Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, died last week at the age of 96. A tribute ceremony took place Tuesday in Atlanta. Former President Carter, who is 99 and receiving hospice care at home, attended the service. Guests included President Biden and first lady Jill Biden; Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff; former President Bill Clinton...

Rescuers in northern India have successfully removed all 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel under the Himalayas, the climax of a 17-day rescue operation to drill through rock and debris. Cre: CNN

Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood neighborhood. It was spring of 1997, and Scali, a law student, was buried deep in his textbooks. Lewis, who at the time was in private practice, was reading The New York Times — but, apparently, also keeping an eye on a fellow customer. “I was studying, he recognized...

The National Park Service wants to replant sequoia groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, where wildfires in 2020 and 2021 inflicted lasting damage on the iconic sequoia forests. Environmentalists in California say it’s a huge mistake. Four groups filed suit against the NPS on November 17, saying the agency’s effort violates the law as it includes planting in designated wilderness areas,...

Hamas and Israel have completed their third exchange of hostages for prisoners. Hamas released 17 more hostages on Sunday, including one American — 4-year-old Avigail Idan — and said it would seek to extend a temporary cease-fire with Israel after the current four-day pause is over. Thirty-nine Palestinians in custody were freed on Sunday, according to Israel’s prison service. Under the deal reached...

Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, prompting calls from civil rights organizations and the victims’ families for authorities to look into possible bias by the attacker. The 20-year-old men are all receiving medical care, according to a Sunday news release from the Burlington Police Department. “Two are stable, while one has sustained much more...

This week, North Korea launched what it called its first spy satellite. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service believes help from Russia made the launch possible after two failed attempts earlier this year. In response to the launch, South Korea has partially suspended a military pact between the nations that limited its reconnaissance and surveillance activities along the demilitarised zone...

All along Central Park West on Thursday, throngs of people gathered for the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They packed street corners and sat on folding chairs set up since dawn. They wedged themselves on slivers of sidewalk and some placed their toddlers atop food carts for a better view. The 31 floats included newcomers like “Camp Snoopy,” (a Peanuts campground on wheels) and the “Good...

Sam Altman was reinstated late Tuesday as OpenAI’s chief executive, the company said, successfully reversing his ouster by OpenAI’s board last week after a campaign waged by his allies, employees and investors. The company’s board of directors will be overhauled, jettisoning several members who had opposed Altman. Adam D’Angelo, the chief executive of Quora, will be the only holdover. The return...

King Charles III presented K-Pop band Blackpink with honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire medals. Blackpink received the MBEs in recognition of the band members' role as COP26 Advocates for the United Nations climate summit held in Glasgow in 2021, Buckingham Palace said. Since their debut in 2016, Blackpink have become one of the most successful girl groups in the world....