By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FBI agents interviewed one of the three women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough inves…
Published: October 1, 2018 at 01:52AM
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By CAITLIN LOVINGER
Monday already?! Chuck Deodene’s puzzle ought to cheer us up.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 06:00PM
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By MICHAEL POWELL
Too many injuries prevented Wright from having a more illustrious career, but he received a glowing and deserved send-off in his final appearance as a Mets player.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 03:18PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SeaWorld officials say an endangered beluga whale rescued off Alaska’s coast is thriving in his new theme park home.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 02:01PM
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By MOTOKO RICH
Denny Tamaki’s victory is a setback to plans to transfer a busy Marine air base to a less-populated coastal area on the island.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 01:37PM
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By SAM SIFTON
Start this week off with a Sunday roast before ending it stunningly, with a beer-can chicken.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 10:30AM
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By REUTERS
Democratic U.S. senators expressed concern on Sunday over reports the White House was working with Republicans to narrow the scope of an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 10:19AM
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By HANNAH BEECH and MUKTITA SUHARTONO
The death toll is expected to rise significantly, officials said, as rescuers scrambled to reach the worst-hit areas. Without heavy equipment, people were using their hands to claw through rubble.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 05:08AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The White House is not “micromanaging” a new FBI review of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s background but is leaving it to senators who requested the probe to dictate the parameters of the investigation, advisers close to President Donald …
Published: September 30, 2018 at 12:34AM
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By REUTERS
Rescue teams in Indonesia struggled on Sunday to reach communities feared devastated by a major earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi island, with a toll of more than 400 killed expected to rise sharply as contact is restored with remote areas.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 12:31AM
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By HANNAH BEECH, MUKTITA SUHARTONO and RICHARD C. PADDOCK
The twin disasters killed at least 405 people on Sulawesi, and the death toll is feared to be far worse. The country’s vice president said thousands may have died.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 12:46PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The owner of a Washington seafood company was sentenced to two years in prison for overharvesting sea cucumbers and must pay $1.5 million in restitution — the second large bust of illegal sea cucumber trade in the U.S. West in just over a ye…
Published: September 29, 2018 at 01:46PM
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By RANDY WAYNE WHITE
Perhaps the disaster that struck Florida’s southwest coast this summer will cause residents to rethink the way they live.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 06:30PM
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By KATE ZERNIKE and EMILY STEEL
Christine Blasey Ford’s emergence shows how pivotal the movement has become, and how its dynamics have threaded their way into American life.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 04:51PM
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By REUTERS
At least 384 people have been killed by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian city of Palu on Friday, officials said, with the death toll expected to rise.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 10:55AM
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By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH
Popular fast-casual chains brag of sustainability, as customers toss their compostable and recyclable bowls into the trash with wild abandon.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 06:00AM
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By REUTERS
Many bodies were found on Saturday along the shoreline of the Indonesian city of Palu on Sulawesi island which was hit by a major earthquake and tsunami, as the death toll rose to 48 people, authorities said.
Published: September 29, 2018 at 01:07AM
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By RICHARD C. PADDOCK and MUKTITA SUHARTONO
Hospitals reported at least 48 deaths in the city of Palu alone, an official said. Thousands of buildings were destroyed and many people were missing.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 12:00PM
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By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
The Chinese Communist Party is cracking down on a group of student protesters who have done little but fight for communism’s values and praise Marx, Mao and President Xi Jinping.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 07:50PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr
Local fighting and fleeing patients led the organization to increase its alert level. The disease has appeared in a Congolese fishing village near Uganda.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 05:40PM
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By NEIL GENZLINGER
The creator of experimental, often humorous works, she had been a prolific artist for decades in her own country. But the West discovered her only recently.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 05:13PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rare bird found only in Colorado and Utah will stay on the endangered species list, at least for now.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 04:01PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Interest in a Louisiana library’s planned “Drag Queen Story Time” is so high that the event is moving to a community college auditorium.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 03:37PM
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By CARL ZIMMER
Scientists had long assumed that few creatures dined on these gelatinous animals. But new research suggests that jellyfish may be an important part of the ocean’s food supply.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 03:18PM
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By BRIAN TALLERICO
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie: Since 1989, they haven’t aged a day. But they have evolved, as the culture has with them.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 12:58PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seven kangaroos have been removed temporarily by Florida wildlife officials from a home-based sanctuary where a 5-year-old kangaroo escaped earlier this week.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 12:46PM
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By DAVID TANIS
Mild and sweet tasting flounder and other flatfish benefit from a quick brown-butter sauce.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 11:45AM
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By AUSTIN RAMZY
Residents in small boats rushed to the crash site to save passengers and crew members from the sinking aircraft, an official said.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 01:04AM
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By REUTERS
The Chinese government’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday there was “no cause for panic” over friction between Beijing and Washington and that “we can overcome current difficulties.”
Published: September 28, 2018 at 10:23AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rights activists said Friday that the Philippine president acknowledged in a speech that he permitted extrajudicial killings in his brutal drug war, but his aides argued it was a misunderstanding and stressed his repeated past denials.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 08:31AM
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By REUTERS
A major 7.5 quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami alert after a milder tremor brought down houses, and initial reports from the area said “many buildings” had collapsed.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 03:56AM
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By REUTERS
The U.S.-China trade war has triggered a seafood supply chain shake-up, with U.S. importers scrambling to stockpile frozen Chinese squid and tilapia ahead of looming price increases while Canada exports more lobsters to China.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 07:13AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping group, said Friday that one its cargo vessels has successfully passed through the Russian Arctic on a one-off trial journey as a result of melting sea ice.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 06:49AM
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By TOBY BILANOW
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Published: September 28, 2018 at 05:00AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Look, up on the shelf! It’s Superman. There’s the king of the wild frontier himself, Davy Crockett. And over in that case is Davy Crockett again, except this time he’s Daniel Boone (we’ll explain later). And aaaaay! It’s The Fonz and the whole “Ha…
Published: September 27, 2018 at 11:07PM
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By ALAN RAPPEPORT and JIM TANKERSLEY
Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said that a trilateral deal with Canada remained possible, but that he was confident Congress would pass a Mexico-only pact.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 06:07PM
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By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Not since 1993 has the United States beaten the European team on its home soil.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 05:48PM
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By NATHAN KENSINGER and JOHN LELAND
Some of New York’s scenic byways are navigable only by canoe. But if you’re willing to brave the ticks, poison ivy and potential teenage make-out spots, the vistas are something else.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 04:39PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wildlife officials say a hunter along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front shot and killed a female grizzly bear and wounded a cub that was later euthanized.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 03:43PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Vermont man accused by relatives of killing his millionaire grandfather and his mother to collect inheritance money is asking a Connecticut probate judge to remove his aunt as executor of a trust established for him by his grandfather.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 03:19PM
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By KAREN WEINTRAUB
Concentrations of the toxins are very high, lingering in the orcas’ blubber, and are passed from mother to calf.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 02:00PM
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By REUTERS
Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, is stepping up efforts to encourage shoppers to recycle plastic bottles, trialing in-store recycling machines which pay customers for every bottle returned.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 10:26AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A fugitive kangaroo named Storm has been found safe and sound after several days of searching in South Florida neighborhoods.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 07:07AM
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By JONATHAN WOLFE
Thursday: A petition to rename a building and looking back on a flu pandemic.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 06:00AM
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By REUTERS
Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 05:34AM
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By REUTERS
Emergency management officials in Georgetown, South Carolina, were optimistic on Thursday that their port community would see less flooding than previously expected in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 05:10AM
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