As U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet, Businesses Temper Their Hopes
In a meeting in Beijing on Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, traded warm smiles with Bill Gates and praised Mr. Gates as “the first American friend” he had met this…
Consent Decrees Force Changes to Policing. But Do Reforms Last?
“It’s kind of like the old saying, when everything’s a priority, nothing’s a priority,” said Jason Johnson, who was a deputy police chief in Baltimore overseeing compliance with the city’s…
Uganda School Attack Leaves at Least 37 Dead
At least 37 people were killed and eight others wounded when militants with an extremist group attacked a secondary school in western Uganda, the authorities said on Saturday, in one…
Harlem City Council Election Tests Limits of Progressive Politics
Two years ago, when a democratic socialist narrowly won a crowded Democratic primary for a City Council seat in Harlem, some saw it as a sign that the historically Black…
What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams
If Commissioner Keechant Sewell, head of the nation’s largest police force, wanted to promote an investigator to first-grade detective, she had to clear it with City Hall, according to her…
Iowa supreme court justices in deadlock over abortion decision: No 6-week ban (for now)
Iowa’s long-blocked six-week abortion ban will remain permanently enjoined after the state Supreme Court deadlocked on whether it should be revived. Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked the court to reinstate…
Texas Panhandle city of Perryton struck by a tornado
The Panhandle city of Perryton was struck by a tornado overnight, resulting in the death of three people so far.
Shooter in 2018 Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue attack found guilty
A jury found 50-year-old Robert Bowers guilty in the 2018 attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue that left 11 worshipers dead.
Two men arrested after $40,000 of chicken breast stolen from South Carolina plant
Two men were arrested for grand larceny in South Carolina under suspicion of stealing $40,000 worth of boneless chicken breasts from a chicken plant. The chicken heist happened on May…
Gunman guilty in shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue
The man accused of committing the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history has been found guilty in the shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue…