| Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress
- Senate Democrats were expected on Wednesday to block a measure that would encourage, but not require, states to protect consumers from power rate hikes as a result of data center growth.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:34 +0000
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| FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one pilot stabbed another and may have attempted to crash the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane landed in Saudi Arabia and all passengers were safe.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:41:35 +0000
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| Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win
- A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:38:33 +0000
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| As E-Bikes and Scooters Surge on New York Streets, So Do Fatal Crashes
- More than two dozen people have died in crashes involving electric bikes and scooters in New York City this year. Officials are moving to address a growing safety crisis.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:36:42 +0000
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| Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly Renovations
- A new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:34:55 +0000
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| American Forces Withdraw From Iraq 23 Years After Invading
- The Americans did not understand the country when they invaded in 2003. From the earliest days, there were signs of the trouble ahead, our correspondent recalls.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:32:35 +0000
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| F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms
- The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:07 +0000
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| Chi Phi Fraternity Says It Acted Quickly to Expel Cornell Members
- The national organization of the Chi Phi fraternity at the center of a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit explained publicly for the first time how it handled the episode.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:27:21 +0000
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| UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says
- The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:13:10 +0000
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| Court Pauses Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row
- Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:01:42 +0000
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| D.A. in Cornell Case Hopes to Speak to Accuser as He Weighs New Evidence
- District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said a woman’s report to the police in 2024 saying she had been raped at a fraternity did not support a criminal case. But he said he was now reaching out to her.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:47:14 +0000
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| Another Day of Pounding Rain Raises Flooding Fears in Texas
- Texas had a dry summer, and rain on Wednesday could run off the arid ground like water on concrete.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:26:00 +0000
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| Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
- A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:19:10 +0000
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| What Would John Maynard Keynes Say About A.I.? The Keynes Bot Told Us.
- Nearly a century ago, Keynes predicted that technology would liberate us from work. To imagine what he would think of artificial intelligence today, a Princeton economist used A.I.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:24:08 +0000
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| Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology
- 100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:16:07 +0000
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| Becerra and Hilton to Face Off in Televised California Governor Debate
- Xavier Becerra, a Democrat who served in the Biden administration, will debate Steve Hilton, a Republican former talk show host, in what’s likely to be their only face-off before the election.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:10:38 +0000
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| See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California
- An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:36 +0000
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| Andrea Shaw Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. Authorities Say She Suffocated Them.
- In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:18:24 +0000
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| This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.
- This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:43:42 +0000
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| After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
- Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:29:23 +0000
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