People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.

The move, made in the hope of addressing an aging population, was decidedly unpopular.

Rescuers in Myanmar reported finding bodies swept away by the powerful storm, which left a trail of destruction there and in neighboring countries.

The festival canceled the screenings of “Russians at War,” which has been criticized as Kremlin propaganda. The filmmaker has said it is an antiwar film.

The Emmys are on Sunday night at 8 p.m. Eastern, two hours after the red carpet festivities begin.

Plus, a theater season packed with celebrities.

The sports term refers to a time during a game when defeat becomes inevitable. Officialdom is warning against using it to take veiled jabs at the country’s political and economic system.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas explains what his agency has done to address the challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Next week, a probate official will hear evidence in a clash between Rupert Murdoch and some of his children over who should control his media companies after he dies.

The former Scotto Funeral Home, a landmark of bygone Brooklyn, is reopening after a multiyear renovation and Catholic blessing — as a boutique gym.

James Poniewozik, The New York Times’s chief television critic, discusses the state of modern television and the struggle to watch it all.

The American military is not prepared for the fact that artificial-intelligence-powered autonomous weapons systems are changing the fundamental nature of warfare.

Its leader, Kim Jong-un, visited the factory and urged his country to produce more highly enriched uranium to build “exponentially” more nuclear weapons.

He produced an early photo book about what he called the first “rock ’n’ roll war,” documented his grandfather’s dementia and became a filmmaker.

The long trip by a frail, 87-year-old pope was seen as a bold endeavor and a muscular step for a global church looking East.

The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors magnify Pakistan’s challenge.

When Dr. Yuvaram Reddy, who had lived in South India, and Chetan Jhaveri, who is of North Indian heritage, chose to marry, their families’ approval was crucial.

An ad campaign in the state, funded by a group that appears tied to Republicans, seems designed to remind Muslim voters of Kamala Harris’s pro-Israel views and her husband’s Jewish faith.

Springfield, which has attracted thousands of Haitians, has been at the center of a fiery immigration debate and baseless rumors amplified by Donald J. Trump and JD Vance.

The 1,900 students at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., were just settling into the rhythms of a new year before a shooter killed two teachers and two students.