Man Finds His Father’s Wedding Ring Decades After It Was Lost

Using a metal detector, Jeff Arnett honored a request from his father, who lost his band while washing his car more than 40 years ago.

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How Not to Announce a Measles Death

Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths. Things went downhill fast.

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How Trump’s Deportation Agenda Spreads Overseas

Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how so-called third-country deportations are sending immigrants to countries across the globe.

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Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa

The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.

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How the Foo Fighters Fill a Three-Hour Set List, Night After Night

Dave Grohl, the frontman of the Foo Fighters, tells us how he packs 31 years into 3 hours with something for fans of every generation.

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Starbucks Drops Drink Powder That Enveloped Baristas in Clouds of Dust

Baristas said the ingredient left them coughing and sneezing.

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Jury Begins Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

In closing arguments, Ms. Clancy’s lawyer called her “a darn good mother.” The prosecutor accused her of “extreme atrocity and cruelty.”

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Meet Dean Roy, the 15-Year-Old Running for Vermont Governor and Ready for ‘Impact’

Dean Roy, 15, will appear on the ballot in November as a third-party candidate. He said his generation’s concerns, like affordability and climate change, have been ignored for too long.

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Reno Has Long Known of Wildfire Risk. The Hawk Fire Proved It’s Real.

The Sierra Nevada region is a hot spot for wildfires and some see the Hawk fire as providing an impetus for hardening communities against catastrophe.

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Trump Administration Wants Billion-Dollar Businesses to Qualify as ‘Small’

Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.

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Is It Time for This 95-Year-Old Pianist to Retire?

Her vision and hearing are deteriorating, but she still wants to feel like she’s on top.

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How Do You Feel About the Risks of Youth Football?

A new study shows that N.F.L. players have a high risk for developing degenerative brain disease. Does anyone in your family play football? We want to know your thoughts.

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Dale Dickey Is Way Past Crying in Barney Suits

Years ago, she donned a dinosaur costume to help make ends meet. Now she is a first-time Emmy nominee for her role in “Widow’s Bay.”

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Trump Threatens New 50% Tariffs on Cars, Trucks and Steel as U.S.-Canada Trade War Unfolds

President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.

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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Think A.I. Is Good for Music

The hit-making duo turned tech moguls also have thoughts about why corporate America isn’t collaborative enough.

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Fire Near Reno, Nev., Prompts Evacuations of Homes and Hospitals

The Hawk fire has burned more than 10,000 acres and is encroaching on the northern part of the city, causing the governor to issue a state of emergency.

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Hayden Panettiere’s Final Battles: Mysterious Pain and Trouble With an Ex

In the year before the actress’s death, she struggled to walk at times and worked to disentangle herself from an ex-boyfriend who had abused her.

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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Refused

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of the trade offer that the United States made to Canada before talks crumbled.

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Companies Shouldn’t Set Prices One Customer at a Time

Surveillance pricing hurts consumers. It’s time to combat it with stronger laws on fair pricing.

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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy

The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.

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How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani

The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council.

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Rachel Cusk on Her Novel ‘Life of M,’ Gossip and Natalie Portman

She wanted a “vacation” from herself, so she wrote a novel about a celebrity whose life bears a striking resemblance to Natalie Portman’s. Now it’s tabloid fodder.

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Trump and Canada’s Carney Seem to Make Progress on a Tariff Deal, but Questions Linger

After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.

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Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Trying to Conceal Covid-Related Records

Dr. David Morens, a former N.I.H. official, admitted to attempts to conceal emails that discussed the origins of the pandemic.

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How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive

A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.

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What We Know About Damages From Hurricane Lala in Hawaii

The storm narrowly missed land, but its outer bands left the Big Island with power outages, road closures and flooded homes.

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What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primary

A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.

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What We Know About the Storms Battering the Midwest

A lingering weather system has brought severe flooding and intense winds — including a few tornadoes — to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, killing at least seven.

