The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.Gunmen attacked the Christ Apostolic Church in Kwara State, Nigeria, in November.
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.At a church in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.
Officials warned that driving would remain hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places that broke records on Christmas Eve.Los Angeles set a record for Christmas Eve rainfall on Wednesday. Another half inch could fall on Thursday.
The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.New York City got a bit of snow earlier in December. On Friday and Saturday, the city is expecting a more significant accumulation.
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.President Trump while making Christmas calls to children at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.
Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade.An annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled by its host after President Trump’s name was added to the Kennedy Center building.
Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump’s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.An auto loan deduction comes at a time when the industry is struggling to adapt to President Trump’s tariffs.
Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, in Miami this year.
The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.Distributing hot meals to those affected by power outages in Odesa last week.
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home.Brian Darwas stores his films in a climate-controlled room at his home in Westchester County, N.Y.
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.A memorial outside the Van Wickle Gates on the Brown University campus, where a mass shooting killed two people.
Brendan Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.Dr. Sylvio Burcescu received a kidney from Brendan Costello, pictured. He struggles with the reality of never being able to thank the person who gave him such a life-altering
Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish.Brendan Costello’s Mass card and a watercolor painting by his aunt Cathy Costello.
New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.“We’re sending these kids out into the world, and we’re supposed to have provided them skills,” said Valerie Ziegler, a San Francisco high school teacher.
Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees.The State Department has allowed private sponsor organizations to exercise enormous amounts of control over the J-1 visa
The holiday spirit is bringing people together, with celebrations of lights, dance and Santa.A Christmas Eve service at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Basra, Iraq.
For decades, Havaianas flip-flops have been a beloved global symbol of Brazilian culture, worn by millions of people each day. They are now ensnared in a political fight.The trouble started for Havaianas with the beginning of a new holiday campaign starring the popular Brazilian actress Fernanda Tor
Julia Angwin turns her iPhone screen to gray and learns a lot about her relationship with her phone.
Populist rhetoric is numbing us to the plight of others.
Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”A photograph released by Channel 4 for Jimmy’s Kimmel’s “Alternative Christmas Message.”
A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.An advertisement for Powerball in Manhattan on Monday. On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas delivered a gift worth $1.817 billion.
Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.
The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.Robert Lindsey in 1979, when he was the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times.
