Penny Oleksiak, 25, who has won seven Olympic medals, was sanctioned under antidoping rules. Her suspension ends before the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.

January shows the Russian leader astride a snowmobile. For February, he flips a judo partner. In August, he offers advice: “My recipe for energy: Sleep little, work a lot and don’t whine.”

The price increases comes as more and more international travelers are choosing to stay away from the United States and amid turmoil at the National Park Service.

Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.

Africa’s most populous nation was already facing one of the world’s biggest hunger crises. It’s getting much worse.

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Some experts see a dangerous combination of factors reminiscent of practices that led to previous financial crises.

The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.

President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.

The move came one day after the Pentagon said it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly for his participation in the video.

The defendant, Pedro Hernandez, was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping the 6-year-old, who disappeared in 1979 in SoHo.

A judge dismissed indictments against two of the president’s foes, but a new Pentagon investigation of a prominent Democrat shows how he is using a whole-of-government approach to punish those who cross him.

Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won praise for his meeting with President Trump. But Michelle Wu, the like-minded mayor of Boston, said “flattery is not the way.”

There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.

Mr. Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, announced her death in an Instagram post.

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

The remains were not yet identified. Before the handover on Tuesday, Israel said the bodies of three other captives were still in the enclave.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has introduced a campaign meant to encourage civility.