Israel used US-made bombs in strike that killed dozens in Rafah
The bombs used in the Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Sunday were made in the United States, according to weapons experts and visual evidence reviewed by The New York Times.
Once a sheriff’s deputy in Florida, now a source of disinformation from Russia
A dozen years ago, John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Florida, sent voters an email posing as a county commissioner, urging them to oppose the reelection of the county’s sheriff.
Jury begins sifting evidence as it weighs Trump’s fate in criminal case
NEW YORK — It’s all up to the jury now.
Top FTX executive sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK — Ryan Salame, a top executive at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Tuesday, making him the first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s circle of advisers at FTX to receive prison time.
Eyeing Trump, but on the fence: How tuned-out voters could decide 2024
Joe Perez is exactly the type of voter President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are fighting over: A 22-year-old Hispanic man in Las Vegas who grew up leaning Republican, he also supports abortion rights and was turned off by the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.
At Trump trial’s closings, lawyers weave facts into clashing accounts
NEW YORK — For nearly three hours on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s lawyer did his level best to persuade the jury to acquit his client, wielding a scalpel to attack nearly every strand of the criminal case against the former president.
Museum workers walk out, describing exhibit as aligned with Zionism
The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle remained closed Monday afternoon, nearly a week after employees walked off the job to protest an exhibition that includes language they believe frames “Palestinian liberation and anti-Zionism as antisemitism.”
Libertarians skip over Trump and RFK Jr. for Chase Oliver
The Libertarian Party chose one of its own as its presidential nominee on Sunday night, capping a grueling day of elimination voting and a boisterous four-day event, where both Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unsuccessfully sought to court the group’s backing.
Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer and broadcasting star, dies at 71
Bill Walton, a center whose extraordinary passing and rebounding skills helped him win two national college championships with UCLA and one each with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics of the NBA, and who overcame a stutter to become a loquacious commentator, died Monday at his home in San Diego. He was 71.
‘Furiosa’ is a box office dud, adding to Hollywood woes
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood expected “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” to scorch the box office over the holiday weekend. Instead, the big-budget Warner Bros. prequel iced it over.
What happened to our ad-free TV?
Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise: Sign up, and commercials will be a thing of the past.
Storms kill 15 in southern plains as severe weather moves east
Powerful storms and possible tornadoes pummeled parts of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Saturday night, killing at least 15 people, damaging homes and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
Veteran survives grizzly’s attack after it bites into can of bear spray
Shayne Patrick Burke was on a short hike this month to photograph owls in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming when he spotted a grizzly bear cub about 50 to 70 yards in front of him.
Grayson Murray, winner of two PGA Tour titles, dies at 30
Grayson Murray, the professional golfer who won two PGA Tour titles and was outspoken about his battles with depression and alcohol, died Saturday. He was 30.
What do students at elite colleges really want?
The meme was an image of a head with “I need to get rich” slapped across it. “Freshmen after spending 0.02 seconds on campus,” read the caption, posted in 2023 to the anonymous messaging app Sidechat.
Trump tells Libertarians to nominate him, and mocks them when they boo
WASHINGTON — Early in his speech at the Libertarian Party’s national convention on Saturday, Donald Trump told the party’s delegates bluntly that they should nominate him as its candidate for president. He was vigorously booed.
The Rolling Stones really might never stop
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — “This song’s for Manhattan!” Mick Jagger told the crowd on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, before launching into a punchy rendition of “Shattered,” that agitated ode to late-70s New York City that closes out the band’s 1978 album “Some Girls.” In the ensuing 46 years, the city has changed in some superficial ways but somehow remained essentially the same — much, as they showed throughout an impressively energetic two-hour set, like the Rolling Stones.
Condemnation slows, but does not stall, Israel’s assault on Rafah
JERUSALEM — Despite an international court order to stop its assault on Rafah, Israel says it will continue its operation, trying to walk a line between not angering its U.S. allies too much while trying to achieve strategic aims that it considers too important to abandon.
Biden addresses graduating cadets at West Point Military Academy
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Joe Biden told West Point cadets Saturday that they owed an oath to the U.S. Constitution, not to their commander in chief, delivering a commencement message that echoed his campaign-year warnings about the looming threats to American democracy.
5 Mount Everest climbers are dead and 3 missing this summit season
High above the clouds on Earth’s highest peak, climbers are making the arduous trek up Mount Everest.
