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Blockades, fireworks and tear gas: Young protesters are rattling France
SEINE-ST.-DENIS, France — Outside a high school in Seine-St.-Denis, a working-class suburb north of Paris, a crowd of about 100 students milled in the street Thursday afternoon, their shouts echoing through the towering apartment buildings. They were protesting overcrowded…
Trump to name Jay Clayton to serve as AI czar
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will give Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, an additional position focused on helping develop the administration’s policies and regulations on artificial intelligence, according to current and former officials.
5 decades after adoption, man learns his father is a rock star
The first time Michael Goessling, who was adopted as an infant, spoke to his biological father he asked him what he did for a living.
With Christa Pike unconscious, another execution attempt is in doubt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator in a Nashville, Tennessee, hospital a day after surviving a botched execution attempt, her lawyers said in a court filing, raising questions about whether the state could legally try to execute her…
As gas prices rose, sales of larger vehicles slid
High gasoline prices are beginning to push Americans away from the full-size pickups and SUVs that generate the most profits for automakers.
US labor market shifts to a lower gear
A weaker-than-expected report on the labor market released on Friday affirmed a widespread sentiment: the U.S. economy does not feel as if it is delivering prosperity to everyone.
Your emergency go bag is only part of disaster preparedness
We’ve just come through the hottest summer ever recorded in the contiguous United States, with August setting a record of its own. And cooler autumn days don’t mean we can stop worrying about extreme weather. El Niño has already surged into record territory months before its…
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike unconscious on ventilator, lawyers say
Convicted killer Christa Pike was left gravely ill, unconscious and hospitalized on life support after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers said on Friday, providing the first detailed account of the injuries she suffered.
Agency diverted $1.4 billion in science funds mandated by Congress
The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.
Sales of hulking pickups and SUVs sag as fuel prices soar
High gasoline prices are beginning to push Americans away from the full-size pickups and SUVs that generate the most profits for automakers.
Letters — your voice — October 3
Did ship that just returned to Hawaii kill 120 keiki?
Flurry of lawsuits shows both parties preparing for postelection challenges
For America’s two major political parties, Nov. 3 is shaping up to be an Election Day of mutual distrust. The proof is in the deluge of litigation already filed in courthouses around the country.