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Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson shared the award for their work on explaining the gaps in prosperity between nations.

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.

Weather experts say the spiraling falsehoods, especially claims that the government is creating or controlling storms, have gotten out of hand.

When the former president endorses violence and proposes using the government to attack his enemies, many of his supporters assume it’s just an act.

The Pentagon announced it would send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and its crew as Israel considered retaliatory attacks against Iran.

Winnie Greco, a top fund-raiser and senior adviser for Mr. Adams, has long had dealings with people and groups connected to China’s communist regime. He kept her close even so.

Public health agencies are pushing us to get flu vaccines too far ahead of the winter flu season.

Once the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy, this Midwestern metropolis is now thriving. But some obstacles still remain.

In the years since he left the White House, former President Donald J. Trump has remained a force in international politics, meeting with a number of foreign leaders and operating out of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Critics may argue about specific factual details, but a new account of Trump’s ascent jibes with everything I saw with my own eyes.

The former president continued to make claims about the city that have been disputed by local officials, including its Republican mayor.

The former president held rally in a Colorado city he falsely claims was overtaken by violent immigrants from Venezuela. The city’s leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, tried to pre-emptively fact-check him.

An outburst from elevated solar activity created conditions on Thursday that kept people’s eyes glued to evening views all over the Northern Hemisphere.

The aurora borealis, which transformed the sky with startling streaks of pink and purple, arose from a magnetic storm.

In an interview with The New York Times, Senator JD Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge Donald J. Trump’s defeat and said he would not have certified the 2020 results.

Before speaking at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, the former president spoke directly to Black male voters in an effort to bolster flagging support.

The report, which does not have the force of law, found that the Israeli military had engaged in deliberate assaults on hospitals and other health care providers.

Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.