Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure and, finally, release from the grip of a group backed by Iran.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Russian doctoral student at Princeton University, endured two and a half years of captivity in Iraq, held in solitary confinement by a militia backed by Iran.
Zohran Mamdani motivated voters to head for the polls using a broad coalition of supporters to overcome Andrew Cuomo’s success in siphoning Republican votes.
A flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group was hoisted outside the American Embassy in Baghdad in 2019 during a protest to condemn airstrikes on their bases.
Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether the president acted legally when he used a 1977 emergency statute to unilaterally impose tariffs.
Container ships in the Port of Los Angeles. In April, President Trump expanded the tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China to include goods from more than 100 trading partners.
“To choose between feeding hungry families and my health care — I’m going to feed the family,” said Cyndie Story, a 60-year-old self-employed school nutrition consultation in Zebulon, Ga.
The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled.
“What a night for the Democratic Party — a party that is in its ascendancy, a party that’s on its toes, no longer on its heels,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday night.
The pop superstar reinvented herself in the first “Wicked,” but the sequel shows just how much further she can go as an actress.
“I think in five years, she’s going to do something we would never have predicted because she has so much more to give,” the “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu said.
Zohran Mamdani motivated voters to head for the polls, using a broad coalition of supporters to overcome Andrew Cuomo’s success in siphoning Republican votes.
He made his mark with the Cincinnati Bengals as a fast pass-catching tight end. He later joined announcers like Bob Costas and Dick Enberg in the broadcast booth.
Bob Trumpy of the Cincinnati Bengals caught a touchdown pass in a game against the San Diego Chargers in 1969. He joined the Bengals in 1968 and retired in 1978 to pursue a full-time career in sports talk radio.
Republicans like President Trump, Stephen Miller and Elon Musk endorsed him ahead of New York City’s mayoral election. Stephen Colbert referred to them as “everyone New Yorkers love.”
Zohran Mamdani’s victory as the city’s next mayor is a milestone for hundreds of thousands of residents who see one of their own atop the city’s political infrastructure.
Seven people were dead after the cargo plane crashed soon after takeoff. The authorities canceled flights from the airport in Louisville, Ky., and local residents were ordered to remain indoors.
The 34-year-old assemblyman won the Democratic primary by defying the city’s all-powerful establishment. He secured the mayoralty by delicately disarming it.
Zohran Mamdani in June held the first of three campaign rallies with leaders of the left, appearing with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Manhattan.
Zohran Mamdani’s ascent was powered by a relentless focus on affordability. Along the way, he energized South Asian and Muslim communities that rarely receive sustained attention from politicians.
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