Meta is on trial in New Mexico to answer allegations that its social media platforms enable predators to target children for sexual exploitation
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms
Nurses and two major hospital systems in New York City have reached a deal to end a nearly monthlong strike over staffing levels, workplace safety and other issues
U.S. stocks drifted higher following big rallies for markets in Asia earlier in the day
A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts
The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election
Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election
Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado
Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison
Hollywood is largely ceding attention to football this weekend
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened after a two-day closure
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff
Savannah Guthrie has told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return
India and the United States have released a framework for an interim trade agreement to lower tariffs on Indian goods
Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman
The U.S. stock market roared back, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now
The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue for the first time in more than four years
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law
Authorities say three people were killed and six others were hurt after a 92-year-old driver collided with a bicyclist and then slammed into a grocery store in Los Angeles
Sharp drops hit Wall Street as technology stocks sank and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set in the fall
The chairman of prestigious law firm Paul Weiss has resigned from that position after emails revealed his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors
The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage
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