A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.A memorial at the Barus and Holley building on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.People gathering outside the home of Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Mass., on Tuesday.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.
European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way.Antonio Costa, center, president of the European Council, said at a news conference early Friday in Brussels that the newly reached deal wou
The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.Members of Ukraine’s 148th Artillery Brigade at a firing position in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine in October.
President Vladimir V. Putin spoke at an annual news conference that highlights his grip over Russia and often sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year.President Vladimir V. Putin at his annual year-end news conference in Moscow, on Friday. He said Russia was not ready to settle the Ukraine conflict
A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.A furniture factory in Vietnam. Chinese exports are surging not just into Europe but even more sharply into Southeast Asia.
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.The rate increase is widely viewed as an attempt to ultimately help cool inflation and give wages a chance to keep up.
Wall Street stock gurus are making predictions again. Our columnist got into the game with a number he doesn’t believe.
An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.Helicopter helmets and a model of a Black Hawk helicopter on display in the home of Austin Roth, who served two decades in the Army
The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.Judge Hannah C. Dugan entered court on the first day of her federal trial.
The Milwaukee judge was charged with obstructing federal immigration agents, who were trying to arrest a man who had appeared before her on a battery charge.Judge Hannah C. Dugan, right, outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this week.
Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.Mr. Trump’s brash personality has been an element of his appeal to supporters, who find it bracingly authentic in contrast to c
The agency’s high-level turnover and conflicting policy decisions on drug oversight have fueled concerns about the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary.Dr. Marty Makary, the F.D.A. commissioner, has faced intense criticism as the agency undergoes top-level turnover in critical areas like drug approvals.
Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
The early backing of Ms. Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, is notable because she now leads the influential conservative group he founded, Turning Point USA.Erika Kirk has taken on an increasingly prominent role in conservative politics.
John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes.For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant watching an execution by lethal injection roughly once every two weeks over the past several months.
The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.Students and faculty members at the New School, including Danielle Twiss, a doctoral student studying Marxist political economy, rallied over budget c
An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.An artist’s impression of the lemon-shaped world, which astronomers say would be red because of dust and soot from the carbon in its atmosphere.
They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.Members of a wildfire crew last August in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.
All policy decisions have trade-offs, and cannabis legalization is no exception.
A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers.The Beaver Valley Pork farm in St. Edward, Neb.
Food security experts said a famine reported in August had been alleviated but that the situation remained dire across the enclave, despite a cease-fire in October and greater flows of aid.Palestinians lining up to receive food packages during a distribution in a town in the central Gaza Strip.
