The Trump administration's changing visa policies caused a sharp drop in international applications to Columbia University ​and contributed to the university pausing admissions to one of its journalism programs, four people familiar with the matter said.

Another round of job cuts comes as CEO Josh D'Amaro aims to consolidate the company's sprawling operations around a "One Disney" theme.

The September report eased fears of further rate increases, boosting the Nasdaq to an intraday high.

The latest sales tax increase in Los Angeles County took effect Thursday after voters approved a half-cent hike in June to support health care and other essential services. The Essential Services R…

The Trump administration plans to offer a roughly $4-billion loan package to Vistra Corp. to upgrade three of its nuclear plants, according to people familiar with the matter.

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US ​President Donald ‌Trump said on ​Friday ​that he will ⁠not ​authorize ​an export ban on ​diesel, ​hours after G7 ‌countries ⁠agreed to release diesel ​and ​crude ⁠oil from ​their ​emergency ⁠reserves.

Diesel prices are steadily increasing, affecting school districts across the state. The price jump is especially felt in rural areas, including the Flagstaff Unified School District.

Russian attacks on key infrastructure were "tearing Kyiv apart", the city's mayor said Friday, as strikes on a bridge linking the capital's east and west brought traffic to a standstill.

The AI startup is in the throes of responding to several incidents in which its AI models went rogue.

The Department of Homeland Security pays local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.

A Gaboon viper, a venomous snake native to equatorial regions of Africa, was supposedly photographed in a tree in Santa Ana, Calif. How could that be? Well, it turns out it wasn’t.

Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access.

Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is making it harder for immigrants to stay in the country. Critics say she is hurting Japan’s ability to address labor shortages.

Anthropic and OpenAI are expanding their work with third-party evaluators to make their products safer. But questions abound about the state of the science as well as the field's independence.

Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, says U.S. sanctions disrupted her daily life. She is still hearing cases and challenging the sanctions in court.

The governor of California has signed into law a ban on child marriage. What is the status of other efforts to ban the practice? And do bans prove effective?

Saudi Arabia says the attacker and pilot who was stabbed have both been sent back to United Arab Emirates. Emirati officials are investigating the incident for possible terrorist links.

Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.

Peshmerga unification seeks stability, overcoming party disputes to build a national force in Iraq's Kurdish landscape.

Probe finds spyware, hidden microphones and infected phones used to surveil journalists, activists, rights defenders.

New highs in oil prices have weighed heavily on European households' budgets and companies' profit margins, pushing governments to increase aid mechanisms.

Senators aren’t scheduled to return to the Capitol until the week of Nov. 9, leaving many top priorities in limbo until after the Nov. 3 election.

Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murder Tennessee’s governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after a botched attempt to put a condemned inmate to death on Wednesday night. Witnesses at the execution chamber in Nashville said Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder, was still awake and snoring loudly about 40 minutes after officials administered two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital. Continue reading...

Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low

Jet-powered Russian drones are racing across Kyiv's skies, and Ukrainian air defenses are struggling to keep up.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for detained immigrants.

A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

The demonstrations have also led to political finger-pointing.

The mayor of Istanbul belonging to the same party was also arrested in 2025, sparking mass protests.

Chris Wright’s detailed proposal is being sold as a way to bring down fuel prices without banning U.S. exports.

Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front again Moscow.

Connecticut’s latest privacy law, which bans companies’ sales of individuals’ precise location and the use of shoppers’ data to personalize prices, kicks in Thursday as industry attempts to block it persist.

London schoolgirl’s father taught her to play when she was five, and three years later she beat former British champion

As our relationships with bots deepen, human-AI relationship coach Amelia Miller warns we could wake up one day to find our ability to connect with each other has atrophied, which may leave us feeling profoundly alone.

OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion in a funding round and is ​seeking a valuation of about $1.4 trillion, ‌not including the money raised, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with ​the matter.