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Tommy John, Pitcher Who Gave His Name to Career-Saving Surgery, Dies at 83

After tearing an elbow ligament, he underwent a risky procedure and returned at his best, changing baseball and giving new hope to injured players.

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A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network

A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns for hire as gig workers in the underworld economy.

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Central Synagogue Attack Rattles Jewish New Yorkers

The police said a man on Friday night struck a congregant at the prominent Upper East Side synagogue, as Jews in the city contend with threats, fears and internal divides.

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Democrats Make South Carolina the First Contest in 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar

The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate field, pushing back Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off

Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 170,000 Canadians want him gone.

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Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves

The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.

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Topos Azteca, a Mexican Volunteer Rescue Group, Helps With Rescue Efforts After Colombia Earthquake

Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.

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Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents

The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.

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A 5th Summer Heat Wave Will Hit Europe This Week. Here’s What to Know.

The latest heat wave is the fifth to batter European countries since May as scientists warn that the continent is warming faster than any other.

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How the Bayeux Tapestry Got to the British Museum

French art experts insisted the fragile 900-year-old masterpiece could never travel. Political will, cutting-edge engineering and unorthodox diplomacy proved them wrong.

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A Side Effect of the Iran War: Electric Motorcycles Are Soaring

With gas prices high, people in developing countries are racing to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.

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The Surprising Truth About Instagram’s VHS Dates Videos

VHS Dates advertises itself as resurfacing lost dating service videotapes from the 1980s. The account’s followers have been genuinely touched.

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Muggy Heat and Storms Continue to Grip the U.S., but an End Is in Sight

Weather at the start of the week looks like more of the same: heat and storms across the Eastern United States. But a subtle shift is in the cards.

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A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress

Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes in a new book that the separation of church and state is in grave danger.

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2 Die After Boat Overturns in New York Harbor

Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.

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Lindsey Graham Loved to Gab With Reporters. His Sister Won’t.

Senator Darline Graham, who took her brother’s place after his death and is now seeking to succeed him, has mostly declined to answer questions from reporters at the Capitol.

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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

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A Naked Bicycle Protest Is Also a Party. Is That Bad?

A split among protest groups has led to dueling rides, which combine nudity and cycling in the name of change.

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Why Cyclospora Symptoms May Come and Go

Health experts are trying to understand how the food-borne parasite can cause symptoms that come and go, sometimes for weeks.

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Don Lemon Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution in Church Protest Case

Lawyers for the former CNN anchor asked a judge to throw out the case, saying prosecutors had “acted on the president’s animus by filing unprecedented charges against a journalist for doing his job.”

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Making a Very Bad Mistake

Is the Met Gala’s new theme antisemitism?

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Israeli Settler Charged in Death of Activist Awdah Hathaleen

The indictment was a rare case in which the Israeli authorities pressed charges against an Israeli in the killing of a Palestinian.

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A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It

Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.

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How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies

The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.

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How the Mohegan Tribe Lost a Billion-Dollar Casino in South Korea

Inspire Entertainment Resort — an alternative to Macau, the world’s gambling capital — was supposed to be a “transformational” project for the Native American tribe.

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The Suicide Crisis in Wyoming

Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.

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Brown’s President Will Resign after a Tenure that Included Trump Deal

The president, Christina H. Paxson, led the campus for over a decade, but in recent years faced protests, political pressure and a shooting that killed two students.

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Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan

The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.

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Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate

Firefighters were hopeful that weather conditions in Washington state could improve their efforts, but worried that fire might spread to a canyon, where it could expand rapidly.

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World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out

Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.

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What We Know About the Shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Idaho

Gunfire brought panic to a shopping center in Twin Falls in what the authorities described as a chaotic scene. At least three people were killed.

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Timeline of Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Renovation Saga

President Trump vowed to restore the Reflecting Pool, a defining feature of Washington. Months later, it is empty and closed to the public.

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Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

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Iran Plotted Wider War With Help of Its Proxies

During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war’s costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew.

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Adam O’Neal Resigns as Washington Post Opinion Editor

Adam O’Neal inherited a mandate from the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

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