Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War
When the United States and Israel rained down missiles and bombs on Iran to start their war exactly six months...
When Did It Become So Hard to Make Plans With Friends?
—aelitta—Getty Images I don’t expect anything of my friends that I don’t expect of myself. But lately, I’ve found myself...
I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
I filed a request with McDonald’s earlier this month to access all of the personal data the fast food company...
$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor
The Trump administration’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead is generating a...
A.I. Brings Big Gains to Hurricane Forecasts, Google Researchers Say
Last fall, three days before Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that the...
The Town Council Race Was Tied. The Three of Spades Called It.
There was an old-fashioned Wild West standoff this week in a onetime frontier outpost. Two candidates for Town Council in...
How 6 Months of War in Iran Jolted Oil, Gas, Stocks and More
After the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, the price of oil immediately jumped, interest rates rose...
Leaders Pivoting on Data Centers Require More Than Roads, Water, and Power Promises
An aerial view of a data center on August 26, 2026 in Sterling, Virginia. —Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images Data center companies...
Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.
To accompany the startling news of this summer — the freakish weather; the apparent confirmation of the existence of “diamond...
What’s really driving recalls of cars at risk of bursting into flames? It’s not EVs.
Electric vehicles for years have been dogged by worries about fire. Headlines from the early 2020s were filled with Teslas...
