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Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount

After letting exclusive talks with the movie studio Skydance lapse, Paramount’s directors met over the weekend and decided to negotiate with all the s...

Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount

Laurent Cantet, Whose Films Explored France’s Undersides, Dies at 63

His acclaimed “The Class” walked a provocative line between documentary and fiction. In that film and others, he explored the inescapable traps of lat...

Laurent Cantet, Whose Films Explored France’s Undersides, Dies at 63

Police Arrest Dozens in Protest at Art Institute of Chicago

The Chicago police said that 68 people had been arrested and charged with trespassing.

Police Arrest Dozens in Protest at Art Institute of Chicago

‘Fall Guy’ Movie Opens With Just $28 Million in Ticket Sales

While enough for No. 1, the big-budget original movie gave Hollywood its lowest start to its summer box office season since 1995.

‘Fall Guy’ Movie Opens With Just $28 Million in Ticket Sales

Interstate 95 Reopens After Damaged Bridge Is Demolished

A section of the highway, a crucial link between Connecticut and New York City, had closed on Thursday when fuel from a burning tanker ignited an over...

Interstate 95 Reopens After Damaged Bridge Is Demolished

Southeast Texas Expects Even More Rain and Flooding

Rivers in Southeast Texas could be swollen for days or weeks, forecasters said, as multiple rounds of heavy rainfall continued on Sunday.

Southeast Texas Expects Even More Rain and Flooding

California mocked over 'billion-dollar' bridge to nowhere

Authorities in California have been mocked over a "billion-dollar" bridge to nowhere.

California mocked over 'billion-dollar' bridge to nowhere

Driver dies after crashing into White House gate

A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities say.

Driver dies after crashing into White House gate

Two girls, a rare disease, and a race to save one of them

It is a paradox that humanity at its very worst so often also brings out its very best too.

Two girls, a rare disease, and a race to save one of them

The Best Hats at the 2024 Kentucky Derby

America’s most famous horse race may be celebrating a milestone this year, but the hats are the real stars of the show.

The Best Hats at the 2024 Kentucky Derby

A Texas Town’s Germanfest Was Split by a Battle Over Beer

Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years. But then some locals rebelled.

A Texas Town’s Germanfest Was Split by a Battle Over Beer

The Bleak Life in Captivity of Niger’s Deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum

Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact ...

The Bleak Life in Captivity of Niger’s Deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum

Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87

He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constan...

Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87

From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil...

From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

Sadiq Khan Re-elected Mayor of London in Latest Win for Labour Party

Mr. Khan defeated a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars, his victory another ominous sign for Britain’s ruling Conservatives ahead of a gen...

Sadiq Khan Re-elected Mayor of London in Latest Win for Labour Party

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020,...

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

Man charged over 1966 Illinois murder after DNA breakthrough

A 79-year-old man has been charged with murder of an 18-year-old woman who was stabbed more than 120 times in her suburban Chicago home almost six dec...

Man charged over 1966 Illinois murder after DNA breakthrough

Rishi Sunak’s Dismal Task: Leading U.K. Conservatives to Likely Defeat

After 14 years of Conservative government, Britain’s voters appear hungry for change. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems unable to persuade them oth...

Rishi Sunak’s Dismal Task: Leading U.K. Conservatives to Likely Defeat

Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes

City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the cla...

Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes

'Real men wear diapers': Trump supporters wear nappies

Donald Trump supporters have started wearing nappies.

'Real men wear diapers': Trump supporters wear nappies