New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
Researchers in developing countries are trying to find treatments for conditions that affect the poorest people. But the system is stacked against their therapies.
Researchers in developing countries are trying to find treatments for conditions that affect the poorest people. But the system is stacked against their therapies.
The amendment’s Section 3 says that acts of insurrection can disqualify someone from office.
California became the second U.S. state to allow agencies to purify wastewater and turn it into tap water as a way of adapting to drought conditions.
America, for some older Jews, was the land in which they didn’t have to hide. That’s no longer true.
The minority leader took an oblique swipe at Donald Trump’s rhetoric about migrants “poisoning the blood” of the country, but others like Senator Tommy Tuberville defended him.
It’s the first court to find that the disqualification clause of the 14th Amendment applies to Mr. Trump, in addition to affirming that he engaged in insurrection.
Despite holding more than 700 votes this year, the House only managed to pass 26 bills that have made it into law, thanks to tiny majorities, divided government and a right wing bent on constraining government.
The French leader was elected twice on a vow to keep populism at bay. But his bill received rare support from the far right, setting off a crisis in his party.
Efforts to speed military assistance to Ukraine are being punted to 2024, as negotiators remain short of a deal Republicans have demanded to pair the aid with a border crackdown.
Also, a challenge to Texas’s immigration law. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
A day after the pope’s announcement that Catholic priests may bless same-sex couples, one New York couple receives theirs.
The tally reflects the extraordinary chaos and paralysis that gripped the House in 2023, when lawmakers did more voting but less lawmaking than at any time in the past decade.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive sputtered, but President Volodymyr Zelensky argued that Russia, too, “failed to achieve any results” on the ground, while Ukraine had successes at sea.
Many Black voters say they doubt the Democratic Party understands their problems or is committed to improving their lives.
Using laser communication, NASA streamed a cat video from almost 20 million miles away, or 40 round trip flights to the moon.
The federal aviation agency plans to form a panel to look into the potential risks posed by a fatigued work force, after a spate of close calls this year.
In his new memoir, “Uncross Your Legs,” Stan Herman chronicles a lifetime of adventures in apparel (and out).
Rents have surged and homelessness is at record heights, but fewer of the poorest tenants are getting housing assistance — in stark contrast to growth in other safety net programs.
The shape-shifting baking tools can reveal a lot about what’s on people’s minds, as one American company has learned, to its profit.
The museum has shared the stories of immigrants and migrants who lived in New York City in the 19th and 20th centuries for nearly four decades. For the first time, a Black family’s apartment will be included.
Such data, in the rare instances it has been publicly released, has illuminated the pathways through which legally manufactured and lawfully sold firearms are obtained by criminals.
The number you want depends on the question you’re asking.
Icelanders had been girding for an eruption. When it happened, they wanted to see it.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will create the nation’s second statewide task force to examine possible reparations for the lasting impact of slavery.
Many energy and shipping firms have begun rerouting tankers, adding delays and extra costs to journeys that would put upward pressure on oil prices.
Short-term rentals are taking over college towns, fueled by wealthy fans and investors who turn homes into hotels for a few weeks out of the year.
Luna Luna, an art carnival that appeared in Hamburg in 1987, then vanished, has been resurrected in Los Angeles. You can wander there, but the rides are verboten.
The proposals include one that would ban noncompete agreements and another that would push New York to help curb deforestation.
Already hampered by problems at the Panama Canal, shipping companies are now steering clear of the Suez Canal to avoid being attacked in the Red Sea.
New tests promise to tell you if you have the cells of a 30-year-old or a 60-year-old. Here’s what to know about them.