Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
The dismissal was the latest fallout from attempts by career Justice Department officials to impede the president’s wide-ranging campaign of retribution. The prosecutor’s deputy was also fired.
Backed by a liberal-leaning legal nonprofit, seven Tennessee officials filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the deployment of troops in Memphis.
After the remnants of a typhoon devastated villages in western Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked President Trump for federal help in the recovery process.
The G.O.P. officials who participated in a group chat have faced calls to step down. State Senator Samuel Douglass was the group’s only elected member.
The disgraced former congressman was sentenced to prison, years after his credentials and career began to unravel. Then President Trump commuted his sentence.
Imported light and heavy trucks will be charged 25 percent and buses 10 percent as of Nov. 1, but President Trump also extended tariff exemptions for auto parts.
The disgraced Republican had been sentenced to prison, after his credentials and career unraveled. He was the sixth member of the House to be expelled.
The order comes as the Trump administration has carried out an immigration crackdown in the region.
Mr. Huerta, a prominent labor leader in California, was initially charged with a felony after his arrest during an immigration raid in Los Angeles this summer.
If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income people are at risk of losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A single photograph of Palestinians besieging an aid convoy after the new cease-fire took hold in Gaza makes clear how much work lies ahead in the enclave.
It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as the White House has threatened schools that do not sign up.
Also, the Treasury secretary is betting big on Argentina. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
A group of 18 detainees had been held at the offshore base for less than a week. They were deported days before a court hearing where lawyers are challenging the holding of migrants there.
The office that administers the federal court system said that as of Monday, the judiciary will not have funding to sustain “full, paid operations.”
Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, said he no longer believed that National Guard troops were needed in the city.
The president has mobilized state-based military forces to U.S. cities over the objections of state and local officials.
James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim.
None of the patients, all California residents, had traveled abroad, suggesting the Clade 1 virus strain was transmitted locally.
Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.
A prolonged drought and other factors have muffled the kaleidoscopic blend of reds, oranges and yellows in some areas of New England this fall.
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, are asking for details about a reported meeting between the White House and an executive with the insurer.
About 10,000 U.S. troops and dozens of military aircraft and ships are in the region as the Trump administration increases pressure on Venezuela.
Federal authorities ordered a halt to yet another transit project in New York City, this time a plan to add bus lanes along 34th Street in Manhattan, after the Trump administration threatened to withhold funding.
The royal’s fall from grace began nearly six years ago with a calamitous television interview about his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The morning after the first mayoral debate of the general election, Andrew M. Cuomo said it would be nearly impossible to win if Curtis Sliwa did not drop out. Mr. Sliwa said he was not going anywhere.
The capture of prisoners presents a major new set of legal and policy problems for the Trump administration in its escalating campaign.
Evidence prepared for a collapsed espionage trial was published by an under-pressure government in Britain, offering a window into Western countries’ struggle to define Beijing as friend or foe.
Chevron enjoys unusual sway in socialist-led Venezuela, positioning the energy colossus to gain from whatever comes of the crisis between Washington and Caracas.