A shooting at a Christmas tree lighting event in Concord, North Carolina, on Friday left four people wounded, according to police.

The 32-year-old is coming off a strong 2025 campaign.

A fire broke out on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday, prompting the evacuation of its crew and a major firefighting response. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that an electrical fire began around 6:38 p.m. local time on a lower deck of the 1 Henry Hudson, a container […]

The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.

Day 16 brought a slight but expected rise for Nuremberg. With the film deep into its third week, its theatrical presence continues to shrink, leaving only a handful of dedicated viewers driving whatever little movement remains.

President Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, spoke to reporters after they met at the White House on Friday afternoon. Here is a transcript of their comments, lightly edited for clarity. President Trump: Thank you very much. We’ve just had a great meeting — a really good, a very productive meeting. […]

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend is still in regular contact with his ex-girlfriend. He is her confidant, and she admits she still loves him. He keeps her posted on our relationship, which is rocky because I am jealous of their relationship. I am not allowed to set any boundaries about this. […]

Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated, according to a court filing unsealed Friday. In a plaintiffs’ brief filed as part of a major lawsuit against four social media companies, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was […]

Dear Eric: I have an 18-year-old daughter who just moved four hours away to college. Her father and I have been separated for almost three years. Prior to moving to college, she visited him only during court-ordered visitation. She felt like he did not want her around or he made no effort to have a […]

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring. Professional sumo, the national sport of Japan, is steeped in ritual, tradition and, critics say, gender discrimination — because the sumo ring, […]