A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.A memorial at the Barus and Holley building on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday.
Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.Mr. Trump’s brash personality has been an element of his appeal to supporters, who find it bracingly authentic in contrast to c
Several members of Congress criticized the department’s No. 2, Todd Blanche, after he said more documents would be coming weeks late.Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said the Justice Department would not release all of its files relating to Jeffrey Epstein by Friday, the congressionally ma
The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.Representative Daniel Goldman on Friday visited immigrant holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
The European Union came up with an 11th-hour compromise to help Ukraine, but the solution raised questions about the bloc’s decisiveness.A Ukrainian soldier with a mortar, hidden from the sight of drones, near Kupiansk, in May. The European Union will funnel 90 billion euros’ worth of loans to Ukrai
The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.Members of Ukraine’s 148th Artillery Brigade at a firing position in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine, in October.
An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.Helicopter helmets and a model of a Black Hawk helicopter on display in the home of Austin Roth, who served two decades in the Army
The couple are gearing up for the Broadway opening of “Bug,” about a descent into paranoia and psychosis in a squalid motel room.
John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes.For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant watching an execution by lethal injection roughly once every two weeks over the past several months.
The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.Students and faculty members at the New School, including Danielle Twiss, a doctoral student studying Marxist political economy, rallied over budget c
An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.An artist’s impression of the lemon-shaped world, which astronomers say would be red because of dust and soot from the carbon in its atmosphere.
They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.Members of a wildfire crew last August in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
Thousands of people were without power in Colorado early Friday, and forecasters said some of the most extreme conditions were expected later in the day.Power poles along U.S. Highway 93 near Golden, Colo., were snapped in half during a wind storm this week.
The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.Police officers at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, two days after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration.
The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, at a news conference in Canberra, Australia, on Friday. He announced a nationwide gun buyback plan on the heels of a deadly mass shooting in
The police named Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, as the suspects in the shooting that claimed 15 lives on Dec. 14.The police conducting a search operation at a house in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.
Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.
A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers.The Beaver Valley Pork farm in St. Edward, Neb.
Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027.If the merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern goes through, it would put about 40 percent of the nation’s rail freight in the ha
The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy.John L. Lowery, center, the Lumbee Tribe chairman, led a toast to celebrate the passage of a bill granting the tribe fede
Wall Street stock gurus are making predictions again. Our columnist got into the game with a number he doesn’t believe.
