The president suggested British intelligence officials were aware of whoever was behind a terrorist attack on in the London subway. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The blast on a subway train caused panic and disrupted services; 29 people were injured. The city has suffered multiple terrorist attacks this year. Britain was hit by a terrorist attack on Friday morning, when a crude device exploded on a crowded London Underground train. Passengers described seeing a wall of fire. The C.I.A. is pushing for expanded powers to carry out its own drone strikes, and the White House is said to favor the proposal despite Pentagon objections. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, who sees himself as a steward of taxpayer dollars, slashed the number of diplomats attending the United Nations General Assembly next week. The administration’s refusal to turn over the names of people who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s private club, escalates a legal battle. Mixed messages, backtracking and a bit of verbal combat after a bipartisan meeting between President Trump and the Democratic Party leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have added confusion to the already confusing fate of DACA. Three New York Times reporters, Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker, and Glenn Thrush, explain what happened, and what it means. The recruits had signed up for a program to attract immigrants with certain language and other skills that are in short supply into the armed forces. For all the outcry over how women are treated in the tech industry, the resolution of a sexual harassment case against Upload, a virtual reality start-up, shows that little has changed. Mike Cagney, the company’s chief executive, had said earlier this week that he would step down at year’s end. After the university’s Kennedy School gave Manning a visiting fellowship, backlash led to a reversal and criticism from across the political spectrum. The company said Friday that its chief information and security officers would retire in the wake of the breach that affected millions in the U.S. and Britain. This is what we know and don’t know about what occurred. For a public art project in Philadelphia, the artist Cai Guo-Qiang transformed pedicabs with paper lanterns ablaze. Residents of St. Thomas and St. John showed signs of resilience amid the ruins left by Hurricane Irma. The home said it had called the power utility repeatedly after its air-conditioning went out, and was assured that help was on the way. American officials say the decision to end a two-week standoff involved a trade-off of competing priorities, and speaks to the complexity of the Syrian war. The gaunt, hollow-eyed Mr. Stanton had his breakthrough in “Paris, Texas.” As one critic wrote, he was able “to make everything he does seem immediately authentic.” Orbiting the ringed planet since 2004, the spacecraft solved some mysteries and made discoveries that upended our notions about the solar system. Although NASA does not have yet a follow-up mission to Saturn on its schedule, scientists are dreaming up ideas for one. In a slowing luxury real estate market, developers are investing in amenities to attract buyers. Explore Soori High Line, where more than half of the units come with private, saltwater pools. Jeffrey Sandusky pleaded guilty to all 14 criminal counts against him, nearly six years after his father’s child molestation case shook Penn State University. The benchmark index rose nearly five points on the day to close at 2,500.23. The Dow Jones industrial average also reached a new high at 22,268.34. Both companies said they would change how their ad systems worked in response to two separate news reports exposing the issues. A week after Amazon announced plans for a second headquarters somewhere in North America, Walmart said on Friday that it is building a new home office in Bentonville. A priest working as a diplomat in Washington has returned to the Vatican amid suspicions by American officials that he possessed child pornography. The bill envisions a wholesale transformation of the U.S. health system, but it also considers more modest reforms to smooth the transition. There is a good chance that the storm, which appears to have strengthened, will not make landfall. Still, forecasters are urging vigilance. The ruling means the sprawling international drug case against Joaquín Guzmán Loera can continue moving toward a trial scheduled for April. Graydon Carter’s exit means the Vanity Fair editorship is up for grabs. The animals have been reclassified as vulnerable by a leading conservationist group, but poaching and habitat loss still threaten their populations. I alone among eight siblings have decided not to breed – a choice that baffles everyone in a family as fertile as mine. “Trigger” at the New Museum brings a new level of visibility to artists who have only been acknowledged before in a trickle of mainstream shows. More Recent Articles |
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