U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map
The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller…
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North Carolina Set to Mail The Fall’s First Ballots As Trump Tries to Restrict Them
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters. The Trump administration…
N.Y.P.D. Fatally Shoots Man With Knife on Brooklyn Bridge
The shooting, on Friday morning, happened days after the police shot and killed a woman in Times Square who had…
Former Kentucky Governor Is Arrested Amid Child Support Battle
Matthew Bevin, the former Republican governor, was held in contempt for failing to abide by court orders to file financial…
Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the…
Judge Will Not Block Pentagon Move to Fire Stars and Stripes Journalists
A judge appeared skeptical of the journalists’ arguments that they were fired for coverage of worsening conditions on a Navy…
Mount Sinai Agrees to Pay a Fine Over Adolescent Gender-Transition Care
The Manhattan hospital became the latest in the United States to strike a deal with the Trump administration to stop…
Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another…
Trump Says He Will Spend Some of His War Chest on Republicans
President Trump said he intends to hold some money back, even as Republican candidates ask for financial support.
Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor, Is Said to be Under Investigation for Ethics Violations
An outside law firm has begun an investigation into Dale Caldwell, according to two Democrats familiar with the inquiry. He…