I grew up in Sri Lanka. Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea plantations of the hill country. Its northern shore houses the Temple of the Tooth, one of Buddhism’s most sacred sites. Each year, it came alive with drummers, dancers and elephants parading through the streets in a “...Read more

The world economy’s first signs of a synchronized shock emerged in business surveys revealing how the Iran war’s fallout is crippling growth momentum and stoking prices.

Multiple purchasing manager indexes compiled by S&P Global for March showed declines. Among the releases on Tuesday, composite measures for the U.S. and the euro zone were ...Read more

NEW YORK — Passengers of the Air Canada jet that slammed into a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport praised the two pilots killed in the crash, saying their quick reflexes likely prevented further deaths.

Multiple passengers recalled feeling the pilots braking “extremely hard” as the plane touched down on the Queens runway ...Read more

DETROIT — A Grosse Pointe Public School System parent has sued the district after it issued him a no-trespass order for posting a video on social media criticizing LGBTQ flags hung at the middle school in September 2024, arguing the district violated his free speech rights.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Two shallow earthquakes were reported late Monday in Dillsboro, North Carolina, and hundreds of people have reported they felt the shaking, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Both of the quakes count as mild – a 2.7 magnitude around 8 p.m. and a 2.2 magnitude just after 10 p.m. – which are often too subtle to be ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over new funding conditions the states argue are unlawful and could jeopardize food assistance and other programs.

The lawsuit challenges a policy adopted Dec. 31, 2025, that requires states receiving ...Read more

SEATTLE — The deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York City has raised alarm about the possibility of a plane speeding into another aircraft or vehicle on the jetway.

It’s too soon to know what caused Sunday's accident, which saw an Air Canada jet collide with an airport fire engine, and...Read more

WASHINGTON — As a deadline arrives this week to nominate a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, some Republicans are skeptical the administration will find someone who can check all the boxes necessary for confirmation.

The candidate will need the “Make America Healthy Again” mindset of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...Read more

Fighting between the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran raged unabated, even as President Donald Trump claimed talks are under way to end the conflict.

Iran carried out overnight missile and drone attacks on the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv, Eilat and Dimona, as well as on U.S. bases in the Middle East. Israel launched a wave of strikes in western ...Read more

It’s been half a century since the Vietnam War, when journalists had almost unrestricted access to the battlefield.

In the years since the fall of Saigon ended that first conflict of the television age, restrictions on press freedom have grown.

Now, with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran — the first major military engagement with American ...Read more

MIAMI – Gas leaf blowers aren’t just noisy — they spit out pollutants that affect health and contribute to climate change. That’s why cities including Miami Beach, South Miami, Pinecrest and Key Biscayne enacted bans to ditch gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and chainsaws for quieter and cleaner electric alternatives.

Now, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The union representing thousands of local hospitality workers is demanding that Southern California hotels and stadiums refrain from hosting federal immigration agents as guests on their properties.

In a letter sent to scores of local hotels, stadiums and airport vendors on Monday, Unite Here Local 11 said that after the chaos ...Read more

Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal movements unfold – migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti.

For centuries, fish migrations were as predictable as the seasons. Salmon, sturgeon, giant catfish and many other ...Read more

Three weeks into the U.S. war with Iran, it seems increasingly evident that President Donald Trump and his administration miscalculated how Iran would respond to attacks.

Besides appearing unprepared by the escalation of war, the president has offered contradictory statements on the U.S. rationale for bombing Iran, including that ...Read more

With the war in Iran a topic on everyone’s lips, you might have noticed an inconsistency in the way that nation’s name is said, varying between a more native-like “Ih-ron” pronunciation and a more Americanized “Ih-ran” one.

An everyday listener might just chalk this up as being the result of regional differences or the ...Read more

Bracket-busting upsets, Cinderella stories, OT buzzer beaters – March Madness is here! Or, as some urologists think of it, vasectomy promotion season.

Since 2004, urologists have been promoting vasectomies every March, promising patients who elect the procedure an excellent excuse to relax on the couch and watch college basketball.<...Read more

I first heard the popular “Swasthani Vrata Katha” – a devotional text – recited in Sankhu, a village on the outskirts of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, some 25 years ago.

The text tells the story, or “katha,” of the ritual vow, or “vrata,” that women devotees perform to earn the favor of Swasthani, a local Nepali Hindu ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the early 2000s, Michelle Warfield worked at a factory, hauling heavy seats for Ford trucks on and off an assembly line. To suppress daily aches in her back and hips, her doctor prescribed opioid painkillers.

They worked for a bit. But by 2011, Warfield struggled to walk.

And “by that time, I was addicted,” said ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- In his homeschool curriculum, 12-year-old Luke Lunday is learning about Section 504, a cornerstone of disability rights.

Championed by disability rights activist Judy Heumann, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is responsible for what’s known as the integration mandate, which requires that people with disabilities have...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Hunters. Churchgoers. Felons.

These are among the groups of untapped voters that Republicans targeted at sportsmen's conventions, Walmarts, and county fairs that helped them come within striking distance of taking the lead as the political party with the most registered voters in Pennsylvania for the first time since the state ...Read more