More from our inbox:What Is Old?The East Wing TeardownImageCredit...Photo Illustration by The New York Times. Source photographs: Matthew Abbott for The New York Times; Steven Senne/Associated PressTo the Editor:The mass shootings this past weekend at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, and at Brown University in Providenc...

Iranian authorities beat the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so severely after detaining her last week that she was taken twice to an emergency room for her injuries, according to a statement released by her family on Monday.Security forces detained Ms. Mohammadi, an outspoken human rights campaigner in Iran, along with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The police chief in the nation’s capital pressured subordinates to manipulate department data to artificially lower the city’s crime rates, according to a report by a Republican-led congressional committee.The report, released Sunday by the House Committee on Oversight and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul who has come to symbolize defiance to Beijing, would devote himself to God and his family rather than political activism if he were released, his daughter said Monday after he was convicted in a national security case....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is prepared to abandon Ukraine’s pursuit of NATO membership in exchange for tighter Western security guarantees. His comments came as he has been holding talks with United States and European envoys aimed at ending Ukraine’s war with Russia.US President Donald Trump, who has oppos...

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party – who claims to be inspired by US President Donald Trump – has won Chile’s presidential run-off election, marking a major shift in the Latin American nation’s political landscape.Kast, who campaigned on a promise to expel undocumented migrants and crack down on crime, se...

RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, Kenya (AP) — We stood at the edge of a dusty corral baked by the equatorial sun and ringed by chest-high posts as thick as telephone poles. On some posts, workers had perched plastic jugs of goat’s milk, each holding a couple of liters and equipped with red nipples...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling, which the U.N. denied.South Sudan’s foreign minister, Monday Semaya Kumba, said a government co...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll in last week’s building collapse at the site of a Hindu temple in South Africa has risen to five, and investigators have launched a probe into the cause of the disaster, authorities said Monday. The multistory building was being constructed on top of the te...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey shot down an “out of control” aerial drone that approached its airspace from the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said Monday.The incident came after Ukrainian attacks on Russian “ shadow fleet ” tankers off the Turkish coast and warnings from Turkish politicians about...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken by postmenopausal women up to 65 years old. The announcement Monday from the Food and Drug Administration broadens the drug’s use...

Eleven days after hastily shutting down because of a damaged water pipe, hotels on the Grand Canyon’s South Rim are set to welcome guests again starting on Wednesday, the National Park Service said on Monday.“Park water utility crews successfully completed complex repairs to the Transcanyon Waterline last week and resumed pumping w...

People with prediabetes who get their blood sugar under control may cut their risk of death from heart disease or heart failure by half, according to new research.Prediabetes, which is estimated to affect 38 percent of U.S. adults, is a condition in which blood sugar levels are elevated but don’t meet the threshold for diabetes. Th...

David Welles, a retired lawyer, had been struggling with his new iPad for hours when he tried to call tech support.But instead of dialing Microsoft to help him connect his email, the phone number he found on Google put him in touch with cybercriminals.The smooth talking scammer who answered called himself Alex and built a rapport w...

President Donald Trump ’s administration is talking tough about SNAP, saying the government’s biggest food aid program is riddled with fraud that must be stopped.His appointees are looking at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from an enforcement perspective, seeing fraud as a major a...

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A judge on Monday disbarred Hunter Biden in Connecticut for violating the state’s attorney conduct rules, a decision that comes after complaints were made about the federal gun and tax charges Biden was convicted of before being pardoned last year by his father, forme...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin ’s bid for a new libel trial against The New York Times was rejected Monday by a New York federal judge who also refused Palin’s request that the judge recuse himself.Judge Jed S. Rakoff said in a written opinion that he was “scr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade before 32-year-old Nick Reiner was arrested and booked on suspicion of killing his parents, he and father Rob Reiner appeared to have reset their relationship after years of the son’s addiction struggles as a teen.They made a film together, “Being Charlie,” which...

In the week since Texas’ new “bathroom bill” designed to target transgender people went into effect, some opponents of the restrictions have begun challenging both the spirit and letter of the law as questions remain on how it can be enforced.Senate Bill 8, also known as the Texas Women’s Pr...

NEW YORK (AP) — Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on access — following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach.The group...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year has decided to use an attorney during the sentencing phase instead of representing himself as he did for most of the trial.The sentencing hearing for Ryan Routh in Fort Pie...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets’ ballpark in Queens. A Bronx golf course once operated by President Donald Trump ’s company. A slot parlor on a horse racing track near John F. Kennedy International Airport.The three disparate sites, located far from the tourist hub of Manhattan, will becom...

