Mr. Platner has not yet withdrawn from the race after a rape allegation, but Democrats in the state and nationally are already exploring potential alternatives.

Researchers have been surprised by the study findings.

A former military base in the Adriatic Sea, the island is in a beautiful setting but it is strewed with snakes, crumbling buildings and land mines.

The day after a court decided the far-right leader Marine Le Pen could run for office again, cheers and boos met her campaign kickoff in a rural stronghold.

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.

Under investigation over an undisclosed gift, the right-wing leader Nigel Farage may end up in a special election against a candidate dressed as a trash can.

The I.M.F. projected world output growth would fall to 3 percent for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.

Millions of Iranians descended on Tehran to pay their respects to the slain supreme leader.

UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna are suing states over new laws targeting their pharmacy businesses.

Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents.

We have the latest on renewed strikes in the Middle East.

Plus, using drones to watch for sharks.

Charles Dingman, chair of the Maine Democratic Party and a progressive, would play a key role in choosing the state’s Democratic Senate candidate if Graham Platner leaves the race.

The world’s most global game produces some of its strongest feelings of national belonging.

Doctors described treating brain and abdominal hemorrhages in infants who hadn’t received the routine injection. Several said the images of those patients were seared in their minds.

Travelers were shut out of major hotels, and work ground to a halt for some on Tuesday after a building partially buckled in Manhattan.

President Trump may not have known what a red card in soccer is, Ronny Chieng said: “But you know what he did know? How to get a guy a pardon.”

The second President Trump landed in Turkey, the center of gravity shifted right to where he likes it best: himself.

The former Chicago mayor, a Democrat exploring a 2028 presidential run, is in Tel Aviv calling for an end to unconditional U.S. support of Israel.

Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its radicalism is taking on a fresh charge.