while Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest is a contender for the translated literature prize.
The novel, written over 50 years ago, has had several adaptations, not all of them good. A new series from Mike Flanagan has Stephen King’s imprimatur.
These spine-tingling stories cast light on creatures of the dark and reimagine superheroes with darker narratives, just in time for Halloween.
