On the COVID ‘off-ramp’: No tests, isolation or masks
Jason Moyer was days away from a family road trip to visit his parents when his 10-year-old son woke up with a fever and cough.
Disabled troops used to have to leave the military. Now some compete for gold.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Master Sgt. Ivan Morera isn’t used to being in last place. He’s a Green Beret. A relentless competitor. But at the 2024 Warrior Games, with his prosthetic hand hooked into a rowing machine, he was trailing the pack.
Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah show no sign of easing
JERUSALEM — After weeks of foreboding, an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah has been averted, at least for now, as both sides returned Monday to more contained confrontations along the Israel-Lebanon border.
Russia pounds Ukraine with ‘one of the largest strikes’ of the war
KYIV, Ukraine — Moscow launched more than 200 missiles and drones across a wide swath of Ukraine on Monday, damaging energy facilities and sending residents of Kyiv into basements and subways to seek shelter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the assault as “one of the largest strikes” of the 30-month-old war.
Trump hits Harris over ‘humiliation’ in military’s Afghan exit
DETROIT — Former President Donald Trump wrapped himself in military imagery on Monday, attacking the Biden administration over its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Observing the third anniversary of a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, the Afghan capital, he visited Arlington National Cemetery, then later spoke in Detroit to a gathering of National Guard members.
Harris and Trump squabble over debate rules as ABC matchup looms
At the weigh-in before a big bout, prizefighters often taunt their opponents in an effort to try to psych them out.
Assassination task force visits Butler as right wing promises a ‘parallel’ inquiry
BUTLER, Pa. — Members of the newly formed House task force on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump took one of their first investigative steps Monday, traveling to the site of the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, to scrutinize the scene.
Democrats sue Georgia election board, warning of ‘chaos’
Democrats sued the Georgia State Election Board on Monday, arguing that measures approved by the board this month seeking to alter the election certification process in the state were illegal and could create chaos on Election Day.
1 tourist dead and 1 injured after ice canyon collapses in Iceland
Rescuers in Iceland on Monday called off the search of a deadly ice canyon collapse after they determined that, contrary to initial reports, there were no other tourists trapped beneath the debris, police said.
Heat kills thousands in the U.S. every year. Why are the deaths so hard to track?
After a string of scorching days in June 2023, the body of an 88-year-old man was discovered in his home in Maricopa County, Arizona. His air-conditioner, set to 70, was blowing hot air. The temperature inside was nearly 110 degrees. Maybe he had heart problems. Maybe a different organ broke down. Maybe he was taking medications that did not work as they should. Did extreme heat cause or contribute to his death?
On immigration, Harris and Democrats walk a delicate — and harder — line
CHICAGO — When Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination last week at her party’s convention in Chicago, she sought to strike a delicate balance on the issue of immigration, promising to approach enforcement and security at the nation’s southern border as the prosecutor she once was, without abandoning the country’s values.
Hurricane Hone brings heavy rain but no major damage
Hurricane Hone passed within 60 miles of Hawaii Island early Sunday, bringing heavy rain, knocking out power to thousands of customers and snapping native ohia trees like twigs.
These young women didn’t want to vote for Biden. They’re all in on Harris.
Constance Lancelle, 22, of Milwaukee, was “definitely not interested in voting for Biden,” she said. But with Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate, she said, “I feel like politics have been a dream.”
Trump’s carefully scripted week kept veering off script
Donald Trump’s political endurance this year has been attributed in part to voters’ faded memories about why they denied him a second term four years ago.
NASA extends Boeing Starliner astronauts’ space station stay to 2025
Two astronauts who have spent months aboard the International Space Station will have to stay there months longer after NASA decided Saturday they could not return on Boeing’s troubled Starliner space vehicle. They will return instead on a SpaceX capsule next year.
All eyes on TS Hone: A sense of alertness without panic as the storm rolls in
Debbie Arita, an office manager at a supermarket in Hilo, took stock of the conditions. Tropical Storm Hone was approaching the region, but the scene Friday was far from chaotic — no frantic rush for supplies, no desperate boarding up of windows.
Paralympics will drop ban on Olympic rings tattoos
For years, Paralympians with tattoos of the Olympic rings were playing a dangerous game: They had to cover the tattoos completely in competition, or face penalties from the International Paralympic Committee, which included disqualification.
At the ballpark, a reporter roots for Lahaina
Recently, my colleagues and I at The New York Times were finishing up a package of articles tied to the anniversary of the devastating wildfire that wiped away the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, on Maui. We had pieces on how the town’s rich history was shaping discussions about rebuilding; the thousands of people who have left the island, forming a vast diaspora of Lahaina refugees; and the lessons learned by authorities as they tried to prevent another deadly fire.
Israel presses for Gaza border presence as part of cease-fire deal
JERUSALEM — Mediators plan to move ahead with a summit next week pursuing a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said Friday, after Israeli security chiefs sought to obtain Egyptian consent for a postwar Israeli presence along Gaza’s border with Egypt.
Harris faces challenge of translating convention joy to fall momentum
CHICAGO — Joy cometh in the morning, but so do hangovers. The party in Chicago is done, the confetti has been swept up, the pictures have been posted to social media. But the real question as exuberant Democrats woke up Friday was whether they could channel the sheer intoxication of the United Center into a sustained, 74-day sprint to Election Day.
