The plan, championed by Mexico’s president, would have voters elect judges at every level, dramatically restructuring the third branch of government.

Driven by new technology called OpenAI o1, the chatbot can test various strategies and try to identify mistakes as it tackles complex tasks.

Before being appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, Thomas Donlon ran a security company and was New York State’s head of homeland security.

A Hall of Famer who played for powerhouse Detroit Lions teams, he helped glamorize his position as football’s “defensive quarterback.”

While the judge kept most of the case intact, it was a win for the defendants, who have been trying to chip away at the case.

Israel said the former school had become a haven for militants and released a list of men it said were Hamas fighters targeted in the attack.

Much ado has been made of euphemism inflation. While it’s easy to make fun of it, it’s worth examining its logic.

A judge ruled that the State Constitution protected a woman’s right to abortion until the fetus was viable. The state’s attorney general said he would appeal.

Merrick Garland told the department’s staff that there “is not one rule for friends and another for foes,” amid threats from former President Donald Trump to go after enemies if he is elected.

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In competitive districts, Democratic congressional candidates have pivoted from portraying Republicans as dangerous and extreme to ridiculing them as too odd to support.

Federal agents and prosecutors have launched an array of inquiries into Mr. Adams and some of his highest-ranking aides in City Hall.

It’s just a little guy, and not everyone agrees that it’s actually a mini-moon.

Edward Caban had been asked to quit after federal agents seized his phone as part of a criminal investigation, one of several involving members of the administration.

For 16 years, the state has been a heartbreaker for Democrats, and so has Mecklenburg County — a reliably blue area that just hasn’t been blue enough.

Browne wrote “These Days” at 16. Now 75, he and some famous admirers reflect on his unexpected mainstay: “If a song is worth anything, it’s about the life of the listener.”

Waters rose and then receded quickly in New Orleans and communities to its southwest, where Hurricane Francine made landfall.

The sanctions against 16 government officials appointed by the authoritarian president of Venezuela were seen as unlikely to be effective by observers and analysts.

The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval.

Bombardments are increasing in and around Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, with water supplies now cut, while Russian troops simultaneously press a new counterattack in the Kursk region.