Rick Scott and Bill Nelson were facing a manual recount in the Senate battle. The Republican, Ron DeSantis, appears to have won governor’s race over Andrew Gillum. Election results still aren’t clear in Florida and Georgia, where lawsuits, recounts and confusion are the order of the day. As Nancy Pelosi insisted she had enough support for the role, Democrats wrestled with the importance of keeping a woman in the top job after a “pink wave” delivered the party back to the majority. The prime minister, who took office with the sole aim of negotiating her country’s withdrawal from the European Union, may not stay in power long enough to finish the job. The resignations, which came the morning after Prime Minister Theresa May appeared to have gained cabinet approval for a withdrawal plan, cast doubt on her leadership. The debate has been going on for years — really, since Britain joined the forerunner of the European Union in 1973. Here’s why. Russian meddling, data sharing, hate speech — the social network faced one scandal after another. This is how Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg responded. A job at Facebook is plum. But at a recent university hackathon, some young engineers showed a changing attitude toward working at the social network. With thousands of homes destroyed in the California wildfires, the state’s housing crisis, already acute before the disaster, just got worse. Investigators looking for the cause of the most devastating wildfire in California history will begin with the premise that human beings were probably responsible. The president has visited the state just once since he was elected, preferring instead to attack its leaders and policies from a distance. The trend toward broadening tastes at auction picked up steam at Christie’s with the Hockney and new highs for works by two African-American artists. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The kingdom comes up with another story on the journalist’s murder. The Trump administration appears ready to buy it. Only Congressional hearings can answer what the company knew about Russian meddling — and when. The current president is pushing closer to fascism than even the man behind Watergate. Joaquin Guzmán ’s prosecution will inadvertently highlight the government’s failure to stop the flow of narcotics and the related bloodshed. Americans and the British love to mock how we talk. But they can’t imitate it. The toxic smoke is a bleak backdrop and an apt metaphor for where Silicon Valley finds itself. The G.O.P.’s only legislative achievement has been a big disappointment. And the populist war on excellence. Let every day be Sadie Hawkins Day. Don’t put your hope in elected officials. Real change has to start locally. On the 500th anniversary of the painter’s birth, our critic set himself a challenge: to see all of Tintoretto’s major works, spread around Venice at 23 locations. A promising wide receiver hit rock bottom with mental illness and is among a number of college athletes learning about, and dealing with, depression. On Wednesday, hundreds of people in cities around Ireland protested victim blaming in the justice system’s handling of a sexual-assault case. The kingdom’s prosecutor acknowledged that Saudi agents dismembered the dissident, but said the killing was not premeditated. Five agents face the death penalty. The couple and the man were charged with conspiracy and theft for defrauding donors who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, the authorities said. A brawl in Parliament erupts and now the divided government is talking about how to break the political deadlock that has gripped this nation for weeks. A man was removed from the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore after he loudly yelled pro-Hitler slogans during intermission. The nation’s largest housing authority is considering a plan to hand over the management of a third of its apartments to private developers. North Korea did not identify what weapon was tested, but the development could complicate already stalled talks between the United States and North Korea. Cluttered closets? These clever storage solutions (and, before that, a purge) will make them feel bigger and work better. In the Ladakh region of northern India, the town of Leh is known for its beauty and culture, and for the experience of buying a cashmere scarf. The Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen has delivered a sullen, slow thriller driven by grief and dread, A.O. Scott writes. They offer lower costs, fewer chemicals and a quicker route to being reborn — in one sense, anyway. Adults who cut carbohydrates from their diets and replaced them with fat sharply increased their metabolisms. More Recent Articles |
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