3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (750+ words) Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen seized a key island Friday after capturing a Red Sea port, moves that threatened to further disrupt international shipping in the region. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (611+ words) Massachusetts is among dozens of states that don’t require 9/11 to be taught in schools, leaving students without knowledge about “perhaps the most transformative day in the country’s history.” That’s according to Pat Bavis, the chairman of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s education…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1076+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and LISA MASCARO Republicans know they are up against history, which traditionally rebuffs the party in power during midterms, but they’re relying on Trump’s personal appeal to voters. Vance, with a primetime speaking slot right before the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (465+ words) The Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release on bond is illegal and “harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” including the mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II,…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (515+ words) There is a terrible truth about 9/11: It didn’t have to happen. Something as simple as a hardware store lock could have deterred the perpetrators. The arguments against hardening cockpits were numerous, and now seem unconvincing to the point of being…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1014+ words) By LISA MASCARO and MICHELLE L. PRICE They’re also setting the stage for what could come next in a post-Trump era, as Vice President JD Vance takes the primetime speaking slot just ahead of the president and following a tribute to…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (272+ words) The lone holdout in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial offered little explanation to support his position and behaved strangely, according to a fellow juror. “There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (814+ words) Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1083+ words) Kathryn Pilgrim knew the century-old Victorian she bought in Dunkirk, New York, came with old plumbing. She replaced pipes she suspected of containing lead and later installed a kitchen filter designed to remove heavy metals. But six years after buying…...