Four years ago, in the wake of the infamous Midland dam failures, Michigan lawmakers appropriated more than $50 million to address other problem dams whose owners couldn’t or wouldn’t do so on their own.The wildly popular funds helped shore up or remove dozens of impoundments, reducing the r...

Attorney Jeffrey Montpetit knew that obtaining a video of a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper’s actions after a 2015 DUI arrest in Clay County would be critical to his client’s civil case alleging excessive use of force by the officer.As a lawyer, Montpetit was able to view the video that...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An attorney argued Monday that the Los Angeles Angels’ failure to investigate repeated reports of drug use and dealing by the team’s communications director led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.Daniel Dutko, a lawyer for Skaggs’ family, told jurors in a...

▶ Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Steve Taneyhill, a record-setting quarterback for the South Carolina Gamecocks best known for his distinct long-flowing mullet and his homerun swing...

NEW YORK (AP) — UPS stole tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help the shipping giant deliver packages during the busy holiday season, forcing some to clock in well after their shifts started and deducting pay for lunch breaks they never took, New York Attorney Gener...

Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state hospitals, California has little to show for it, according to a new report from the state auditor.Job vacancy rates have increased since 2019 at the three facilities exami...

Many celebrities have met violent ends over the years, the latest being director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Here’s an overview of some of the highest-profile cases.Rob Reiner, Michele ReinerRob Reiner gained fame on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” before directing hit films...

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wants restrictions on military flights approved before government funding runs out at the end of next month to prevent another midair collision like the one over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people in January. Cruz and Democratic Sen. Maria...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A school bus rear-ended another as it was picking up kids on a rural eastern Idaho highway Monday morning, sending four students and both drivers to the hospital, authorities said.One child had to be flown by air ambulance to Utah for treatment, the Idaho State Police sai...

NEW YORK (AP) — Until Sunday’s shocking double killings, few families seemed more apart from the dark side of life than the Reiners.For decades, Rob Reiner and his father, Carl, had embodied a gentle, hopeful spirit in American culture, whether Dick Van Dyke’s lovable antics on the show name...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Five college football players at power-conference schools asked a federal judge on Monday for a preliminary injunction to play a fifth year next season.All five have competed four seasons in four years without taking a redshirt. They are linebacker Langston Patterson,...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two former senior officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including one fired by the Trump administration, will join California as public health consultants, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday.Susan Monarez was fired as the CDC’s director and...

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles in lieu of investment in more efficient gasoline-engines and hybrid EVs, the company said Monday.The Detroit automaker, which has po...

Four of the nation’s top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said in warning letters posted Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters to leaders at Walmart, Targe...

Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on “General Hospital,” has died. He was 78.“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Anthony Geary, whose portrayal of Luke Spencer helped define General Hospital and daytime television,”...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s parole board on Monday put an execution scheduled for Wednesday on hold, but it was not clear how long that would last.The order suspending the execution of Stacey Humphreys, signed by State Board of Pardons and Paroles Chair Joyette Holmes, does not provide any reas...

Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer, movie producer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights who inspired the happy conclusion to the 1980s romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally…,” has died.She and her husband, director Rob Reiner, were found dead Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood o...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police released new video of a potential suspect and renewed their search Monday for the shooter who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest in the case.Here’s a look at what to know about the shooti...

An aspiring neurosurgeon and a student leader of Brown University’s campus Republicans were in a study group preparing for an economics final, with the end of the semester in sight. But the lives of MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook were cut short Saturday when a gunman opened fire insid...

More than 110 tons of humanitarian supplies from the European Union and aid organizations reached war-torn Darfur by air on Friday, the first of eight such flights to Sudan planned in the coming weeks to address the severe humanitarian crisis there, the European Commission said on Monday.A flight on Friday delivered shelter materia...

As fighting continues and access to aid remains restricted, civilians in Sudan are bearing the heaviest cost of a war with no end in sight.The war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary erupted on April 15, 2023, unleashing a wave of violence that has led to one of the world’s fastest-growing man-m...

The European Union has launched an “air bridge” to bring eight planeloads of humanitarian aid into Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region.The European Commission’s department overseeing overseas aid unveiled the measure on Monday and said the flights will carry 3.5 million euros ($4.1m) of “life-saving supplies” to the western region, w...

Satellite images reviewed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency show that the Israeli military has continued to demolish buildings in areas of Gaza it has occupied since a ceasefire with Hamas went into effect.The Palestinian group has decried such demolitions as a violation of the ceasefire deal, which went into force on Octo...

Authorities in Gaza have warned that stormy weather could spur more war-damaged buildings to collapse and heavy rains are making it more difficult to recover bodies still under the rubble.Authorities sounded the alarm on Monday, three days after two buildings collapsed in Gaza, killing at least 12 people, during winter rains that h...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, dealing a blow to Israel’s efforts to derail the case.In their decision issued on Monday, judges refused to overt...

