As 23andMe struggles, concerns surface about its genetic data
The genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing an uncertain future after a drop in share prices, a recent board resignation and a data breach last year that affected nearly 7 million customers.
Trump’s return to scene of attack is a do-over in more ways than one
BUTLER, Pa. — Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for a massive rally at the fairgrounds where he was struck in July by a would-be assassin’s bullet, an event envisioned by his campaign as a show of strength and a memorial for the former volunteer fire chief who was killed during the attack.
Campaigns seek any edge to sway a tossup election
As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
A season of milestones for Ohtani, with the big one still unfulfilled
In his first season as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani has established himself as the center of the franchise’s universe. He thrived underneath the spotlight of his 10-year, $700 million contract. His boost to the financial bottom line made team officials giddy — “well beyond what we imagined,” said the team’s president, Stan Kasten. He responded to a shocking betrayal from his closest confidant with one of the best offensive seasons in MLB history.
An exodus of agents left the Secret Service unprepared for 2024
WASHINGTON — In November, Michael Ebey, a Secret Service special agent, found himself working another 12-hour shift. Like so many before, it was grueling.
Ports rush to reopen after first major strike in decades is suspended
Hours after a longshoremen’s union on the East and Gulf coasts agreed to suspend its strike, major ports rushed to reopen Friday and get cargo to businesses that have spent the last few days racked with fear over lost sales.
Pandemic startups are thriving, and helping to fuel the economy
Hector Xu was on track for a career in academia when the pandemic upended his plans.
Nibi the beaver’s future reached the courts. Then the Massachusetts governor stepped in.
This is a story about wildlife, about bureaucracy, about politics, about the internet.
The bold. The beautiful. The fat bear.
Voters have a lot to weigh: leadership qualities, policy agenda, experience. But over the past decade, one race has been defined by the amount of wild salmon that can be smashed into a mouth.
Some still searching for their loved ones a week after Hurricane Helene
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — The last time Drew McLean’s parents saw him, he was marveling at the power of Tropical Storm Helene as it washed over their home in the mountains of North Carolina.
Judge halts Biden student debt plan right after it was allowed to proceed
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Missouri temporarily blocked a Biden administration plan to cancel student debt less than a day after another judge had allowed it to proceed, throwing into uncertainty the fate of a program that could affect more than 27 million borrowers.
Who’s too old to be president now? Take a guess
OK, how many of you noticed that Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday?
Lahaina inferno emerged from smoldering remnants of quelled fire
The inferno that consumed the Hawaii town of Lahaina last year emerged from the remnants of a brush fire that firefighters had believed they had contained and extinguished, federal investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Trump promised to release his medical records. Hestill won’t do it
As a presidential candidate in 2015, Donald Trump declined to release his medical records, instead offering a four-paragraph letter from his personal doctor proclaiming that he would be “the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency.”
When the North Carolina mountains become hurricane alley
When the warnings first arrived, days before the remnants of Hurricane Helene, Kimberly Moody took note of what was said — and what wasn’t. The storm was going to be bad, that much was clear. But no one said she needed to start packing.
JD Vance’s audition to lead the GOP is working
What you saw Tuesday in the vice presidential debate was an audition for the leader of the post-Trump Republican Party.
Judge unseals new evidence in federal election case against Trump
When told by an aide that Vice President Mike Pence was in peril as the rioting on Capitol Hill escalated on Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump replied, “So what?”
How Russians serve the state: In battle, and in childbirth
BERLIN — What the Kremlin wants from Russians now boils down to two things.
A wider war in the Middle East, from Hamas to Hezbollah and now Iran
The long-feared “wider war” in the Middle East is here.
California takes a big step toward fair college admissions
Every time California takes a big step on education, you have to brace yourself: Is this going to lead the country in the right direction, as it did with eliminating racial preferences in college admissions in the ’90s? Or will this send education in the rest of the country over a cliff, as with the whole language fiasco of the ’80s?
