Category: Everydaynews


  • USPS Reverses Decision to Halt Parcel Service From China

    The United States Postal Service on Wednesday said it would continue to accept packages from China and Hong Kong, reversing a decision to temporarily halt those deliveries after an order by President Trump took effect that ended duty-free handling of many smaller parcels. Mr. Trump ordered on Saturday that all goods leaving China starting on…

  • NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.

    NASA’s second thoughts about VIPER opened an opportunity for someone else to book that ride to the moon. Just because its cargo was canceled did not mean Astrobotic’s journey was off — it remains scheduled for later this year. And on Wednesday, a small startup named Venturi Astrolab Inc. announced it had claimed that opportunity…

  • Opinion | Musk? Trump? Who Exactly Is Running the Federal Government?

    Mr. Musk’s recent stand against U.S.A.I.D., the federal agency responsible for administering foreign and development assistance since 1961, could have come directly from the state capture playbook — only often more brazen in intent. “U.S.A.I.D. is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk posted over the weekend. “Time for it to die.” In that time, the agency’s…

  • What We Know About the Mass Shooting in Sweden

    Sweden was reeling and the authorities were searching for answers on Wednesday after what the government called the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. The attack unfolded on Tuesday at an adult education center in the city of Orebro, west of Stockholm, the capital. The police said that at least 11 people were killed…

  • Super Bowl 2025: How to Watch and What to Know on Music, Ads and More

    While it is the most popular sporting event in the United States, the Super Bowl can sometimes feel like an afterthought, compared with all the peripheral things happening on Super Bowl Sunday. In that spirit, ahead of this Sunday’s game in New Orleans between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, here is a…

  • Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab

    In his first term, President Trump seemed to relish ripping through the norms and standards of self-restraint that his predecessors had respected. Three weeks into his second term, hand-wringing about norms seems quaint. Other presidents have occasionally ignored or claimed a right to bypass particular statutes. But Mr. Trump has opened the throttle on defying…

  • U.S. Trade Deficit Hit Record in 2024 as Imports Surged

    The U.S. trade deficit in goods hit a record last year, as American consumers snapped up imported products and a strong U.S. dollar weighed on export growth. Data released Wednesday morning by the Commerce Department showed that U.S. imports of goods and services grew 6.6 percent to $4.1 trillion, as Americans bought plenty of weight-loss…

  • Buffalo Bills Fans Have It Tough, Especially in Antarctica

    For about a week leading up to the A.F.C. championship game, Meredith Nolan had been living on a hulking research vessel parked in an Antarctic port. The ship, called the Noosfera, had been waiting for favorable sea conditions before plowing into the icy waters below the southern tip of South America. It was late January,…

  • Are Eggs Safe to Eat as Bird Flu Spreads?

    Bird flu is striking chickens across the country, causing shortages and pushing up prices at retailers and restaurants. Last week, one of the nation’s largest egg producers said that hens at one of its Indiana farms had tested positive for avian influenza. Researchers have stressed that bird flu still poses a minimal risk to the…

  • 1 Killed in Warehouse Shooting in Central Ohio

    A gunman killed one person and injured five others on Tuesday evening at a cosmetics warehouse in suburban Columbus, Ohio, prompting more than 100 people inside to flee, the authorities said. The police were working to detain the shooter early Wednesday, Greg Jones, the police chief in the suburb of New Albany, told reporters. He…