Younger Students’ Test Scores Bounce Back After the Pandemic
A national test found surprising progress among 9-year-olds, who are fully caught up in reading. But 13-year-olds have shown no improvement.
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Investors Feed A.I. Firms’ Voracious Appetite for New Money
In the race to dominate the artificial intelligence industry, companies like SpaceX and Alphabet are borrowing cash and raising equity from …
Souleymane Diallo Dies at 80; Daring, Mocking Journalist in Guinea
He was harassed and briefly jailed for his work on Le Lynx, his satirical weekly newspaper, which investigated and caricatured a series of r…
Recent Landslides in Indonesia Devastated Rare Orangutans, Study Finds
More than 5 percent of the species is estimated to have been lost when a climate-fueled storm unleashed torrents of water, mud and debris.
SpaceX’s I.P.O. Will Turn 4,400 Employees Into Millionaires
While Elon Musk may soon become a trillionaire, his rocket company’s market debut is set to the change the lives of its current and former…
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama From Using Nitrogen Gas in Execution
The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of…
Americans Are Paying More to Travel This Summer
Airfares shot up 27 percent from a year earlier in the latest inflation data.
Inflation Keeps Prospects of a Fed Rate Cut Low
The Consumer Price Index is one of the last major data releases ahead Kevin M. Warsh’s first meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve.
Hong Kong Charges 7 People and 2 Companies Over Deadly Apartment Fire
The 25 charges include manslaughter and conspiracy. They are the first to emerge from a monthslong investigation into a blaze that killed 16…
Senior Russian Military Official Is Killed in Car Explosion Near Moscow
The death of the officer appeared to add to a string of targeted assassinations of high-profile opponents of Ukraine inside Russia.
Why Complete Election Results in Maine Could Take More Than a Week
Winners in the Republican and Democratic primary races for governor and in a Democratic congressional primary have not yet been determined.