Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

With 6,700 refillable water bottles, “shade mapping” and ice packs, the world’s oldest championship tennis tournament is taking Britain’s heat wave seriously.

Towns and troops long accustomed to merciless bombardment are adjusting to an even denser pattern of attacks.

We take a closer look at some less discussed provisions.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of ethical lapses in a conversation with the Cambodian leader Hun Sen and has faced calls to resign.

The former White House chief strategist speaks about the threats he sees to the political movement that formed around Donald J. Trump.

The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.

Plus, three new teams for the WNBA.

After losing to Ted Cruz last year, Mr. Allred is planning his second statewide run and looking for a stronger political climate for Democrats.

A popular former Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, is expected to announce a bid this summer. The Republicans are banking on an endorsement by President Trump to clear their field.

The City Council can block the development of new housing. A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to let voters weigh in on reducing the Council’s power.

And so will many voters.

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

With developing nations crushed by unaffordable borrowing and Washington on the sidelines, some leaders are brokering debt forgiveness deals.

In her first review as our new critic, Tejal Rao visits Acamaya, where the chef Ana Castro is writing the latest chapter in the city’s rich culinary story.

Some wore vestments, others scrubs. Some were on courts, others in court. All have shaped the look of the year.

A punishing heat wave broke records in southern Europe and hasn’t peaked yet in some places, prompting warnings to residents, employers and tourists to alter their habits.

Since no candidate received 50 percent of the vote on Primary Day, the Board of Elections proceeded to ranked-choice tabulations, which will be released on Tuesday.

It’s 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and it’s only 10 a.m. Welcome to Sri Ganganagar.

It has continued to slide even as President Trump has backed down from his tariff threats and the U.S. stock market has recovered from its losses.

The billionaire and former Trump adviser suggested that if the domestic policy bill passed, he would swiftly form a new “America Party” and back primary challenges to Republicans.

The energy giant has been weakened by years of mishaps and poor decisions, leading to rumors of a takeover that may not subside.

Bryan Kohberger, a former criminology student, is charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Prosecutors said they had reached a plea agreement that avoids the death penalty.

The case is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court on the substantive issue of the president’s invocation of a rarely used wartime law.

Mayor Eric Adams, who appointed the Rent Guidelines Board, has attacked Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to freeze the rent if he becomes mayor.

Two ex-presidents and a rock star thanked the outgoing workers of a doomed agency.

Feeling out of step with President Trump’s G.O.P., Senator Thom Tillis and Representative Don Bacon are deciding to retire.