Donald Trump Holds a Rally in California, Kamala Harris’ Home State
With the presidency on the line in battlegrounds like Pennsylvania, Trump spent Saturday in solidly liberal California.
I Launched the AI Safety Clock. Here’s What It Tells Us About Existential Risks
The Clock’s current reading—29 minutes to midnight—shows just how close we are to a potential doomsday scenario, writes ...
The Catch-22 of Puerto Rico’s Status Referendum
This is the colonial catch-22: Puerto Rico remains a colony because it has no leverage in Congress, and it has no leverage in ...
‘The Party Is Over.’ Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami on Adapting to New Consumer Trends
A graduate of Harvard Business School, who previously served as CEO of convenience store chain Lawson, Niinami is also ...
Indian Politician Known For His Close Ties With Bollywood Is Killed in Mumbai
A senior politician in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, has been shot dead weeks before a key state election.
What We Learned From Kamala Harris’ Medical Report—and Why It’s Significant
T he White House Military Office released Vice President Kamala Harris’ medical report on Oct. 12, sharing that Harris ...
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, Who Sought Scotland’s Independence, Dies at 69
Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014.
Heavy Israeli Bombardment in Northern Gaza as U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon Are Hit Again
BEIRUT — Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at ...
My Year Under Fire as a Peace Activist in Gaza
It started last October when an Israeli missile killed seven relatives, including my son, and wounded 10 of us, writes Ahmed ...
Should California’s Minimum Wage be $18? Voters Will Soon Decide
California's ballot measure, Proposition 32, would raise the state’s current minimum wage of $16 to $17 for the remainder of ...
Nebraska Senate May Be the Race No One Saw Coming
Put plainly on the Plains: Nebraska’s Senate race stands to become this cycle’s out-of-nowhere shocker that neither side saw ...
Music: False Notes
The man on the phone said it was a bit of an emergency. Could Mrs. Dorothy Dobson sing top D flat? "Just a minute," said Dorothy. She had just had a baby and felt a little out of ...