Betty White stamp to be released in 2025
Actress Betty White, who is known to generations of viewers for her memorable characters in television shows such as “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” will be getting her own postage stamp.
Russia bombards power grid in one of war’s largest attacks, Ukraine says
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia renewed its campaign to destroy Ukraine’s battered power grid Sunday, targeting facilities across the country with missiles and long-range drones in one of the largest and most complex bombardments of the war, Ukrainian officials said.
Residents evacuated because of fire on New York-New Jersey border
New York state issued the first voluntary evacuation for residents affected by the Jennings Creek wildfire Saturday night after gusty winds blew the flames northeast, breaching a line firefighters had put in place to contain the blaze.
Liberal Berkeley’s toughened stance on homeless camps is a bellwether
BERKELEY, Calif. — Berkeley, California, long associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, has a reputation for erring on the side of compassion when it comes to addressing drug use and homelessness. The city is such a liberal outlier that Vice President Kamala Harris downplayed her origins there as she tried to appeal to moderate American voters this year.
1 dead and dozens ill in E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots
One person has died and 39 people have become ill in an E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots, federal regulators said Sunday.
Why a $4 billion settlement of Maui fire claims is tangled up in court
The ashes of last summer’s devastating fire in Lahaina on Maui, which killed 102 people and destroyed the town, were still smoldering when talk turned to how fraught the rebuilding process would be.
Liberals are left out in the cold as social media veers right
SAN FRANCISCO — After Donald Trump won the election this month, his supporters gravitated to a panoply of online destinations to celebrate.
Trump signals a ‘seismic shift,’ shocking the Washington establishment
WASHINGTON — Somehow disruption doesn’t begin to cover it. Upheaval might be closer. Revolution maybe. In less than two weeks since being elected again, Donald Trump has embarked on a new campaign to shatter the institutions of Washington as no incoming president has in his lifetime.
Israel strikes near Beirut as two medics killed in South Lebanon
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military pressed on Saturday with its dayslong bombing campaign targeting an area near Beirut dominated by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia, while in the country’s south, Israeli airstrikes killed two paramedics, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Panned in Washington, Trump’s cabinet picks thrill many of his voters
To his detractors, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Cabinet looks like a rogues’ gallery of people with dubious credentials and questionable judgment.
Musk wants to slash $2 trillion in federal spending. Is that possible?
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cut wasteful government spending, fire what he considers rogue bureaucrats and overhaul federal agencies once he is back in power.
An upstart sport draws big money and crowds
Anna Leigh Waters, a 17-year-old from Delray Beach, Florida, is the world’s top-ranked pickleball player and is widely considered to be the face of America’s fastest-growing sport. But from where she stands, she is still relatively unknown, even among a majority of the racket sport’s fans.
Netflix’s Tyson-Paul boxing bout gets 65 million viewers at peak
(Bloomberg) — Netflix Inc.’s foray into live sports streaming with the historic boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul drew a massive global audience that peaked at 65 million viewers but resulted in thousands of complaints from viewers about connection problems and frozen screens.
Democrats draw up an entirely new anti-Trump battle plan
WASHINGTON — Locked out of power next year, Democrats are hatching plans to oppose President-elect Donald Trump that look nothing like the liberal “resistance” of 2017.
Musk and Trump, a bond made in merch
The bond between Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump is built not only on their shared interests in limited government, social media and golf, but also, it seems, on their common affinity for merch.
Trudeau issued a plea to Taylor Swift: Please come. She did.
TORONTO — It began with a polite plea on social media from the leader of Canada.
Trump wants to kill the EV tax credit. Here’s what to know.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is exploring a series of steps to make it more difficult for electric vehicles to be competitive with gasoline-powered ones, culminating with the elimination of a $7,500 tax credit for people who buy EVs, according to three people with direct knowledge of the plans.
A tiny gladiator uncovered in England tells of the reach of Roman celebrity
LONDON — The tiny copper gladiator stands ready for battle, decked out in a helmet and armor, an elaborate shield held in front as if bracing for his opponent’s blows.
Why Kennedy sees an ‘epidemic’ of chronic disease among children
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has for years called attention to what he considers an “epidemic” of chronic disease that has left America’s children among the sickest in the developed world.
With initial cabinet picks, Trump takes on biggest foes
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is wasting little time in taking on the three governmental institutions that most frustrated his political ambitions during his first term and making clear he will not brook resistance in his second.
