The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his political career.
Former President Jimmy Carter, center, with some of the Americans who were taken hostage by Iran in 1979. Mr. Carter met with the hostages in West Germany after their release on Jan. 20, 1981.
The decision to withdraw the petition appeared to be an effort to preserve a favorable federal ruling that could have been in jeopardy under President-elect Donald J. Trump.
In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings.
“Violence, intimidation and defiance directed at judges because of their work undermine our Republic, and are wholly unacceptable,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in his year-end report.
The victim survived being pushed onto the tracks in the attack at the 18th Street station on Tuesday afternoon. A 23-year-old man was charged with attempted murder.
The attack was captured on video at the 18th Street subway station in Chelsea.
Stepped up attacks by Russia are heightening longstanding concerns over how Ukraine manages its military and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, soldiers and military analysts say.
Damage in November in Myrnohrad, eastern Ukraine, on the road to Pokrovsk, a strategic city that is a main target of the Russian offensive in the Donetsk region.
He was still in training when he was rushed into live coverage of the collapse of the World Trade Center, and his broadcast became one of the enduring records of the day.
Aaron Brown in 2001. “Sometimes I’m a little embarrassed, I suppose, at this notion that anything I did mattered,” he said of his coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. “I think I just told a story.”
Speaking on the 25th anniversary of his rule, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered an upbeat and vague New Year’s Eve message that did not address casualties in Ukraine or rising inflation at home.
President Vladimir V. Putin’s address, given on the eve of Russia’s main public holiday, suggested that Russians’ hopes would easily be realized. “When we are together, everything will come true,” he said.
The S&P 500 posted back-to-back annual gains of more than 20 percent for the first time since the late 1990s. Analysts expect stocks to continue rising in 2025.
As revelers throng Midtown Manhattan, some chain restaurants are offering a respite, if a pricey one. Perks include bathroom access and unlimited breadsticks.
Applebee’s, Olive Garden and Dave and Buster’s are among the chain restaurants that are offering an open bar and a break from the New Year’s Eve mayhem at their Times Square locations.
While not among the top 10 earners in 2024, “Gladiator II” was a hit that contributed to an estimated $8.75 billion in ticket sales in the United States and Canada.
As dangerous encounters in California continue to rise, local residents and wildlife experts are trying to figure out how humans and big cats can coexist.
Only a fraction of the island’s 1.4 million utility customers had power by day’s end. The electricity provider said it would take up to 48 hours to restore service.
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