Israel advised people to stock up on food and water in fortified safe rooms, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told soldiers that Israel is “prepared for defense, as well as offense.”

The case put the legal group on the spot for taking positions on free speech and workers’ rights that seemed at odds with its mission.

Three months ahead of the election, congressional Republicans are moving to close a strategic gap.

Another reminder that MAGA isn’t “populist.”

Also, Ukraine launched a surprise push into Russia. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

The local government in the Russian region of Kursk declared a state of emergency as military analysts reported that Ukrainian forces had advanced several miles across the border.

In an hourlong exchange with reporters, the former president criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for not doing the same, insulted her intelligence and boasted about the size of his rallies.

The Federal Reserve was about to cut interest rates, turning the corner after a long fight with inflation. But now, its soft landing is in question.

Lyles said he started feeling ill two days ago and knew it was more than just soreness from winning the 100. In Paris, there are no testing requirements, and national governing bodies develop their own protocols.

The deans were put on leave earlier in the summer after sending messages that disparaged Jewish panelists. A fourth dean, who is tenured, will remain at the university.

The Justice Department charged two Iranians with smuggling missile parts that were seized in January in the Arabian Sea. The search resulted in charges for four others and the deaths of two Navy SEALs.

An ideology with roots in white supremacist writings in the 20th century found renewed attention in neo-Nazi online groups in the 2010s and has inspired recent plots, say researchers.

Culture warriors aren’t going to change plunging birthrates this way.

The F.D.A. is poised to rule on the therapeutic use of the club drug Ecstasy, a potential watershed moment in the nascent field of psychedelic medicine.

She was the first openly gay woman to write a comic book about lesbians. She went on to write detective novels with a queer woman in the lead.

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott.

Candice and Brandon Miller showed the public a world of glittering parties and vacations. The money to sustain it did not exist.

Scientists in an expedition to the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge lifted almost a mile of precious rocks from beneath an exotic feature linked to life’s possible beginning.

At the Olympic Village, cuts, styles and manicures are free. The benefits, the athletes say, are priceless.