Insults, Expletives and Fat-Shaming: Vance Trolls Critics on the Right and Left
The vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social …
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In a Hurricane-Season Twist, the West Coast May Be the One to Watch
It hasn’t been that long since Hurricane Hilary made a run at Southern California. Could this year see a repeat?
China’s Robots Know Kung Fu and Can Scale Walls. Can They Woo Investors?
Unitree Robotics wants to raise about $900 million in an I.P.O. that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but ha…
Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26
For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look a…
Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entit…
A ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Shopped at Canadian Tire. Then So Did the Internet.
After the actor Hudson Williams was photographed carrying a plaid reusable shopping bag, priced under $2, the tote has become a viral fashio…
Can Robots Save an Aging Japan?
Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farme…
Driver in Munich Car Ramming Attack Given Life in Prison
The attack, in 2025, was one of several carried out in Germany in recent years by men with migrant backgrounds, shaking the public’s sense…
A.I. Gas Guzzlers
We look at what’s powering data centers.
N.Y. Doctor Sentenced in Japan for Vandalizing Ancient Religious Sites
Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and an expert in endometriosis, received an 18-month suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of damag…
A New Plan for Closer U.S.-Israel Military Cooperation, and the First mRNA Flu Vaccine
Plus, what happens when you have an A.I. boss.
Ukraine Is Pleading for Air Defenses. Will the World Listen Anymore?
Western allies are more hesitant to give up interceptor missiles they may need for their own defense as war rages on multiple fronts.