Nervousness about the economic outlook was evident in oil prices, and shares of energy companies also declined. Markets in the Asia-Pacific region followed the drop in muted trading on Thursday, with exchanges in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan closed for a holiday. German officials this week reimposed local lockdowns after …...Read More

“This plea agreement is one more step on a long road towards putting an end to the illegal adoption practices that have long plagued the Marshallese community in our district,” Mr. Fowlkes said in a statement. Kurt M. Altman, a lawyer for Mr. Petersen, said in an interview, “I think …...Read More

NASA announced on Wednesday that it would name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after Mary Jackson, the organization’s first black female engineer and a pivotal player in helping U.S. astronauts reach space. Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of NASA, said the agency would continue to honor those whose histories have long been …...Read More

NASA announced on Wednesday that it would name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after Mary Jackson, the organization’s first black female engineer and a pivotal player in helping U.S. astronauts reach space. Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of NASA, said the agency would continue to honor those whose histories have long been …...Read More

A Mississippi man was charged in connection with a phone call threatening to kill a United States representative and his staffers, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. The man, Newton Wade Townsend, 52, of Brandon, Miss., was charged on Tuesday with threatening a public official. Court records, which only identify the …...Read More

Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus are more likely to be hospitalized, admitted to an intensive care unit and put on a ventilator than are infected women who are not pregnant, according to a new government analysis. Pregnant women are known to be particularly susceptible to other respiratory infections, but …...Read More

new video loaded: How the Philadelphia Police Tear-Gassed a Group of Trapped Protesters By Christoph Koettl, Nilo Tabrizy, Muyi Xiao, Natalie Reneau and Drew Jordan • June 25, 2020 How the Philadelphia Police Tear-Gassed a Group of Trapped Protesters Recent episodes in Visual Investigations Using evidence that’s hidden in plain …...Read More

Scientists in Britain announced a major breakthrough in the battle against the coronavirus last week, reporting they had found the first drug to reduce deaths among critically ill Covid-19 patients. The results were first made public in a sparsely detailed news release. Now the full study, neither peer reviewed nor …...Read More

Four years ago, Mr. Trump ran on his own agenda. No, he didn’t release a 288-page book outlining his vision for the country, as Mrs. Clinton did. But there was little doubt as to what he stood for: build the wall, bring jobs back from China and drain the swamp. …...Read More

About a third of the president’s falsehoods were general warnings about widespread fraud in mail-in voting. Another 11 were specific claims about held-up mail carriers, stolen and forged ballots and dead people voting. Figures released Wednesday from a New York Times/Siena College survey of battleground-state voters showed that 61 percent …...Read More