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Prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi go way beyond sports and politics. We take a closer look.
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Prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi go way beyond sports and politics. We take a closer look.

A jumble of emissaries — a friend, a family member, a dove and a hawk — on the Iran crisis reflects President Trump’s improvisational …

Washington, Tehran, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Istanbul and Brussels have all received calls as Pakistan plays mediator between the United St…

A favorite of actors like Maggie Smith, he produced dozens of plays, including “The Audience,” about Queen Elizabeth II, which was made …

President Trump pivoted after escalating threats. Israel also announced it had killed an Iranian commander leading efforts to block the Stra…

Michael Rousseau said he was “deeply saddened” that his inability to speak French had diverted attention from the families’ grief.

A truck careened into a ravine in Jerome, Mo., leaving the tofu to stew for weeks. “It was worse than a landfill on a hot July day,” sai…

The U.S. government has blocked Venezuela from paying for Nicolás Maduro’s defense lawyers. In a hearing, a judge said repeatedly that th…

The emerald tint to the Clove Lakes Park stream helped confirm long-held suspicions about what might be leaking from toilets.

President Trump waxed on about the virtues of the pen, calling it more economical and a better instrument than the fancier writing tools pre…

Ice plays a vital role in reflecting away planet-warming sunlight. The Arctic is warming much faster than most other parts of the world.

Regulators, pilots and others in aviation have worried about the kind of runway accident that happened at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.