Brian Ketcham, Effective Foe of Traffic and Smog, Dies at 85
An engineer and influential environmentalist in New York, he fought for bus lanes, bridge tolls and limits on parking and…
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Racing the Clock to Document ISIS Genocide of Iraq’s Yazidis
For years, a U.N. team has painstakingly exhumed mass graves, but now the Iraqi government is ordering it to leave….
Georgia Governor Faces New Pressure Over Far-Right Elections Board Takeover
A bipartisan alliance looks to rein in what it sees as a rogue board aligned with the far right.
Judge Sets Schedule for Trump Election Case After Hearing
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan laid out a swift schedule for the election interference case against Donald J. Trump after lawyers…
Woman in France Testifies Against Husband Accused of Bringing Men to Rape Her
Gisèle Pelicot spoke of the horror of being told by the police that they had evidence her husband had drugged…
Middle East Crisis: Gaza Talks Stall Over Details of Hostages-for-Prisoners Swap, U.S. Officials Say
U.S. officials say that Hamas and Israel have not agreed on how many people each side would set free, nor…
Trump Praises Tariffs, and William McKinley, to Power Brokers
In an address about the kind of economy he hopes to build for the 21st century, the former president harked…
Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty in Tax Case
The guilty plea now exposes President Biden’s son to an outcome that once seemed unthinkable: significant time behind bars.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Another Pillar of Biden’s Student Debt Plan
The plan would affect millions of borrowers struggling with runaway interest and others who were still paying off loans after…
Illegal Police Stops Have Risen Under Mayor Adams, Despite Court Mandate
Mayor Eric Adams promised police reforms, but a monitor found that officers, including the anti-gun units the mayor revived, continue…