Thousands Feared Dead in Libya as Dam Collapses Deepen Flood Disaster
Thousands of people have been killed in Libya in the flooding caused by heavy rains that devastated parts of the country this weekend, a disaster exacerbated by the collapse of…
Hundreds Reported Dead in Severe Libya Flooding
Deadly floods swept through northeastern Libya over the weekend, with the top official in the region warning that the toll could exceed 2,000 dead as rescue teams searched for survivors.…
Pennsylvania Fugitive Is Armed, Police Say
The police in Pennsylvania said Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison more than 10 days ago, was armed and had been spotted again on Monday…
Israel’s Supreme Court Weighs Law That Limits Its Own Power
This is a developing story and will be updated regularly. Israel’s Supreme Court convened on Tuesday to begin considering whether to strike down a deeply contentious law that limits the…
Phone. Keys. Wallet … Brain?
Temporarily blanking on names and misplacing items is normal. I asked Dr. Mario Mendez, director of behavioral neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at U.C.L.A., about age-related memory…
Opinion | The Authors of ‘How Democracies Die’ Overestimated the Republicans
A disturbing part of the answer, Levitsky and Ziblatt conclude, lies in our Constitution, the very document Americans rely on to defend us from autocracy. “Designed in a predemocratic era,…
Canada Truck attack: Trial begins for man accused of killing Muslim family
Four members of the Afzaal family died when they were run over with a truck in London, Ontario.
Geologists sample lava from Kilauea as it erupts
Scientists in Hawaii got up close to the active volcano to study its latest eruption
Justin Trudeau: Stranded Canadian PM leaves India after plane snag fixed
A prominent advocate for a separate Sikh nation, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot dead by two masked gunmen in British Columbia in June. Sikh separatists took to the streets of…
Twinkies maker Hostess bought by food giant Smucker in $5.6bn deal
Fruit preserves and peanut butter giant JM Smucker is buying the producer of Donettes and Ho Hos.