Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead to power outages in many places, potentially leaving millions in the dark.Heavy snow and freezing raining can weigh down tree branches and power lines, causing equipment failures that can often cripple power systems.
Plenty of New York City mayors have faced blowback over their handling of blizzards. In several appearances this week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sought to show he is prepared.At a news conference on Thursday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that he fully expected New Yorkers to judge him on how he responde
After protesters called for a pause on economic activity and work to strike against the federal immigration crackdown, many business owners kept their doors shut on Friday.Many businesses across Minnesota are expected to close on Friday as part of a general strike against the Trump administration’s
While roughly half of voters support President Trump’s handling of the border between the United States and Mexico, a sizable majority says that ICE’s tactics have “gone too far.”
Just outside Minneapolis, the Whipple Building houses offices, a detention center and a courthouse — and has become the home base for immigration agents and protesters alike.Federal officers facing off against protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis earlier this month.
The New York Times ran the image through an A.I. detection system and concluded that it showed signs of manipulation.Nekima Levy Armstrong after speaking at an anti-ICE rally in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday. The Justice Department said on Thursday morning that it had taken her into custody, accusing h
The president appeared to be lashing out in response to stark, high-profile remarks by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada that rejected Mr. Trump’s efforts to dismantle the international order.
President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.British soldiers in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2007. Britain lost 457 soldiers during two decades of fighting in Afghanista
Leaders from across the European Union held an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss Greenland and, more broadly, their fragile relationship with America.President Trump addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.The short-video platform TikTok, owned by ByteDance, has become a geopolitical football in relations between the United States and China.
The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok.It is unclear how much, if anything, will change for TikTok’s 200 million American users.
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.
Max Greyserman is trying to climb to the top of the PGA Tour by using lessons from his father’s time as a quant.Max Greyserman, right, and his father, Alex, at Atlantic Fields Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla.
Witness testimony and videos from Tehran’s largest cemetery show disrespectful treatment of the dead after a brutal government crackdown.An image taken from a video posted on social media and verified by The New York Times, showing a scene at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.
President Trump said the United States was “watching Iran” and sending a naval force there, despite also saying this week that his threats had halted executions.President Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One as he flew back to Washington from Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn’t appease President Trump.Senator Bill Cassidy’s re-election bid was upended last week President Trump endorsed a challenger, imperiling the senator’s already-shaky standin
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, speaking at a meeting of the committee in Chamblee, Ga., in September.
In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.Jack Smith, the former special counsel, urged the lawmakers on Thursday to stand up for the rule of the
Ryan Wedding, 44, who competed in the Winter Olympics in 2002, has been charged with murder and with smuggling cocaine into the United States.Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, has been charged with smuggling cocaine into the United States and with murder.
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.Ryan Wedding, the police said, ordered the murder of an associate who became an informant. The man was shot and killed while dining in M
In the past, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have relied on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.A Ukrainian soldier from the 63rd Mechanized Brigade firing a howitzer at a Russian position in eastern Ukraine this month.
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.A medical worker holding a recovered kidney.
Three people from Indiana and two from Kentucky are in custody, officials said. The judge, Steven Meyer, and his wife were injured but are recovering.Steven Meyer, a judge for Tippecanoe County Superior Court, and his wife, Kimberly, were shot at their home in Lafayette, Ind., on Sunday.
As his character assumes the lead in a new season, Luke Thompson is bringing Shakespearean depth to one of the buzziest streaming shows of our time.
