Boeing Union approves the new contract, ending a costly strike
Members of Boeing’s largest union approved a new contract Monday, ending a weekslong strike that was one of the country’s most financially damaging work stoppages in decades. The contract was...
Trump, Harris end the race hitting opposite notes
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris closed out their campaigns Monday in starkly different moods: The former president, appearing drained at arenas that were not filled, claimed that the country was on the...
Iranians wonder if Trump wins, would things be different this time?
TEHRAN, Iran — The last time Donald Trump was in office, the consequences for Iran were disastrous. As president, Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal that had begun to reduce sanctions in exchange...
With oil prices weak, OPEC+ postpones output hike again
Saudi Arabia and seven other oil-producing countries said Sunday that they would postpone plans to gradually increase oil output until the end of December, according to a release on the OPEC website. ...
How Elon Musk’s account dominates X
Days before the presidential election, Elon Musk’s centrality to his social media platform, X, has become more pronounced. Musk has posted more than 3,000 times on the site in the past month,...
Boeing reaches new deal with union
Boeing’s largest union said Thursday that it would hold a vote on a new contract offer after workers rejected two earlier proposals. The union’s 33,000 members have been on strike since Sept. 13,...
Climate change is making disasters deadlier. Here’s how much
Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil...
In Spanish town devastated by flood, ‘the Worst Was to See People Die’
PAIPORTA, Spain — Plates with half-eaten dinners were still sitting on the white tablecloths in the nursing home’s dining hall Thursday, amid muddy and overturned wheelchairs and walkers. Six...
Mental illness raises the risk of Severe COVID-19. Why?
It’s been clear since the early days of the pandemic: People with mental illness are more likely to have severe outcomes from COVID. Compared with the general population, they’re at higher risk of...
Do hair growth supplements work?
Online and off, many people have credited supplements with helping them overcome hair loss. Videos abound on TikTok of people saying that brands such as Nutrafol and Viviscal made their hair thicker,...
When dementia changes a loved one’s personality
Susan Hirsch was visiting her father in the hospital where he was recuperating after a fall and was shocked to find him — long devoted to her mother — flirting with a nurse as if he were “17 and...
How many continents are there? You may not like the answers
The world is split up into continents, there are seven in all. And if you get the gist, we’re going to make a list, From biggest to small ... Your kids may have come home from school...
Musk wants big families. He bought a secret compound for his
AUSTIN, Texas — On a quiet street of multimillion-dollar properties, one stands out: a 14,400-square-foot mansion that looks like a villa plucked from the hills of Tuscany in Italy and transplanted...
McDonald’s seeks to resolve E. Coli crisis
McDonald’s aims to move past the E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in recent weeks, projecting the food safety scare will not affect its full-year finances. The company’s...
Email From Boeing to Ethiopian Airlines sheds light on a tragic crash
WASHINGTON — The questions came in the form of an email on Dec. 1, 2018, to Boeing from the chief pilot at Ethiopian Airlines. They were detailed and filled with aviation jargon. One of them was 452...
Global economic leaders confront a new era of industrial policy
WASHINGTON — At the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank last week, Kristalina Georgieva, head of the IMF, expressed a mix of relief and trepidation about the world...
Trump’s attacks again turn nasty in campaign’s waning days
With two weeks left in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his vicious attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, making several demeaning personal insults at two...
5 takeaways from Harris’ interview with NBC
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris continued her busy schedule of news media interviews Tuesday, sitting down with Hallie Jackson of NBC News to discuss how she would distinguish herself from...
IMF says the inflation fight Is largely over
WASHINGTON — The global economy has managed to avoid falling into a recession even though the world’s central banks have raised interest rates to their highest levels in years to try to tame rapid...
An Australian woman trying to rescue her phone gets stuck between boulders
Many people say they can’t live without their phones. But one Australian woman’s attempt to save hers left her fighting to get back to her life. This month, Matilda Campbell was with her...