Female athletes are using social media to increase viewership and seek better sponsorship deals in a field long dominated by men.

Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have reached the outskirts of Gaza City. The developments raise questions about the viability of a cease-fire proposal.

The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.

A U.S. strike on cartels in Mexico won’t fix the deep problems that allow organized crime to flourish.

Israel’s plan to invade Gaza City, the most populous city in the northern Gaza Strip, has forced many families to consider uprooting themselves.

Months after a federal corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York was dropped, some of his allies remain under investigation or have been charged with crimes.

The police said they found a request for asylum, addressed to Argentina’s leader, on the phone of the Brazilian ex-president, who is accused of plotting a coup.

As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.

A June subpoena to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia sought Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received gender-related care, as well as “every writing or record” made by doctors on such treatments.

A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.

The State Senate will vote Thursday on maps intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. California Democrats will counter on the same day.

The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian state, advancing a goal of Israeli hard-liners.

A Texas Legislative Committee heard for the first time from the parents who demanded better flood warning systems, better training and equipment for camps near the river.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee, said that while he still had doubts about city casinos, he respected the views of voters who supported them.

The California governor’s press office is mimicking President Trump’s distinctive Truth Social style on X. Liberals love it. The White House says it’s “just getting weird at this point.”

Among those expected to surrender in the coming days is a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor installed in a powerful city position.

The secretary of state and national security adviser will meet with European counterparts on Thursday in an effort to advance a peace process that so far has gotten little traction.

After making deals with the president to avoid punitive executive orders, Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department.

The storm, off North Carolina, was generating life-threatening surf and rip currents and causing beach closures along the East Coast.

The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.

Highway 12 is beloved for its scenic views. But it’s also prone to flooding.

Immigration authorities have detained about 50 children younger than 18 in the New York City area since January. At least 38 of them have been deported.

He made a daring raid on a U-boat, suffered 72 wounds and helped land his damaged seaplane.

A stretch of unusually hot weather combined with exceptionally dry vegetation will elevate the risk of wildfire.

Alec Luhn, 38, an American journalist, hopes the lessons he learned from his ordeal in a national park in Norway can help others.

European and Ukrainian officials call the idea ludicrous, showing the large gaps in peace negotiations.

Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why.

The tournament runs Aug. 24 to Sept. 7 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.