Top Japanese officials are backing a tech and entrepreneurship initiative led by Joichi Ito, whose involvement with Jeffrey Epstein may endanger efforts to get the project off the ground.
Borge Brende, a former foreign minister of Norway, had maintained contact with the convicted sex offender.Borge Brende led the World Economic Forum, which runs an annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, for more than eight years.
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said that the federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access.Columbia University said it was endeavoring to gather details on Thursday about the detention of a student by immigration officials.
The president has sought to end the program, known as Temporary Protected Status, for various migrants as part of his mass deportation efforts.A destroyed mosque in Darayya, near Damascus, last year. The U.S. government initially put protections in place for migrants from Syria in 2012, citing the “
The crash happened on Wednesday morning, Mayor Ras Baraka said, as federal immigration agents were pursuing a man driving a van.Protesters outside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, last June.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s trip to the White House on Thursday was unannounced. The topics he planned to discuss with President Trump were not immediately clear.Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with President Trump on Thursday in Washington D.C.
The Trump administration is proposing Obamacare plans that it says will lower health insurance premiums. But critics warn they would make care unaffordable.Dr. Mehmet Oz, who oversees Medicare and Medicaid, promoted new proposals that he said would lower costs. Critics fear the options will increase
The evidence is patchy on whether lower rates have meaningfully spurred more activity, as the Trump administration floats measures it says will make housing more affordable.
For years, ligament tears have been a crisis among young athletes — even though a few simple exercises can prevent them.[PHOTO ONLY:] The LA Breakers U13 soccer team who regularly does the “FIFA 11+,” a series of exercises designed to prevent ACL tears and other injuries.
President Trump has kept up a steady drumbeat of threats and built up U.S. troops in the region. Iran’s task is to give him a win but also preserve some semblance of nuclear enrichment.In this photo released by Oman’s Foreign Ministry, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner meet with t
The national mood is somewhere between anxiety, resignation and anticipation as President Trump considers whether to attack Iran.Near a bomb shelter in June during an Iranian missile attack in Rishpon, Israel. Israelis have been glued to the news recently as President Trump deliberates over whether
China’s play for U.S. allies has a problem: As Germany’s leader showed, Europe’s grievances with Beijing may run deeper than its frustration with Trump.Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at the Forbidden City in Beijing on Thursday, the second day of a trip during which he promoted ties while airi
Four armed Cubans aboard a Florida-based speedboat died in a gunfight with Cuban border troops on Wednesday, officials said.Cuban Coast Guard ships docked at the port of Havana on Wednesday.
With California’s political machine on the wane, nobody has emerged as a clear front-runner. Democrats worry that nine of their candidates could split the vote and hand Republicans a win.Democrats have grown concerned that too many candidates for governor may split the primary vote and let two Repub
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants to build a huge, pricey prison to hold the inmates incarcerated under her tough-on-crime agenda, and she hopes to oust fellow Republicans on Tuesday to do it.A nondescript gate marks the entrance to land purchased for a 3,000-bed prison in Arkansas that has divided
A Bitcoin baron wants to build a libertarian paradise on the island of Nevis. Democracy is getting in the way.Olivier Janssens, propelled by his cryptocurrency fortune, wants to build an enclave where residents would have special rights on Nevis.
People are revealing sensitive personal information to A.I. chatbots — including plans to commit violent acts.Matthew Livelsberger detonated explosive material in a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas in January 2025. He had consulted about the plan with ChatGPT.
Artificial intelligence is convenient and easy to use, but you should think about what you say to the chatbots.
The event, which began playfully, shifted in tone when the police appeared. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said that the episode did not appear to be a crime, while other officials called for arrests.During an organized snowball fight on Monday in Washington Square Park, some people began throwing snowbal
New restaurants are popping up in Caracas. Nightclubs are bursting at the seams. The streets are eerily safe — with big exceptions. Could a revival be on the horizon?Caracas “has the wages of Zimbabwe, the public services of Bangladesh and the prices of New York,” a political analyst said.
Republicans have embraced vouchers, while Democrats have criticized them. But as thousands of preschool parents vie for the funds, the state program may help a progressive goal.Pre-K students at a school in San Antonio.
The highly anticipated 1982 sequel failed to meet expectations at the time but has since charmed an adoring following with its ambitions dance numbers and nonstop ear worms.
Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information, lack plot structure and can be cognitively overwhelming — all of which could affect young children’s development.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been given a bevy of nicknames by New York City’s tabloid newspapers and political class. Which will stick?
