Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.Read More
‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’
He started fighting wildfires as a teenager. After inhaling smoke on the front lines for six seasons, he faced an impossible choice.Read More
Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.Read More
Powerball Hits $1.8 Billion. Here Are the 10 Biggest U.S. Lottery Jackpots.
Two winning tickets will split the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on Saturday. Changes to Powerball and Mega Millions have led to increasingly large jackpots in recent years.Read More
South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid
The government said on Sunday that South Korea would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.Read More
Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink
The French prime minister has proposed drastic spending cuts and tax increases to shore up the country’s accounts, but his plan could backfire.Read More
What’s Inside the Envelope That U.S. Open Winners Get? It’s Not a Check.
Both singles champions will win $5 million. But the envelope they receive during the trophy presentation is a symbolic gesture.Read More
Homeless and Hungry, Gazans Fear a Repeat of 1948 History
Israel’s war in Gaza has displaced most of the 2.2 million Palestinian residents from their homes. Many of them fear it will be permanent, a reprise of the Nakba.Read More
Trump Tramples Congress’s Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P.
On national security, spending and oversight, the president continues to undercut the legislative branch, and Republicans in charge have done little to stop him.Read More
Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia
The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.Read More