The Israeli military will demolish 25 residential buildings in the occupied West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp this week, according to local authorities.Abdallah Kamil, the governor of the Tulkarem governorate where Nur Shams is located, told the AFP news agency on Monday that he was informed of the planned demolition by the Israel...

The dirt roads in the northern corner of Oxford County froze early this year, marking the unofficial start of the winter logging season in Maine. The hardened roads make it possible for loggers such as Andy Irish and his Rumford-based company, Irish Family Logging, to drive a fleet of semi-t...

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an official said.The evacuation order from King County in Washi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people found dead Sunday at a residence owned by actor and director Rob Reiner were identified as Reiner and his wife Michele, according to a police officer familiar with the investigation.The agent spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as he was not...

The Trump administration on Monday began a recruiting effort aimed at bolstering the government’s ranks of technology workers, starting a program that will hire tech employees to join federal agencies and work on projects related to artificial intelligence and modernization.The project, called the U.S. Tech Force, is the first targ...

The Boston Globe said on Monday that a former longtime editor, Brian McGrory, would return to helm the publication.His return was announced in an email to the staff by Linda Henry, The Globe’s chief executive officer. Last week, The Globe’s current editor, Nancy Barnes, told the newsroom that she would step down this month after ne...

Ford Motor said Monday that it would scale back plans to produce electric vehicles and take a $19.5 billion hit to its profit to cover the costs of a major change in strategy.The announcement amounted to an admission by Ford that it had overestimated demand for battery-powered vehicles and underestimated the staying power of vehicl...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, December 16COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6:30 p.m.Toledo at Michigan State — PeacockCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.Detroit Mercy at Robert Morris — ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo SportsNHL HOCKEY7 p.m.New York at Detroit — FD...

In April, after residents in Tucker County learned of a bill that could strip their say over a data center project proposed in their backyard, the community mobilized to oppose the project and legislation. But it was too late. The bill had passed and the community’s petition to Gov. Patrick...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters — Bono would merit a few chapters on his own. Ultimately, though, Freston feels that his life has a more valuable lesson to offer.His memoir, “Unplugged,” shows by ex...

A senior Texas A&M University System official testing a new artificial intelligence tool this fall asked it to find how many courses discuss feminism at one of its regional universities. Each time she asked in a slightly different way, she got a different number.“Either the tool is learning...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A wandering comet from another star passes by Earth this week in a final sighting before returning to interstellar space.Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 269 million kilometers (167 million miles) of our planet on Friday, th...

▶ Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Four players from Ohio State are among 10 first-team picks from the Big Ten Conference on The Associated Press All-America team released Monday, a g...

As he watched a young supporter of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign knock on a voter’s door, Rob Reiner couldn’t resist giving a few notes.“No, no, that’s not working,” the famous director admonished. “Try a real knock. Give it a knock. Forceful! You know, be forceful!”The spoofy scene was part of a lighthearted Clinton...

Justice Department officials in Los Angeles said on Monday that they had arrested four left-wing activists accused of plotting to set off homemade bombs outside two companies in the area on New Year’s Eve.The investigation and arrests grew out of an executive order President Trump issued in September declaring antifa to be a terror...

The authorities in Providence, R.I., have not released video showing the face of the gunman who opened fire on students at Brown University this weekend, killing two, and have publicly revealed only two short clips showing the man who they believe could be the killer.Police officers were going door to door in neighborhoods close to...

In the early hours of Sunday morning, the manhunt for a gunman who killed two Brown University students seemed to be over. The police had detained a “person of interest” and lifted a shelter-in-place advisory that had been in effect while the gunman was at large.By late evening, though, the authorities were backpedaling. The man, w...

Alan M. Garber will stay on as Harvard’s president longer than initially planned, the university’s governing board said Monday, a sign of confidence in a leader who took the reins of America’s oldest university during a politically tumultuous moment.Dr. Garber was set to lead the university through June 2027, but Harvard’s board sa...

The face of the man who officials believe killed two students was not visible in newly released footage, but they hoped he might still be recognized as the manhunt stretched past 48 hours.

Even when it was first released, “Being Charlie,” the 2016 film co-written by Nick Reiner and directed by his father, the filmmaker Rob Reiner, had an almost uncomfortable resonance with the family’s life as they faced Nick’s addiction struggles.On Sunday, Nick Reiner was arrested on the suspicion of murder in the death of his fath...

It is good to be a Winklevoss twin in President Trump’s Washington.The billionaire brothers, Cameron and Tyler, were at the White House when Trump held his cryptocurrency summit in March. And when he signed a crypto bill in July. And when the president hosted an elegant dinner in October for donors to his massive new East Wing ball...

