Israeli strike in Gaza kills over 30 Palestinians, emergency services say
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military struck a house in the northern Gaza Strip where displaced families were sheltering Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense, the main emergency service in the territory.
Unions bet big on Harris. Now they’re bracing for consequences.
Besides the Harris campaign and its affiliated political action committees, few economic or political sectors placed larger bets than organized labor on Vice President Kamala Harris winning the presidency.
US: 50,000 Russian and North Koreantroops mass ahead of attack
WASHINGTON — The Russian military has assembled a force of 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, as it prepares to begin an assault aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials.
The big three have faded. Who will dominate next?
In mid-September, just two weeks after Jannik Sinner won the U.S. Open to secure a 2-2 win-loss record with Carlos Alcaraz at the major championships in 2024, Alcaraz was asked if he envisioned his rivalry with Sinner ultimately replicating that of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
With ready orders and an energy czar, Trump plots pivot to fossil fuels
As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former Cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk is positioning X behind the new Trump presidency
SAN FRANCISCO — Since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Elon Musk has gone all-in on the social network X to promote the incoming administration.
FEMA fires employee for telling Milton relief workers to skip houses with Trump signs
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after reports that after Hurricane Milton, the employee told relief workers in Florida to pass over houses with signs supporting Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday.
Biden and environmental groups try to protect climate policies from Trump
Biden administration aides are racing to award hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and finalize environmental regulations in an effort to lock in President Joe Biden’s climate agenda before Donald Trump enters the White House, said John Podesta, the president’s senior adviser on clean energy.
Fossil reveals oldest known tadpole that grew to the size of a hot dog
The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature’s most remarkable transformations.
Where there’s joy in a terror bird
HUILA, Colombia — César Perdomo’s small paleontological museum, La Tormenta, is a work in progress. A bare cement structure built on a windswept platform in the Tatacoa Desert, it offers a panoramic view of shallow, craggy canyons carved from soft mudstone.
India drops 36-year ban on Rushdie book, saying it can’t find the order
Before the Iranian fatwa condemning the writer to death, before all the protests and burnings of his book and before the stabbing death of his translator, there was India’s customs notification No. 405/12/88-CUS-III.
Painting by AI-powered robot sells for $1.1 million
A portrait of British mathematician Alan Turing sold at auction for nearly $1.1 million Thursday, a surprisingly large sum for a painting whose creator wasn’t an artist in the traditional sense, but rather a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence.
Beyoncé, young pop sensations lead 2025 Grammy nominees
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will face off in all top categories at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, leading a pack of nominees that also features buzzy young female stars who have dominated the pop charts over the past year.
Wave of racist texts after election prompts FBI scrutiny
A wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to report for slavery showed up on phones across the United States, prompting the scrutiny of the FBI.
Antisemitic attacks prompt emergency flights for Israeli soccer fans
Authorities in Amsterdam on Friday were investigating what they called antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans that took place amid a charged atmosphere surrounding a soccer match involving a visiting Israeli team.
China reveals $1.4 trillion plan to bail out local governments
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinese government on Friday approved a $1.4 trillion plan to revive the economy, authorizing local governments to refinance crushing debts that have left some cities unable to pay their bills.
Playing out a dream, a long, long way from home
Izzy Morales first caught sight of the Stadium of Light from the back of an Uber. He had left his home in Canton, Ohio, a couple of days earlier. He was still coming to terms with the novelty, with the distance, of the new life he had chosen. When he touched down in Dublin, en route to North East England, it had suddenly struck him that he was traveling “halfway across the world.”
With Trump tariffs looming, businesses try to ‘run from a moving target’
WASHINGTON — Rick Muskat woke up the morning after the election with an urgent task. He got his agent in China on the phone at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time and pressed him to ask their factory how many more pairs of men’s dress shoes they could make before Chinese New Year, at the end of January.
Trump weighs key personnel choices, schooled by his first-term experience
President-elect Donald Trump is not known for adherence to a disciplined and rigorous personnel selection process, but behind the scenes, his advisers and allies have been preparing lists of candidates for the most important jobs in his administration.
My manifesto for despairing Democrats
So what do we do now?
