December 19, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
The man, a 48-year-old former Brown student, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage unit, officials said. They believe he was also connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor this week.
European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way.
The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.
The annual news conference sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year and highlights President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over Russia.
The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”
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The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.
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Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.
Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.
Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.
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A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.
The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents.
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The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep operating in the United States.
Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company part owned by President Trump, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.”
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Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned from her just-announced post as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s director of appointments after the Anti-Defamation League resurfaced the comments.
The legislation, which will make thousands more permits available, is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s vendors get on the right side of the law.
From St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the White House to Fox News, he comfortably inhabited many spheres of influence.
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Roger Ebert said he “hated, hated, hated, hated, hated” Reiner’s 1994 film “North.” The director took it in stride.
Our critics picked their favorite moments, not necessarily from their favorite shows of the year — a certain “South Park” episode, for example.
Pentridge Prison’s radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop has landed its vinyl.
