Organizers of a referendum to repeal an abortion ban in deep-red Idaho are far more focused on how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state.

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

Russia is staging an election that matters to almost no one except President Vladimir V. Putin and his inner circle.

Its hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by NAZA because they think its full of lies, or because they know or fear its true.

It is up to all of us, through our government, to shape what A.I. becomes.

Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

The Russian elites room for maneuver has disappeared.

The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers spanning eight nations. Better monitoring and cooperation between the countries could save lives, experts say.

The Bank of Japans widely expected move followed an unusual campaign by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for tighter monetary policy.

Prosecutors said the driver was impaired by drugs and ran a red light before ramming a city bus on Tuesday. Two people died. Compounding the tragedy, a news helicopter also crashed.

Until the two countries can agree on what risks to worry about, cooperation is a distant dream.

Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences.

Newly unsealed court documents show Microsoft employees discussing whether OpenAI was involved in the largest theft of labor in human history.

The attorney generals campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.

A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling.

Alex Gibneys Musk will arrive in United States theaters next month. Universal says it remains committed to releasing it overseas but has yet to set dates.

Also, Kennedy tells anti-vaccine group they have a friend in the White House. Heres the latest at the end of Thursday.

The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a thorough investigation of the dangers.

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a fraud.

Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Pikers argument that the U.S. has caused more terror than Al Qaeda.

The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits.

Clashes between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government forces have been reported near oil-rich Marib Province.

The carrier, Mahan Air, said it would stop flying to neighboring countries just over a week after the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on Irans aviation industry.

Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children went beyond negligence, investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.

The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.