4.6-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Alaska – The New York Times
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake rumbled through an area northeast of Anchorage on Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. More than 1,000 people reported that...
G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies’ Surveillance Tool
An intensive drive by right-wing Republicans in Congress to vilify the F.B.I. with charges of political bias has imperiled a program allowing spy agencies to...
Baltimore Shooting: 2 Dead and 28 Wounded at a Block Party
Frustrated Baltimore officials pleaded on Sunday with residents to come forward with information about a shooting at a crowded neighborhood block party that left two...
Number of Migrants Crossing U.S. Southern Border Is Down. But for How Long?
Nearly two months since the lifting of a public health order that allowed the United States to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border, the...
Chicago and NASCAR, an Odd Couple With High Hopes, Take It to the Streets
On a rainy holiday weekend, the city of Chicago and the sport of NASCAR celebrated the unlikeliest of marriages with a lakefront ceremony. Chicago handled...
Large Crack in Carowinds Roller Coaster Prompts Its Shutdown in North Carolina
A roller coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of...
Los Angeles Hotel Workers Go on Strike
Why It Matters Workers across Southern California in a range of industries have threatened to strike or walked off the job in recent months, displaying...
One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts
For the Whiteheads, an African American family living in the city of Baltimore, race is discussed at the dinner table. In the car on the...
House Republicans Demand Deep Cuts to Spending Bills They Rarely Support
House Republican leaders working to write and pass the spending bills that fund the government face a major hurdle: Their own party — especially their...
Proud Boys Fined $1 Million for Destroying Property of Black Church
A judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered members of the Proud Boys to pay over $1 million to a historic Black church after it...
‘Mom Influencer’ Sentenced for False Kidnapping Report
A California woman and Instagram “mom influencer” who falsely reported and posted online that a couple had attempted to kidnap her two young children in...
U.S. Attorney in Hunter Biden Case Defends Investigation to House Republicans
The U.S. attorney in Delaware denied retaliating against an I.R.S. official who had disclosed details of the Hunter Biden investigation, and denied being blocked from...
Biden Rules Tighten Limits on Drone Strikes
U.S. military and C.I.A. drone operators generally must obtain advance permission from President Biden to target a suspected militant outside a conventional war zone, and...
Supreme Court Had Conservative Triumphs This Term, but Also Showed New Caution
The Supreme Court ended its term this week in familiar fashion, issuing blockbuster conservative decisions on affirmative action, gay rights and student loans that divided...