The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.

Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”

The head of the division directed its staff to focus on enforcing edicts on transgender women in sports and other issues, shifting from its founding purpose of fighting race-based discrimination.

Government websites that once provided basic information about the virus now redirect to a page citing a number of misleading or heavily contested claims.

For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.

Donald Trump’s self-serving crypto push worsens criminal activity and heightens risks for financial markets.

As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs.

He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.

“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.

Two people were killed and six others were injured when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on campus on Thursday. Court records show the suspect had a rocky upbringing.

Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.

Stepping up its pressure campaign, the Education Department accused the university of failing to report large foreign gifts as required by law. Harvard disputed the claim.

President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again.

President Trump has vowed that the Iran-backed Houthi militia will be “completely annihilated.” But forceful American strikes do not seem to have deterred the Yemeni fighters.

A Michigan man who ended up waist-deep on an unstable beach was rescued, and found himself in a relationship.

The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process.

People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.

At a convention of the pronatalist movement, the relatively few women in attendance agreed: Motherhood needs a rebrand.

Social media feeds are awash in images of lavish baskets overflowing with expensive gifts. Some parents are giving their children bikes. Others are pushing back.

Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.

Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want justice.

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.