| Desperation Mounts in Indiana After 10 Days Without Power
- Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, a city where a third of residents live below the poverty line. Full power restoration isn’t expected until next week.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:25:41 +0000
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| Case Challenging Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Moved to Manhattan
- The ruling is a win for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who argued that the case be heard in Manhattan. The lawsuit challenging the rent freeze had been filed in Staten Island.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:17:18 +0000
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| I’m a Former Dean of Admissions. Colleges Shouldn’t Be Paying Rich Kids to Enroll.
- We can do better than this. We have to.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:05:12 +0000
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| U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say
- The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:56:30 +0000
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| Trump Announces Move to Lift Ground Beef Tariffs in Bid to Lower Prices
- The move prompted blowback from cattle ranchers and Republicans who represent them.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:49:35 +0000
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| Meghan of Sussex Eyes Role in Netflix Show ‘The Gentlemen’
- The duchess's representatives have had exploratory talks about her joining a third season of “The Gentlemen,” two people said. Netflix has not yet ordered a third season of the show.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:43:46 +0000
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| Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists
- Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:35:40 +0000
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| The Case of the Disappearing, Reappearing White House Ballroom Stairs
- Derided by architects as serving no purpose, a grand staircase was never approved by a planning commission but appears back in President Trump’s plans.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:11:37 +0000
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| 5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia
- Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:49:12 +0000
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| He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis.
- Bryan Johnson, the longevity guru, wants to live forever. But the big question is why.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:37:41 +0000
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| Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
- The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:16:03 +0000
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| Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
- Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:32:08 +0000
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| Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
- Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:22:00 +0000
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| The Next China Shock Is Here
- China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:06:13 +0000
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| Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
- Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:22:44 +0000
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| How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani
- The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:16:04 +0000
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| Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
- Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:06:45 +0000
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| ‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
- Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:23:39 +0000
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| Shein, a Fast-Fashion Giant, Struggles to Grow Ahead of a Much-Delayed IPO
- Facing pressure in the United States and Europe, Shein is struggling to find new ways to grow ahead of its much-delayed initial public offering.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:58:39 +0000
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| Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
- It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:51:53 +0000
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