School officials in Mount Horeb, Wis., southwest of Madison, said that no one else was harmed and that schools were placed on lockdown.

The time is now, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared, urging Hamas to accept the terms of a proposed truce. He also made clear that he expected more from Israel.

In the suit, lawyers for the former Nickelodeon producer called the documentary a hit job that had falsely painted him as a child sexual abuser.

Many artists are dimming the lights of their museum shows, for a mix of symbolic and spiritual reasons.

The bill, which reflects growing support for legalization, would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But it is unlikely to pass in an election year and a divided government.

In the suit, lawyers for the former Nickelodeon producer called the documentary a hit job that had falsely painted him as a child sexual abuser.

A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid outbreak.

I worry that the more aggressive demonstrators may be hurting the Gazans theyre trying to support.

In her conversation with the vice president, Drew Barrymore allowed informality to veer into disrespect.

But the scope of the outbreak among cattle remains uncertain, and little human testing has been done.

Also, the Fed eyes a longer period of high rates. Heres the latest at the end of Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a sixth straight meeting and suggested that rates would stay high for longer.

Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Heres what to know about the fight over the law.

Even opponents of abortion saw such curbs as too controversial just over a decade ago. Times have changed.

Sharon Toney-Finch, who served in Iraq in 2010, was charged with fraudulently claiming to have a Purple Heart and with defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Panda diplomacy has represented an area of cooperation between the United States and China despite tension over weighty issues of trade and national security.

Two Republican state senators broke with their party to ensure final passage of the repeal. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.

Testing suggests that pasteurization inactivates the virus. But what about raw milk and cheese?

President Gustavo Petro, Colombias first leftist president, made the announcement in front of cheering crowds in the capital that had gathered for International Workers Day.

The Georgia Republicans doomed push to remove the speaker has placed her at odds with most in her party, but it has brought her back to her roots as a norm-busting provocateur.

Witnesses discussed the salacious and the banal, and the judge warned the defendant he could go to jail.

A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rocks first guitar god.

Videos show Lisa Fithian, whom the police called a professional agitator, working alongside protesters who stormed Hamilton Hall.

In many students eyes, the war in Gaza is linked to other issues, such as policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, racism and the impact of climate change.

In a meeting on Wednesday, church leaders also voted to allow L.G.B.T.Q. weddings.