A judge ruled that the Nassau County executive did not have the authority to ban transgender women from playing on women’s sports teams in county-owned facilities. The executive said he would appeal.

Colleges have failed to strike a balance between academic freedom and free speech during this spring’s protests.

The unusual sight of aurora borealis was visible in several European countries on Friday, and in parts of the northern United States.

The Space Weather Prediction Center said solar activity would be high again on Saturday.

The competition’s organizers said that Swedish police were investigating the singer Joost Klein and that it would be inappropriate for him to take part in Saturday’s final.

Heavy seasonal rains have set off floods in the northern province of Baghlan and in at least three other provinces.

A mainstay of the pizza and arcade chain, by turns endearing and creepy, will be phased out by year’s end at all but two locations. We visited one of them.

In a commencement ceremony at a Catholic university, the justice said that fundamental principles were in peril at universities and American society.

In a commencement ceremony at a Catholic university, the justice said that fundamental principles were in peril at universities and American society.

As the death toll in Gaza has risen, countries have turned their backs on Israel. The consequences of those desertions, from security to economics, risk turning Israel into a pariah.

The administration could raise tariffs on electric vehicles from China to 100 percent in an attempt to protect American auto manufacturers.

Is this what a police state looks like?

Not as a defendant, but as a possible juror.

Not as a defendant, but as a possible juror.

She was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency. Her company, Wells Rich Greene, was best known for the “I ♥ NY” campaign.

The president offered strong support to Israel after Oct. 7 but has grown increasingly frustrated over the conduct of the war. “He has just gotten to a point where enough is enough,” a friend says.

The president offered strong support to Israel after Oct. 7 but has grown increasingly frustrated over the conduct of the war. “He has just gotten to a point where enough is enough,” a friend says.

Officials warned of potential blackouts or interference with navigation and communication systems this weekend, as well as auroras as far south as Southern California or Texas.

Israel on Saturday ordered hundreds of thousands in Rafah to evacuate immediately as Israeli military forces prepared to expand further into Gaza’s southernmost city amid a devastating humanitarian crisis. The warning, which arrived in the form of dropped leaflets, came despite a rare threat from President Biden this week that he would withhold certain weapons […]

A beef between two rap titans isn’t just about egos. It’s about the future of the genre, as determined by the legacy of its past.

Barron Trump’s political debut has been shelved—for now—after his mother, Melania Trump, effectively rebuffed an invitation for her 18-year-old son to serve as a delegate at the GOP convention this summer. “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior […]

Majid Khan was locked away at C.I.A. black sites for years. What would he tell the world?

A trial that is a meditation on Trump’s amorality.

A trial that is a meditation on Trump’s amorality.

China’s economy has reached a dead end. Getting out will mean more trade friction with the United States.

There are ways of keeping ourselves anchored, even when we enter a parallel universe disconnected from time.

It seems like such a simple idea: a day to honor the women who bring life into the world. But how do we square the ideal of celebrating and supporting mothers with the reality of how lawmakers and courts have acted to undermine maternal health and rights in the post-Dobbs era? Or make sense of […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then re-release them,” Wood said. […]

The radio host talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how he plans to wield his considerable political influence.

American culture has no set ritual to mark retirement. They created their own.