NEW YORK ― Under the sweltering New York sun ahead of an Indiana Fever and New York Liberty matchup, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn stood at the center of a national debate on transgender athletes in sports that has engulfed the WNBA over the last month.
From record national debt to a failed NASA rescue mission and scrutiny of a Trump aide, here are stories that made headlines this past week.
About 21,000 Haitian TPS holders worked in the U.S. as caregivers, serving roughly 77,000 patients.
After years of intensive agriculture designed to cheaply feed the most people, this year's extreme weather has added urgency to the debate over whether climate change has transformed the economics.
Scammers count on us tapping without checking how much is being charged or the business name receiving the payment, experts warn. And they're going to rush you through the process.
The companies said their vaccine helped prevent the return and spread of melanoma in a trial that involved more than 1,000 patients.
President Donald Trump led an insurgent takeover of the Republican Party. Now, conservative war critics could use the same playbook.
The judge said the policy, suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, exceeded Secretary of State Rubio's authority.
The Pentagon fired the editor-in-chief of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes on Friday after he condemned "hypothetical censorship" in an interview, multiple news outlets reported.
Navy officials might name a new aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump instead of a World War II sailor who heroically saved lives when Pearl Harbor was bombed, according to media reports.
The move gives justices additional time to consider the administration's formal request to let it continue working on the $400 million project.
Seven active and retired firefighters cited concerns over a Trump administration policy and the effects of U.S. Forest Service staffing cuts.
Trump says his new vaccine order is a win for freedom of choice, but critics argue it could lead to a greater risk of diseases rarely seen for generations.
Marijuana use surpassed cigarette use in 2025, with 43.8 million Americans aged 12 and up reporting marijuana use compared to 36.1 million cigarette smokers.
It generated questions over a push-pull between the Fed and the Treasury over influencing general credit conditions.
Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops to Washington last summer as the centerpiece of what he describes as a no-holds-barred effort to combat crime, especially in Democrat-run cities.
Federal civil rights data shows Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates. The Trump administration says "racial balancing" is discrimination.
* Beijing conference showcases robots sorting parcels and packing mobile phones * Unitree's near sixfold market debut highlights investor enthusiasm * Nvidia executive Madison Huang makes unannounced
The theft of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have involved organized crime and raised troubling questions about security at a museum in the Sicilian artist's hometown.
The couple and their two kids are reportedly returning six years after stepping away from their senior royal roles and moving to California.
Heatwaves are increasingly taking a toll on Europe's economy, reducing productivity, curbing consumer spending and raising operating costs.
The network said it made changes, such as refraining from booking political candidates on "The View," for fear of retaliation.
For years, disability rights advocates have pushed state legislatures to change the limits, arguing they prevent people from accepting raises or building savings, for fear of losing crucial medical benefits.
It drew fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments outstrip revenues.
* Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 69% of Americans see Trump's business interests influencing presidential decisions * Half of Republicans, two-thirds of independents and nine in 10 Democrats hold that view
Republican President Donald Trump targeted universities with probes and federal funding suspension ​threats over pro-Palestinian protests.
The former morgue manager stole parts from bodies donated to the university’s medical school and sold them on the black market.
The primary contests stretched across the continent Tuesday, with most of the action taking place in Florida.
A comment from U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff put the aide, known in Trump circles as the "human printer," into the national spotlight.
This is the first data for kindergartners who have enrolled into U.S. schools since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, became the country's health secretary.
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