| Obama Urges Virginians to Vote ‘Yes’ on Redistricting Referendum
- Democrats may win a vote to give their party more House seats, but they are growing anxious — in part because of dueling TV ads that might confuse voters about where the former president stands.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:09:08 +0000
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| Oil Prices Fall Sharply After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Open
- But analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:09:06 +0000
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| A Paris Court Just Rewrote the Rules of Corporate Morality
- The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:04:17 +0000
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| Bob Hall, First Wheelchair Champion of the Boston Marathon, Dies at 74
- His accomplishment in 1975 inspired thousands of disabled athletes to participate in races around the world.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:00:17 +0000
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| Lutnick Says Canada Trade Deal Needs to Be Reworked Ahead of Talks
- Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s commerce secretary, derided Canada’s trade strategy and said a North American deal needed to be reworked.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:45:40 +0000
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| Midwest Forecast to See Strong Storms on Friday
- The Midwest has faced day after day of weather warnings this week. More are expected on Friday.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:43:33 +0000
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| Starmer’s Credibility Just Took Another Body Blow Over the Mandelson Scandal
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears to have been kept in the dark repeatedly over Peter Mandelson, the Jeffrey Epstein associate — fueling an image of weakness.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:41:34 +0000
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| Trump Is Urged to Act on Iranian Site Feared Impervious to Airstrikes
- Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:39:40 +0000
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| Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.
- The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:19:07 +0000
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| NJ Transit Confirms It Will Charge $150 for Train Tickets During the World Cup
- Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this summer, but most will not be allowed to drive there.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:18:08 +0000
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| Orban Lost. But Populism Is Very Much Alive.
- Critics of populists need to do more than thrive off the missteps of their opponents.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:07:33 +0000
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| Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
- The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:37:10 +0000
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| Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
- The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:34:38 +0000
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| Who Are D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez?
- The musician is known for creating the anthem for Fortnite. He was touring for his major-label debut when Ms. Rivas Hernandez’s remains were found in his car, officials said.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:09:59 +0000
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| Stocks Extend Rally as Tensions Ease Over War in Iran
- The S&P 500’s rise on Friday caps a striking three-week streak, powered by investors’ optimism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and strong corporate earnings.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:03:22 +0000
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| Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, Detained by ICE in Alabama, Is Released
- Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, 85, who was arrested amid an inheritance dispute, has returned to France, its foreign affairs minister said. She came to America last year after reconnecting with and marrying a former G.I.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:17:49 +0000
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| Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts Student Held in Immigration Detention, Returns to Turkey
- Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:14:51 +0000
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| How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
- A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:00:43 +0000
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| Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment
- Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:32:15 +0000
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| She Made Sure Her Baby Was Born an American. Then Federal Agents Separated Them.
- Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a hospital while she returned to a detention center.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:25:57 +0000
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