In 2020, a Chinese citizen had heard reports about China’s mass detention and surveillance of Uyghurs. But he wanted to see if they were true for himself.So the citizen, Heng Guan, 38, said that he made a hugely risky decision, driving across the country from eastern China to Xinjiang, where he tracked down and secretly shot video...

The two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed by a gunman in Syria on Saturday were Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, the Guard said in a statement on Monday.The gunman also killed an American civilian contractor who was working as an interpreter, identified by his family as Ayad Sakat. Three...

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip deteriorated sharply late last week during Storm Byron, which brought heavy rainfall and strong winds.Widely circulated video on social media showed Palestinian Civil Defence teams scrabbling through the rubble of fallen buildings, trying to rescue people trapped beneath.Recommended Stor...

Good morning! Today we have for you:A richly spiced, comforting chickpea stewMy mother’s lemon-garlic brisket recipeAnd, just as fun to say as they are to eat, snickerdoodlesImageTamim Samee and Michael Shaikh’s saland-e nakhod, adapted by Eric Kim.Credit...Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Styli...

You’re not the only one feeling the weight of 2025. The crush of headlines made this year feel more like a decade.Shake-ups in Washington touched everything from food regulations to grocery prices (here’s what to buy when it’s on sale) and even changed how we make change (R.I.P. to the penny). GLP-1s continued to upend how we eat a...

The U.S. diplomatic push to end nearly four years of fighting following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has bogged down over sharply conflicting positions on territory.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Berlin on Monday for a meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Preside...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on five businessmen linked to Russian state-owned oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft and targeted companies accused of circumventing sanctions on Russian oil by running ships for Moscow’s shadow fleet of aging oil tankers.Oil reven...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge has sentenced seven former government officials to more than a year of preventive prison as authorities investigate a $250 million corruption case involving the Dominican Republic ’s health insurance agency.At least 10 people have been arreste...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced Monday in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War, in a verdict that rights groups hailed as overcoming long-standing impunity in the Congo.Lumbala was foun...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military access to its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela.The announcement comes after the U.S. military recently installed a radar sy...

BEIRUT (AP) — Western and Arab diplomats toured an area along Lebanon’s border with Israel Monday where Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers have been working for months to end the armed presence of the militant Hezbollah group.The delegation that included the ambassadors of the United Stat...

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian appeals court has rejected a request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States in a case of alleged corruption through a plot to pay bribes in India. The Vienna high regional court dismissed the appeal of a lower court ruling last year i...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cadillac is returning as the title sponsor of a lucrative PGA Tour event held at Trump National Doral, which will hold one of the $20 million signature events in 2026.The Cadillac Championship will be held the first weekend in May on the course once dubbed the...

BOSTON (AP) — Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year’s Day nearly three years ago.Ana Walshe, an immigrant from Serbia, was last seen early Jan. 1, 2023, after a New Year’s Eve...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of students and professors at public universities across Alabama are asking an appeals court to halt a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and prohibits the endorsement of what Republican lawmakers dubbed “divisive...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria were identified Monday. The U.S. Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of M...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed “in a different direction.”Officials announced the man’s release a...

In the early days of the Covid pandemic, as some New Yorkers left the city while others hunkered down, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Hanlin saw a chance to finally buy the property they wanted: a townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.“Chris and I had tried to purchase a Brooklyn brownstone for years and had always been outbid by developer...

This fall, Microsoft announced a series of deals, totaling tens of billions, to lease computer power for its artificial intelligence ambitions. Meta secured almost $30 billion in financing to build a massive data center in Louisiana without taking on the debt itself. Google also committed to rent computing power from a small compan...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons.A federal judge had previously overturned the murder conviction of...

“Titaníque” started as a drunken idea: What if Celine Dion not only sang the theme song in James Cameron’s 1997 movie “Titanic,” but also claimed to be a survivor of the ship’s sinking?Ridiculous, right? But, also, funny. That idea, bandied about by a group of friends in a Los Angeles bar a decade ago, led to a spoof musical that w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy.The statement, eve...

Rob Reiner made the kind of movies that we all rewatch already. They’re the films that we quote without having to think about it, the ones we hold up as gold standards of comedy, romance, drama and suspense, the ones we wish they made today.Before his death Sunday, it was not uncommon, or un...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group who are suspected of planning coordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California.The suspects were arrested last week in Lucerne Valley, a desert city ea...

Officials said a father and son killed at least 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration. More than three dozen others were hospitalized, including a surviving suspect.

