USA Update

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to the structure of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and a restriction on the president’s ability to remove its five commissioners, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld that protection. The dispute followed the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision invalidating the structure of […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen’s last-ditch effort to revive a civil rights claim against his former boss Donald Trump. The justices left in place lower court rulings that said Cohen could not pursue his allegation that then-President Trump and other officials violated his rights by putting him in […]

Kendric Cromer, 12, left Children’s National Hospital in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a T-shirt and cap printed with designs from the anime series “Naruto” and a black face mask. Staff lined the hallway, cheering and waving noisemakers. He had just become the first patient to receive a gene therapy for sickle cell since it […]

Indonesian director Joko Anwar‘s The Siege at Thorn High has wrapped production and is slated for a theatrical release in Indonesia in 2025. The film is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Anwar’s Come and See Pictures, and was first announced as a Prime Video title in 2022 as part of the streamer’s Southeast Asian […]

Tourism across the United States reveals not just its geographical diversity but also the wide range of experiences available, from natural wonders to historic sites and modern attractions. Now, the travel website Explore has rounded up the most-visited tourist spots in every state, and Newsweek has put the results into a new map. East Coast […]

India and China have agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas that could lead to the resolution of a conflict that began in 2020, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. “Over the last several weeks, Indian and Chinese diplomats and military negotiators have been in close contact with […]

It’s not unusual for friends to talk about politics that impact their lives. What is unusual is for those friends to be Karlie Kloss and Phoebe Gates, a pair of multimillionaires in the millennial and Gen Z age brackets, each with her own name recognition—and in Kloss’s case an entire media company. The women are […]

When Baiju Bhatt co-founded the stock trading app Robinhood in 2013 with his college best friend, Vlad Tenev, the aim was to “democratize finance for all.” Robinhood’s no-fee, gamified approach to investing made capital markets more accessible than ever before, leading to an IPO in 2021. After over a decade at the company, Bhatt stood […]

LONDON — Britons overwhelmingly want Kamala Harris to win the forthcoming U.S. presidential election and beat Donald Trump, according to new polling. YouGov data released Monday found almost two thirds of Brits (64 percent) asked want the vice president and Democratic nominee to beat the Republican nominee hopeful, who wins the backing of just 18 […]

From history, myth, folklore and fiction, we are casting an eye (of newt) toward witches that embody the archetype of each zodiac sign.