Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s longtime leader has driven home how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set the agenda in the Middle East in recent months, with a frustrated Biden White House unable to shape events or defuse a spreading conflict in the region. Officials in the Biden administration felt blindsided by the Israeli air strikes Friday in southern Beirut that … Read more
For much of the past decade, who rules college football has largely alternated between two schools: Alabama and Georgia. When the rivals who have combined to win five of the last nine national titles met Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., they took turns controlling the game again — while producing the wildest outcome of the season, … Read more
As the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused major flooding in the Southeast today, the Atlantic was serving up two more storms. Hurricane Isaac was spinning east-northeast at 16 mph about 890 miles west of the Azores Islands, according to an 11 p.m. ET public advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds have been … Read more
As federal investigations swirled around Eric Adams over the past year, the New York City mayor stuck to a familiar script. “As a former member of law enforcement, I expect all members of my staff to follow the law and fully cooperate with any sort of investigation — and I will continue to do exactly … Read more
In previous eras of college football, such as when formulas determined the national championship matchup, or for the past decade when only four teams advanced to the playoff, a matchup like Saturday’s visit by No. 2 Georgia to fourth-ranked Alabama might have acted as a de facto knockout game. The College Football Playoff’s expansion to … Read more
Were there people who showed up to that game specifically to watch the team lose? Almost certainly. But there was also clearly a large group of supporters who love the team and wanted to spend time with them at the park. There were common complaints — everyone who spoke with NBC News encouraged Jerry Reinsdorf … Read more
TAIPEI — The U.S. Coast Guard is watching an “uptick” in Chinese and Russian navy activity around Alaska and the northern Pacific but encounters to date have been very professional, a senior commander said on Friday. Vice Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, noted on a call with regional reporters while … Read more
When David Shelley, the CEO of Hachette, one of the “big five” publishing companies, was a teenager, he was living in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain and under a law called Section 28. The measure, which was in effect from 1988 to 2003, prohibited schools from “promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality.” In the ’80s, … Read more
There’s a new Covid variant in town. The strain, known as XEC, is gaining a foothold in the United States, accounting for an estimated 5.7% of new cases in the past two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. “We don’t know if it will have legs and soar up in the … Read more
New York City Mayor Eric Adams stepped into a Manhattan courtroom and into the history books Friday when he was arraigned on federal corruption and bribery charges that could force him out of office. “I am not guilty, your honor,” Adams, in a confident voice, told federal Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker, during a brief court … Read more