The artificial intelligence boom is expensive, prompting venture capital firms to raise enormous sums to keep up.The latest to do so is Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley firm that has backed 165 A.I. companies. On Monday, Lightspeed plans to announce that it has raised more than $9 billion in funding, its largest ever h...

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process.IRobot, which became well known for its robotic vacuums, has struggled of late, d...

CAIRO (AP) — An Emirati-backed secessionist group in Yemen said its forces were marching Monday to another province as part of the group’s push to expand areas under its control in the country’s south, at the expense of its allies in the internationally recognized government.The Southern Tra...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s rial slid further Monday to a new record low of more than 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening the currency’s collapse less than two weeks after it first breached the 1.2-million mark amid sanctions pressure and regional tensions.Currency traders in Tehran quo...

Hamas says Israel’s violations risk jeopardising a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the move towards the second and more complicated phase of the fragile agreement.In a video statement released on Sunday, the group’s Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, confirmed the killing of senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza the previous...

At least 37 have been killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal province of Safi, according to authorities.State-owned broadcaster SNRT News on Monday quoted local authorities as saying at least 14 people had received hospital treatment, including two in the intensive care unit, after the su...

At first glance, these Lychee-Frosted Sugar Cookies from my cookbook “108 Asian Cookies: Not-Too-Sweet Treats from a Third-Culture Kitchen” appear humble when unfrosted, like any other ordinary sugar cookie, like those you would find at the supermarket. But don’t be fooled. These charming su...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday denounced the “antisemitic violence” behind the Sydney Hanukkah massacre as he prayed for the victims and the “gift of peace and fraternity” this holiday season.Leo also issued a strong anti-abortion message during an audience with the donors of the Vatican...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals, officials said Monday.The move is the latest government action in Spain against short-term rental companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com as the country grapples with...

For the first time since it captured El Fasher in late October, a Sudanese paramilitary group has allowed a trickle of aid into the ravaged city, giving a local humanitarian aid group the first outside glimpses into dire conditions there.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has imposed a communications blackout on El Fasher since...

Six peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed on Saturday when a drone fired on their base in southern Sudan, the United Nations said, in the deadliest single episode for the international body in Sudan since the country plunged into civil war over two years ago.The attack on the United Nations base in the Kordofan region, the main...

El-Fasher has a special place in the consciousness of many Sudanese people. For them, it is more than the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan.It is deeply rooted, historically and culturally, in the national identity.Between its first fall in 1916 at the hands of British forces and its second fall in October to the Rapid...

A cryptocurrency firm run by the billionaire Winklevoss twins was facing a punishing federal lawsuit. After Donald J. Trump returned to the White House, the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to freeze the case.The S.E.C. had also sued Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, but then dropped the case altogether under th...

ImageImageSpaceX is set to be valued at $800 billion — and potentially a lot more if it goes public.Credit...Meridith Kohut for The New York TimesIn today's newsletter:A blockbuster I.P.O. on the launchpadThe Persian Gulf’s Hollywood dreamsInside the S.E.C.’s U-turn on cryptoAndrew here. We’ve got a lot of business news this mornin...

Many older Americans have a straightforward plan for affording retirement: Work longer, or never stop working at all. But in fact, about 40 percent of the employed population will quit their jobs earlier than expected — and one of the main reasons is an unexpected disability.The results can be devastating for economic security in r...

The agency charged with overseeing U.S. labor relations has been largely sidelined for the past year, mired in a legal limbo that has delayed the handling of major cases and fueled deep uncertainty about the future of federal labor law.The agency, the National Labor Relations Board, has for months had merely a single member on its...

The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and rights activist Narges Mohammadi was arrested on Friday in a raid at a memorial in the country’s east, according to the authorities and her family.Security agents raided a mosque in the city of Mashhad where the ceremony was being held and detainedMs. Mohammadi along with at least nine oth...

The Trump administration’s 20-point plan for Gaza includes several new, internationally backed bodies that would create the conditions for lasting peace, from stabilizing security in the war-torn enclave to laying the groundwork for its future governance without Hamas.It’s been two months since a cease-fire, and those grand plans h...

President Trump vowed on Saturday to retaliate against the Islamic State after an attack in central Syria killed two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter, the first American casualties in the country since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad last year.“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a ver...

GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest on Monday announced a final list of 35 countries that will take part in the glitzy pop-music gala next year, after five countries said they would boycott due to discord over Israel’s participation. Contest organizers announced the list...

Punk group Pussy Riot was declared an “extremist organization” by a Russian court on Monday.The ruling, which was made by Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court, effectively outlaws the group from operating in Russia and puts anyone linked with the group at risk of criminal prosecution.The feminis...

