EXECUTIVE ORDER IS EXPECTED TO CURTAIL PROTECTIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES
The move is almost certain to face a court challenge and signals the latest salvo by President Trump to crack down on online platforms.
G.E., WHICH TRACES ITS ROOTS TO THOMAS EDISON, SELLS ITS LIGHTING BUSINESS
The transaction represented a symbolic closing to G.E.'s opening chapters in the second Industrial Revolution.
CORONAVIRUS LIVE: UPDATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Britain will implement a system of testing and contact tracing, but even that might not prevent another wave of infections. And in...
REP. SAM JOHNSON OF TEXAS DIES AT 89
Mr. Johnson was a military pilot who spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades representing...
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME EVENT WILL BE PUSHED TO 2021, COLANGELO SAYS
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the inductions of a generation's giants will move from August to next spring, said Jerry Colangelo,...
THE GIANT 'MURDER HORNET' RESURFACES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
The large invasive insect, sometimes known as the “murder hornet,” has reappeared in British Columbia, miles away from traps placed...
A €750 BILLION CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY PLAN THRUSTS EUROPE INTO A NEW FRONTIER
Adopting the proposal would make history for the bloc, vesting authority in Brussels in ways that more closely resembled a central...
HOW WHITE WOMEN USE THEMSELVES AS INSTRUMENTS OF TERROR
There are too many noosed necks, charred bodies and drowned souls for them to deny knowing precisely what they are doing.
‘WE LOVED EACH OTHER': FAUCI RECALLS LARRY KRAMER, FRIEND AND NEMESIS
In public, the activist berated the infectious disease expert for federal inaction on AIDS. But their affection lasted decades and...
JULIÁN CASTRO: ‘IT'S A TOTALLY POROUS SAFETY NET'
The former presidential candidate on lessons from the pandemic, his next moves and why Joe Biden needs Latino voters.
U.S. TO PENALIZE WORK AT IRANIAN FACILITIES IN LATEST BLOW TO NUCLEAR ACCORD
International workers will no longer be able to keep a watchful eye on the nuclear programs, risking a layer of security that had sought...
CANADA'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER CHANGES HANDS AMID VOW TO KEEP LIBERAL VOICE
The Toronto Star, long a champion of liberal causes in a conservative-leaning media landscape, will be acquired by two wealthy financiers...
LIVE CORONAVIRUS NEWS UPDATES
Scientists are revising the timeline of how the virus spread. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she would direct public school districts...
TWITTER TSKS, AND TRUMP FUMES
The social media platform finally decided on Tuesday not to let the president behave with impunity.
TRUMP'S CONVENTION CORONATION WILL GO ON, CORONAVIRUS OR NOT
If North Carolina won't host the Republican Party's convention, he'll find a state that will.
SPACEX LAUNCH OF NASA ASTRONAUTS IS POSTPONED OVER WEATHER
Persistent clouds did not clear in time, pushing the launch back to either Saturday or Sunday, the next window of opportunity.
NOW ON NETFLIX: PORTRAITS OF GRIEF WITH UNPLANNED RELEVANCE
The high school series “Never Have I Ever” and “I'm Not Okay With This” are oblivious to the coronavirus pandemic, but both exhibit...
WHEN THE MEXICAN AIR FORCE WENT TO WAR ALONGSIDE AMERICA
In 1945, the 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron helped the U.S. Army Air Forces defeat Japan - significantly changing relations between...
CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY KITS
Online sales of caterpillar kits are booming, and the chance to watch an insect turn into a butterfly has caught the imaginations of...
OLIVER WILLIAMSON, 87, DIES; NOBEL LAUREATE STUDIED ORGANIZATIONS
He shared the 2009 award in economic science for his theories on how business decisions are made, work whose influence reached into...
Poll shows half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine
Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if the scientists working to create one succeed, a new poll finds. Read more ...
3-year-old boy honored for quick-thinking that saved neighbor trapped in...
The police department's lifesaving award is usually given to an officer for heroic actions in the line of duty, but Wednesday, it was given to a 3-year-old boy. Read more ...
Historic SpaceX astronaut launch scrubbed
SpaceX and NASA have scrubbed Wednesday's attempt at launching astronauts from American soil for the first time since 2011. Read more ...
LeBron James joins chorus of athletes speaking out about killing of George Floyd
NBA superstar LeBron James has joined the chorus of notable high-profile athletes who have voiced their outrage over the death of George Floyd. Read more ...
Passenger walks away from almost $139K after being questioned at Boston airport
The man originally claimed it was just $1,500, state police said. Read more ...
NASA chief ‘all in' for Tom Cruise to film on International Space Station
The International Space Station could become the set of Tom Cruise's next high-flying flick. Read more ...
Protesters rally in support of George Floyd in Sacramento
Dozens of people protested in Sacramento Wednesday night against the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody. Read more ...
Disney proposes mid-July reopening of theme parks
Walt Disney World officials proposed a plan on Wednesday that would allow it to reopen begin reopening theme parks on July 11. Read more ...
53-year-old tortoise adopted after owner dies of COVID-19
After receiving thousands of calls and emails from would-be adopters, a tortoise whose owner recently died of COVID-19 has found a new home. Read more ...
Black Lives Matter protestors march through downtown L.A., block 101 Fwy
Protestors took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Wednesday in a demonstration in the name of George Floyd, a black man who died after being pinned beneath a Minneapolis... Read more ...