NEW YORK — The pro-Palestinian group that sparked the student encampment movement at Columbia University in response to the Israel-Hamas war is becoming more hard-line in its rhetoric, openly supporting militant groups fighting Israel and rescinding an apology it made after one of its members said the school was lucky...
Han Kang Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. She’s the First South Korean to Do So
STOCKHOLM — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said "confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards...
Former MLB Star Garvey Makes Play for Latino Votes in Longshot Bid for California US Senate Seat
LOS ANGELES — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey is making a late-hour push for Latino support in his longshot U.S. Senate campaign against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for the California seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The low-key contest has been largely overlooked nationally in a...
Tigers Blank Guardians in ALDS With Clutch Hitting and Strong Pitching, Taking Series Lead
DETROIT — Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson each drove in a run, and six pitchers combined to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 win over Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday and a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series. The Tigers, baseball's hottest team the past two months, will have...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Edges Back From Its Records
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are edging back from their records Thursday, while Treasury yields spin after a pair of reports showed inflation was a touch warmer last month than expected and more workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in midday trading. The...
US Jobless Claims Hit 258,000, the Most in a Year
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing machinist strike — than a broader softening in the labor market. The Labor Department reported Thursday...
Giancarlo Stanton’s Go-Ahead Homer Helps Yankees Beat Royals in Game 3 of the ALDS
KANSAS CITY — Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning amid a battle of bullpens, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman Stadium. Stanton finished with three hits, drove in...
US Inflation Reaches Lowest Point in 3 Years, Though Some Price Pressures Remain
WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year...
Social Security Recipients Will Get a 2.5% Cost-of-Living Boost in 2025
WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said. About...
Why Milton and Helene ‘Exploded’ in Strength
How did Hurricane Milton, and Hurricane Helene before it, get so strong, so fast? Raymond Zhong, a reporter focusing on climate and environmental issues for The New York Times, explains. - By The New York Times Copyright 2024 The New York Times Company