MILAN (AP) — Mariah Carey is going to add some American pop-star pedigree to the opening ceremony for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.The local organizing committee announced on Monday that the 56-year-old Carey — the “All I Want for Christmas is You” singer — is the first interna...

Heavy rainfall in western Washington this week caused rivers to inundate towns and forced 100,000 people to evacuate. On Friday, rescue crews were plucking people from atop a home in Sumas, Wash., near the U.S.-Canada border, after waters rose faster than expected, and several small towns were cut off from the rest of the state.No...

Dig out your mittens and dust off the boots, New Yorkers, because the city is set to see the season’s first accumulation of snow this weekend.The National Weather Service offices in New York and New Jersey on Friday issued winter weather advisories in effect from Saturday evening to early Sunday afternoon.An advisory is a step shor...

The rain mercifully began to let up Saturday in Washington state, but that may have been of little solace to Liz Trujillo.Her four horses grazed in her front yard, a few feet from the inflatable snowmen and sequined reindeer. A lone goat roamed nearby. And, in all directions, completely surrounding her house, were deep flood waters...

Snow is the most reliable time machine we’ve got. You wake up in your bed, and you know, just from the very particular silence in the room, that it snowed overnight. By the time you get to the window, you’re 5 or 6 or 7 years old again. You look outside, and the whole world has come to a halt. Everything is pure and blindingly whit...

Children, dogs and dedicated runners were out early to disturb the blank canvas of snow covering Central Park on Sunday morning, where trees, meadows and pathways were frosted in a wintry icing after New York City’s first substantial snowfall of the season.The snow fell across the city overnight, picking up steadily in the early mo...

It will be chilly and rainy for the next six months where I live. Is there such a thing as a boot that is cozy, waterproof and isn’t going to make me look as if I got lost on my way to backcountry trekking when I am in the office or out with friends? — Hilary, Portland, Ore.It’s not that hard to find great snow boots: ones that are...

The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an apparent homicide at the Reiners’ home. The couple’s family said they were “heartbroken by this sudden loss.”

Officials released a man late Sunday after they could not find enough evidence connecting him to the shooting. One of the students killed was identified by his family as an 18-year-old from Virginia.

The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an apparent homicide at the Reiners’ home. The couple’s family said they were “heartbroken by this sudden loss.”

Rob Reiner, the award-winning Hollywood actor and director, and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home on Sunday in Los Angeles. Officials said they were investigating the deaths as homicides. Mr. Reiner was 78.It was unclear immediately how they died. But the Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an “ap...

Law enforcement officials in Providence, R.I., said late Sunday that they were releasing a person of interest they had detained in relation to the shooting at Brown University and continuing their search for the person who killed two people Saturday afternoon.“We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our community, an...

On an April morning, behind the neoclassical facade of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, a typically bustling day of misdemeanor cases was just beginning in Judge Hannah C. Dugan’s sixth-floor courtroom.But what would unfold in a matter of minutes was anything but typical.Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a defendant at the courthouse facing dom...

Casey and Leah Garner wanted a big family. The Wisconsin couple had dreamed of having at least six children by the time they were in their 30s. But after years of struggling with infertility, they decided to adopt.At the hospital three years ago, meeting the newborn who would become their daughter, Mr. Garner was the first to notic...

Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards.One is Susan Monarez, a former director of the C.D.C., who was fired by the White House in late August after Health and...

The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department operates on an annual budget of $132,000, barely enough to sustain its aging rigs, train unpaid crews and keep the lights on at the station in the hills of northern Connecticut.Not long ago, it faced a different kind of emergency: The software system it relied on to track detailed incident info...

Officials had cast Mr. Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, as the mastermind of protests that roiled the city in 2019. He could face life in prison.

Officials had cast Mr. Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, as the mastermind of protests that roiled the city in 2019. He could face life in prison.

Scrolling through the videos and photos from the shooting in Bondi Beach, not far from where I lived in Sydney, Australia, until about a year ago, I found myself scanning in fear for faces that I recognized.I already knew that friends and acquaintances were there, from the WhatsApp groups that I’m still a part of, and, eventually,...

Investment in China slowed drastically in November, propelling the country closer toward its first annual decline in more than three decades.Investment for housing, public infrastructure and manufacturing fell 2.6 percent from January through November, marking another month of sharp decline in so-called fixed-asset investment, Chin...

VideoJimmy Lai Found Guilty by Hong Kong Court1:30The Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday in a landmark national security trial. The 78-year-old founder of a popular pro-democracy paper could face life in prison.CreditCredit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesTo a Hong Kong national security court, Jimmy La...

iRobot, the pioneering American maker of the Roomba, once the leader in robot vacuums, said that it had filed for bankruptcy and that control of the company will be taken over by its Chinese supplier.Founded in 1990 by three researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iRobot’s early products signaled an ambitious visi...

