| It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid New U.S. Tariffs
- Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:15:47 +0000
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| OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow
- The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:06 +0000
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| The Blackout That Could Devastate America
- The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:47:03 +0000
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| Working Capital
- We look into the exploding business of buy-now-pay-later loans.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:39:31 +0000
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| ‘Les Miz’ Offers a Lifeline to a Battered Theater Industry
- Regional theaters can once again produce “Les Misérables” because a national tour has ended. One veteran actor called the popular show “an instant moneymaker.”
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:37:27 +0000
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| Trump’s $47 Billion-Dollar Border Wall Plan, and Why a Tupac Murder Trial Is Starting After 30 Years
- Plus, inside the scramble to track cyclospora.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:08 +0000
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| How Israel’s Financial Chokehold Is Stifling the West Bank Economy
- Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory’s dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:55:58 +0000
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| Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake
- In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:19:25 +0000
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| At Ex-Premier Zhu Rongji’s Funeral, China’s Past Shadows Its Present
- Beijing wants to portray today’s China as carrying forward Zhu Rongji’s era of growth, but for many Chinese, the optimism of that time has since faded.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:11:52 +0000
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| Florida Primary Underscores State’s New Identity as a Republican Juggernaut
- Republicans hold every statewide elected office and have drastically swung voter registration in the state. A newly gerrymandered congressional map has added four Republican-leaning seats.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:48 +0000
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| Hayden Panettiere Grew Up in Front of the Camera. It Took a Toll.
- The “Heroes” and “Nashville” star, who died Sunday at 36, endured personal struggles that were compounded by her public profile.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:07 +0000
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| Searching for Answers From the Man Accused of Sabotaging Alaska’s Senate Race
- Dan Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher from tiny Petersburg, Alaska, shares a name with the incumbent senator he hopes to defeat. Is he a spoiler trying to divide the Republican vote? We traveled to Alaska to find out.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:59 +0000
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| Colman Domingo Discusses His Emmy-Nominated Roles in ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Four Seasons’
- The actor went from oracle to angel of vengeance in the HBO drama. In an interview, he discusses his two Emmy nods for two very different characters.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:34 +0000
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| The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
- Helen Toner, who served on OpenAI’s board, hopes the recent hack by that company’s models serves as a warning.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:27 +0000
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| States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims
- California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are taking the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:59 +0000
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| Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not For Their Own Kids.
- At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:53 +0000
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| A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
- They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:11 +0000
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| Family Presses for Information About Fatal ICE Shooting in Maine
- The Department of Homeland Security said there would be an investigation. But so far little has been disclosed about the killing last month.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:22:35 +0000
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| Rosie O’Donnell Just Knows Trump Is Watching Her Host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
- “And if you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people. Buckle up!” O’Donnell said.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:37:42 +0000
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| Hayden Panettiere Was in Cardiac Arrest When Authorities Responded to 911 Call
- After the authorities responded to a 911 call in Greenville, S.C., an initial police investigation found no evidence of “foul play or suspicious circumstances.”
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:46:58 +0000
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