Stubborn inflation has led traders to forecast far fewer rate cuts by the Federal Reserve than just a few months ago.At the start of 2024, investors expected the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates substantially this year as inflation cooled. But price incre... More »
Eduardo Vilaro celebrates his 15th year as artistic director of Ballet Hispánico with a premiere exploring the life of the Afro-Hispanic artist.Eduardo Vilaro’s latest dance for Ballet Hispánico is about a 17th-century artist who, in recent years, has come int... More »
Here are the 10 warmest states, in descending order. 10. Arizona Average temperature in 2023: 60.7 F (15.9 C)Average temperature 1901 to 2000: 59.3 F (15.2 C)Average summer temperature: 79.4 F (26.3 C)... More »
Long-exposure photo showing the trail of asteroid 2024 BX1 shortly before impact. The changes in brightness are caused by the asteroid’s spinL. Buzzi, Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory, Italy (MPC 204) An asteroid that hit Earth’s atmosphere earlier this y... More »
Catherine Duncan Staff ContributorAs looming thunderstorm clouds spit out baseball-sized hail and torrential rain, a narrow whirlwind of air stretches its way toward the ground, signaling ... More »
Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial will see “quite a few somewhat dull witnesses,” said former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori. The case is less about the salacious details of Trump’s alleged affair with Stormy Daniels — that he denies — ... More »
America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation,” which contends that rising mental health... More »
KHARKIV, Ukraine — It made for an unlovely municipal symbol, soaring but hardly graceful: the 800-foot-tall Soviet-era television tower that was for decades a familiar signature in the skyline of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.Ungainly though the towe... More »
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s tough week showed as well as any to date why he is facing a new and unprecedented reality as a presidential candidate — as he ping-ponged among a dizzying array of court appearances, judicial rulings, competing allegation... More »
Published4 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ASTROSCALEBy Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmosA satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15 year-old piece of space junk and taken an up-clo... More »
An AI-generated version of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, dancing to the song Gangnam Style@the_indian_deepfaker Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at once in the world’s largest election by cloning their voices an... More »
President Biden signed legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok, leaving users in the United States who have spent years building a home on the platform worried about losing the communities they have come to cherish.As talk of a potential ban escalated, cre... More »