It was the kind of Sunday evening cherished by the Sydneysiders who call Bondi Beach home: groups of friends lolling in the sand, surfers in dripping wet suits trudging back aground, gleeful children tittering to the backdrop of soft crashing waves.On a grassy park with a playground on one end of the beach, a well-worn tradition wa...

In a verdict long foretold by China’s Communist Party, a Hong Kong court on Monday convicted Jimmy Lai, a media mogul and rambunctious critic of the rulers in Beijing, finding him guilty of crimes endangering national security.The conviction, swathed in the formal garb of a nominally independent judicial system left over from Briti...

BRUSSELS (AP) — France is throwing up a last-minute obstacle to a massive trans-Atlantic trade deal between the 27-country European Union and the five South American nations of the Mercosur bloc that’s taken a quarter-century to negotiate.Angry European farmers fearing new competition from t...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s prosecutor for organized crime on Monday charged a government minister and three others with abuse of office and falsifying of documents to help pave the way for a real estate project linked to Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.Proposed...

Before Jimmy Kimmel, there was KCBS.Just six days into President Donald Trump’s new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM reported that immigration agents were in the area — driving “unmarked vehicles including a black Dodge Durango, a gray Nissan Maxima and white...

These are updates for Monday, December 15, 2025, as Australia grapples with the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting.

These are updates for Monday, December 15, 2025, as Australia grapples with the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting.

These are updates for Monday, December 15, 2025, as Australia grapples with the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting.

The High Court of Hong Kong has convicted pro-democracy activist and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on three charges related to accusations that he undermined China’s national security, as part of a widely scrutinised trial.Lai now faces the possibility of a life sentence in prison.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Philipp...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged a review of his country’s gun laws and added support for Jewish Australians, as his government faces scrutiny following a deadly shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.On Monday afternoon, Albanese faced reporters to answer questions about the shooting, which took place a day earlier...

Australia’s PM says gun laws will be discussed by the national cabinet today after deadly shooting in Sydney.

Australia is mourning the victims of Sydney’s Bondi Beach attack.Vigils were held a day after two armed men killed 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Photos: Deadly mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach stuns Australialist 2 of 4‘Hero’ bystander tackles gunman at Austr...

Prosecutors have indicted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection, accusing him of seeking to provoke military aggression from North Korea to help consolidate his power.Special prosecutor Cho Eun-seok told a briefing on Monday that his team had indicted Yoon, five former cabinet members, and 18 others on insurr...

Thai bombing raids have struck near shelters for displaced people and Cambodia’s key tourist hub, Phnom Penh warns.Cambodia said on Monday as renewed fighting between the neighbours enters its second week that Thai air attacks are reaching deeper into its territory.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Thai-Cambodia fightin...

The murder of at least 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach by two gunmen on Sunday was a rare occurrence in a country that is known for its strict gun laws.The incident, which police describe as a “terrorist” attack, was the worst mass shooting in the country since 1996, when gunman Martin Bryant shot...

One of the funniest moments in cinema this year occurs deep in Ari Aster’s pandemic fantasia, “Eddington.” The screen has gone dark. Ominous music begins, all horns and rumbling bass. As the camera pulls back, we see what’s so sinister: an Instagram post on a phone screen, from a user named meganbailey_00. It’s just a black square,...

Peter Greene, a character actor who built a career through haunting portrayals of merciless villains, including in “Pulp Fiction,” “The Mask” and dozens of other films and television shows, has died in New York. He was 60.Mr. Greene’s death was confirmed on Saturday by his manager, Gregg Edwards, who said the actor had been found d...

Does “Saturday Night Live” even need a premise for James Austin Johnson to play President Trump in its opening sketch anymore?This weekend’s broadcast (hosted by Josh O’Connor, and featuring the musical guest Lily Allen) began, at least, with a poem:On a cold December night, high above the EarthFlies a big jolly man of considerable...

Season 1, Episode 8: ‘Winter Fire’A good Pennywise murder has several key components. It has to be disgusting, first of all. It has to be blackly funny, displaying the sense of humor of an insult comic or edgelord podcaster who goes way too far. Finally, there’ has to be a little showbiz: Its primary persona is that of a performer,...

Between streaming and cable, viewers have a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, Dec. 15-21. Details and times are subject to change.Talking it through.David Letterman’s talk show “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” is back for its sixth...

“He’s a meme factory!” David Reynolds, the screenwriter behind “The Emperor’s New Groove,” said about Kronk, the good-hearted himbo henchman in the now-beloved animated film, which turns 25 this month.Voiced by the actor Patrick Warburton, the hunky Kronk has been key to the movie’s cult status among millennials. When it opened in...

