James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion.

Lines were long at airports nationwide Tuesday amid T.S.A. staffing shortages, but passengers at Bush Intercontinental Airport waited more than four hours to pass through checkpoints.

Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.

Also, Iran signals an openness to negotiations. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Courts are weighing whether the administration can hold undocumented immigrants without bond, an issue that may be resolved by the Supreme Court.

A mother of three won a statehouse seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, while a union electrician leads in a State Senate race in conservative West Tampa.

The president has domestic and international political motivations for touting negotiations to end the war. Iran has similar ones to deny discussions.

Hear the instruments and scores, on view in a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, that proved foundational for Mozart’s life in music.

The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.

Republicans are eying a last-ditch procedural maneuver to overcome united Democratic opposition, but the chances for success are slim.

Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

The lack of French in Michael Rousseau’s speech about the deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport reignited a debate over linguistic inclusivity in Canada.

A Reddit forum has become a haven for those deciding whether it’s time to shave it all.

Republicans are cautiously optimistic about a statewide referendum now at the center of the country’s gerrymandering war, but Democrats have a huge cash advantage.

Within the Senate’s housing bill lie the terms of an unusual debate: Who gets to own — and live in — single-family homes?

The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance — and their own.

Tired of seeing its elementary-school children struggle with online temptations, the town of Greystones proposed a ‘no smart devices’ code. Most everyone bought in.

In one swoop, it overturned the conditions for conciliation.