
Woman Was ‘Most Likely’ Bitten by Shark at Jones Beach, Scientists Say
The woman had minor cuts to her left foot and leg after being bitten on Wednesday. She was transported to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.
The woman had minor cuts to her left foot and leg after being bitten on Wednesday. She was transported to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.
The ruling completed a clean sweep for the handful of law firms that took the risk of fighting the Trump administration in court, rather than accepting punitive conditions.
The departure of the five-term lawmaker from Nebraska enhances Democrats’ chances of picking up a seat in the narrowly divided House.
The vote against the measure was mostly along party lines, with Republicans opposing it and Democrats almost unanimously in favor.
Jerome H. Powell, whose term does not expire until May, has argued that the central bank can afford to be patient about cutting interest rates amid uncertainty about the economic outlook.
Mr. Combs’s lead lawyer made a final appeal to the jury, arguing in often sarcastic tones that the government’s evidence contradicted its case against the hip-hop mogul.
A district court judge had blocked President Trump’s proclamation barring international students from attending the university.
Students at the Kennedy School of Government can study online or finish their degrees at the University of Toronto.
The bride announced the marriage on Friday night in an Instagram post under the name Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
President Trump’s megabill makes many Republicans uncomfortable, but that probably won’t stop it from becoming law.
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The president said such an outcome was unlikely, describing Iran as exhausted from the damage it had suffered and eager to speak with the United States.
The index has regained all the ground it lost in March and early April, when President Trump proposed his broad array of tariffs.
In what is potentially among the largest frauds in Medicare history, prosecutors say hundreds of thousands of people were billed for medical equipment they didn’t ask for.
The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed.
A line stretched around the block to honor State Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, who were killed in an attack that officials have called a political assassination.
The president said he would cease negotiations and impose new tariffs because of Canada’s imminent, new digital services taxes.
The sweeping measure Senate Republican leaders hope to push through has many unpopular elements that they despise. But they face a political reckoning on taxes and the scorn of the president if they fail to pass it.
Time is the secret ingredient of investing, a market veteran says. Over many decades, diversified stock index funds have produced extraordinary results.
Mandle Cheung, a 78-year-old amateur conductor, led a performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony over the objections of some musicians.
Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.
The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc reduced the power of district court judges to block government actions nationwide.
Maryland parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that stories with gay and transgender themes are discussed, the court ruled.
The court didn’t rule on the legality of Trump’s order, but it didn’t have to.
The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are at least 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.
They love hunting, fishing and conservatism. And they hate a plan by a conservative senator to sell millions of acres of public lands.
The powerful hotel workers union and Local 32BJ are switching their endorsements to Zohran Mamdani, a sign that Democratic power brokers are coalescing behind him.
The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.
The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.
Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in Ontario. Now, revealing the stone’s existence, they’re asking the public for help.