VideoCreditCredit...Melanie LambrickQ: What are good TV shows for parents to watch together with tweens? We mostly watch reality competition shows (like “The Amazing Race” and “Traitors”), but I’d love to find some sitcoms or other formats to watch with my 11- and 9-year-old kids.“What can I watch with my kids?” is probably the que...

What does the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery mean for stand-up comedy?It’s not the most important question about the proposed deal, in which Netflix would acquire the venerable film and television company. But the Warner Bros.-owned HBO has one of the great comedy legacies in pop culture, helping launch the modern stand-u...

Michele Singer Reiner, who was found dead at age 70 at home in Los Angeles on Sunday, along with her husband, Rob Reiner, was working as a photographer in the late 1980s when she inadvertently changed the course of movie history.One day, she visited the New York set of the romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally…” and was watching a...

Hollywood stars have been paying tribute to Rob Reiner — both as colleagues and as fans of his work.Kathy Bates, who starred in Mr. Reiner’s “Misery,” based on the Stephen King thriller, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that she was “absolutely devastated” after the director and his wife, Michele, were found dead at th...

Rob Reiner, the son of a pioneering television comedian who became a popular sitcom actor himself before directing a slate of beloved films, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “The Princess Bride,” died on Sunday. He was 78.His death, along with that of his wife, Michele, was announced by Mayor Karen Bass...

The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an apparent homicide at the Reiners’ home. The couple’s family said they were “heartbroken by this sudden loss.”

Thirty years since the war there ended, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still scarred by the ethnic cleansing campaigns which tore through the country, killing about 100,000 people and displacing more than two million.The 1992-1995 war, triggered by ethnic tensions and competing nationalist projects in the wake of the violent breakup of...

High-level talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine gain momentum as two countries exchange drone attacks.

Mass protests have filled the streets of several Romanian cities for a fifth day in a row against alleged judicial corruption.Thousands took to the streets of capital Bucharest and other cities on Sunday to show support for judges and prosecutors that denounced systemic abuse in the judicial system in an investigative documentary.R...

As recently as last year, New York was considered a trailblazer in tackling climate change. With aggressive laws on the books, the state had planned to nearly eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.But New York’s environmental agenda, as embodied in its landmark 2019 climate law, has stalled under the watch of Gov. Kathy Hochul...

In the waters off British Columbia, an unusual partnership unfolds. Resident killer whales trail Pacific white-sided dolphins to hunt Chinook salmon, and may even share fish scraps with them, a new study finds.From a boat, the interaction between the orcas and dolphins looks like organized chaos, the study authors said. But underwa...

Eric Fritch surveyed his 132-acre farm in western Washington on Thursday in the only way possible: by boat.As waterways in the region rose to historic levels this week, and officials issued urgent evacuation orders to Mr. Fritch and more than 100,000 of his neighbors, the Snohomish River, which runs past his farm, had already subme...

The Trump administration sided with officials from Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran in a successful effort to block part of a United Nations report about the dire state of the planet because it called for phasing out fossil fuels, switching to clean energy and reducing plastics, according to two participants.The section targeted was a...

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program that states used for disaster preparation, imposing a potential hurdle in the administration’s efforts to tighten FEMA’s purse strings.Richard G. Stearns, a U.S. District Co...

We were standing before the gate to a favorite hangout for polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba: the town dump. Our photographer, Renaud Philippe, had used a drone to track a mother and her two cubs across the tundra, and it was now flying back — we had no doubt — with amazing, intimate photos and video of the family.ImageKnown in re...

Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at how New York is doing with its efforts to fight climate change.ImageCredit...Cindy Schultz for The New York TimesNew York was once considered a groundbreaker on addressing climate change, with a law that promised to all but eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Gas-guzzling cars...

Earlier this month, I walked in a patch of protected Amazon rainforest and caught a glimpse of the world as it once was.Enormous Ipê trees burst through the canopy, towering above the rest of the forest. Hundred-year-old vines tied the ground to the sky. Thousands of leafcutter ants swarmed in and out of their subterranean colonies...

Our warming world has many ways of inflicting damage. Heat is a killer. Storms are getting more intense. And right now, floods are wreaking havoc across parts of Asia.Floods have killed more than 1,350 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam in recent weeks. Hundreds more are missing and millions have been displaced.He...

The Trump administration has spent much of the year dismantling federal climate policy and attacking the clean power industry. As a result, the growth of renewable energy like wind and solar power has slowed across the United States.Installations of solar, wind and batteries grew this year, but at the slowest rate in more than a de...