SAN FRANCISCO — TikTok plans to sue the United States government, the company confirmed on Saturday, arguing that President Trump’s moves to block the app had deprived it of due process and claiming it had been unfairly and incorrectly treated as a security threat. The lawsuit, which the company plans …...Read More

Sister Elaine Roulet, a Roman Catholic nun who helped female inmates bond with their children and created innovative programs for mothers both in prison and after release, died on Aug. 13 at the Stella Maris Convent in the Rockaway Park section of Queens. She was 89. The cause was heart …...Read More

VACAVILLE, Calif. — They charge into fire zones with 60-pound packs and three-foot chain saws, felling trees and hacking through brush to make wide paths of dirt around anything worth protecting. Bright orange uniforms set them apart from other firefighters — and identify them as inmates of California’s state prisons. …...Read More

But once they have entered the safe zone, delegates in town said they are here to experience a little slice of life as it used to be. “I’ve been looking forward to this for months,” said Henry Barbour of Yazoo City, Miss., whose uncle is the former Mississippi Governor Haley …...Read More

Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana on Saturday requested a federal emergency declaration from the White House, as he warned that Marco and Laura were forecast to affect the state in quick sequence early next week. Mr. Edwards’s request came one day after he used his powers as governor to …...Read More

Five weeks after a too-close-to-call Republican primary runoff in a Southwest Texas congressional district, Raul Reyes, a retired Air Force colonel, has abandoned a recount and conceded defeat to Tony Gonzales, a former Navy cryptologist, by a handful of votes. Texans viewed the 23rd District’s House race as a referendum …...Read More

Forget pearls, go for the hoops. Ditch the double-breasted blazer, grab a leather jacket. Sensible shoes can be stilettos, or sneakers. And you can never go wrong with a bold lip. When preparing to make her national prime-time television debut at the Democratic National Convention this past week (tucked amid …...Read More

The former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan was told during eight hours of questioning on Friday that he was not the target of any criminal inquiry as part of a divisive Justice Department examination into the Russia investigation’s origins. During the interview, at C.I.A. headquarters, Mr. Brennan was informed he …...Read More

“Don’t pay any attention to what the president is saying because it’s all designed to suppress the vote,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said before the vote. Postal leaders have been warning for months that the sharp decline in mail caused by the pandemic could jeopardize the solvency of an …...Read More

But Ms. Turner said the university tried to approach discipline through “a restorative justice perspective, so we see it as a learning experience, how you take these types of situations and grow from them.” On Friday, the university said it was retesting students in fraternities and sororities because they had …...Read More