Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
To hear President-elect Donald J. Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged by crisis, a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship. “Our Country…
Potent Storm Blasts Parts of U.S. With Sleet, Snow and Freezing Rain
A fierce storm barreling across the country toward the Mid-Atlantic pounded a vast area with a wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain that the Weather Prediction Center warned…
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said on Friday evening that she was resigning after the newspaper’s opinions section rejected a cartoon depicting The Post’s owner,…
Soldier Who Blew Up Cybertruck in Las Vegas Wrote U.S. Is Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say
The Green Beret who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel this week in Las Vegas and took his own life had written that he wanted to…
A Powerful Winter Storm Is Forecast to Move Through the Middle of the U.S.
A strong winter storm accompanied by Arctic cold is poised to bring “significant wintry weather” this weekend to about a dozen states across the middle of the country, from the…
Ailing Ex-Deputy Admitted to Killing Florida Store Clerk in 1979
Early on Nov. 5, 1979, a Florida sheriff’s deputy radioed dispatch to report that he had found the body of a convenience store clerk who had just been fatally shot…
The Fallout from U.S. Steel
The end of a troubled takeover bid President Biden is set to officially block Nippon Steel’s $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel as soon as Friday, most likely putting an…
Cold Snap to Grip Much of the U.S., Followed by Winter Storms
The National Weather Service has said that a “significant Arctic outbreak” of cold air will cover large swathes of the United States starting this weekend, with frigid conditions anticipated to…
Two dead after plane crashes into California factory
Two people have died and 18 others were injured after a small plane crashed into a commercial building in southern California, officials say. Ten people were taken to hospital with…
Biden Plans to Block Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon
President Biden has decided to block the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan in an announcement expected as soon as Friday based on grounds that…