Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center
Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.
The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s what the forecasters look at.
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.
Also, an experimental treatment for chronic pain showed promise. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery delivery workers and street vendors.
Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new study found nothing to write home about.
To be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change.
The armed and masked agents assembled outside the museum where the governor was speaking. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called it “a provocative act.”
As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.
The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs.
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
Trump isn’t just shaping the nation; he’s also changing the evangelical church.
A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.
Many people with disabilities depend on Amtrak to travel across the country, but the journey can still present obstacles. Gabe Castro-Root outlines some of the challenges disabled passengers encounter while traveling.
Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.
Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.
The event’s organizers said the producers of the film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters during the attack, had failed to obtain the rights to the videos.
The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.