RIO DE JANEIRO — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift's Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar's Eras Tour, which concludes Monday night. Gabriel Mongenot Santana Milhomem Santos, 25, a fan who...
Russia Puts Ukrainian Winner of Eurovision Song Contest on Wanted List
MOSCOW — Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on its wanted list, state news agencies reported Monday. The reports said an Interior Ministry database listed singer Susana Jamaladinova as being sought for violating a criminal law. Charges Against Jamaladinova The independent news site...
Solar Panel Cover Aims to Cut Water Loss from Arizona Canals. The Idea Came from UC Merced
In a move that may soon be replicated elsewhere, the Gila River Indian Community recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a stretch of irrigation canal on its land south of Phoenix. It will be the first project of its kind in the...
Democratic-Led Cities Pay for Migrants’ Tickets to Other Places as Resources Dwindle
DENVER — As weary migrants arrive in Denver on buses from the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas, officials offer them two options: temporary shelter or a bus ticket out. Nearly half of the 27,000 migrants who arrived in Denver since November 2022 have chosen the bus, plane or...
Rosalynn Carter, Outspoken Former First Lady, Dies at 96
ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health....
Israeli Forces Battle Militants Around Another Gaza Hospital as Babies Evacuated to Egypt
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza on Monday, battling militants around a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, raising Palestinian fears of another painful standoff and evacuation of a medical facility. A shell struck the second...
Dissent Over US Policy in the Israel-Hamas War Stirs Unusual Public Protests From Federal Employees
WASHINGTON — Federal government workers from the State Department to NASA are circulating open letters demanding that President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas. Congressional staffers are picking up microphones in front of the Capitol, speaking out to condemn what they say is the silence of lawmakers...
California Democrats Cancel Some Convention Events Amid Large Demonstration Over Gaza
SACRAMENTO — Demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war prompted California Democratic Party officials to cancel evening events during their state convention on Saturday "for the safety and security of our delegates." California Democrats have been meeting in Sacramento this weekend to consider candidate endorsements ahead of the March primary....
Microsoft Hires Sam Altman and OpenAI’s New CEO Vows to Investigate His Firing
LONDON — Microsoft snapped up Sam Altman and another architect of OpenAI for a new venture after their sudden departures shocked the artificial intelligence world, leaving the newly installed CEO of the ChatGPT maker to paper over tensions by vowing to investigate Altman’s firing. The developments Monday come after a...
Why Americans Feel Gloomy About the Economy Despite Falling Inflation and Low Unemployment
WASHINGTON — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a glum view of...