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In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Val Kilmer poses for a portrait in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Val Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65

April 1, 2025 at 11:34 p.m.

Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, joined by Melania Trump, left, and Barron Trump, arrives to speak at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump wins Arizona, reversing the state’s blue trend

November 10, 2024 at 9:17 a.m.

Donald Trump won Arizona on Saturday, returning the state and its 11 electoral votes to the Republican column after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.

Books are stacked by lockers in a hallway. (Jose M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Removing books from libraries often takes debate. But there’s a quieter way.

October 10, 2024 at 4:30 a.m.

Thousands of books have been removed from schools and libraries over the past several years, often accompanied by stormy public meetings and acrimonious debate. But there is a quieter way...

Fans display friendship bracelets as they wait to enter Soldier Field for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour on June 2, 2023, in Chicago.

Taylor Swift didn’t make an appearance at the Democratic Convention — but the friendship bracelets did

August 23, 2024 at 7:26 a.m.

Friendship bracelets have taken on new meaning for many Democratic Party supporters, who see them as a way to build community.

The Allen Park Fire Department in Allen Park, Mich. on March 1, 2024. During Michigan's previous incentive program, the Detroit suburb of Allen Park sold $31 million in bonds to buy a site where it hoped to build a movie studio. But the project ultimately fell apart. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times)

States have spent $25 billion to woo Hollywood. Is it worth it?

March 25, 2024 at 6:31 p.m.

Michigan desperately wanted a Hollywood makeover. And for $500 million, studios were more than happy to help. Then Michigan did the math.

Starbucks workers organizing unions in recent years have complained of understaffing and other job-quality issues, which similarly arose in the Federal Reserve's recent focus groups with low-income and moderate-income workers. In this photo, Starbucks Workers Union members picket at a store on South Street and 22nd Street in Philadelphia on Nov. 17, 2022.

Labor unions end Starbucks board fight

March 5, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

A coalition of labor unions said Tuesday that it had ended its boardroom fight with Starbucks after the coffeehouse chain agreed to negotiate labor agreements, a sign of progress after...

A pier and beach in Adelaide Village, on Nassau, Bahamas on Dec. 15, 2022.

Is it safe to travel to the Bahamas? Here’s what you need to know.

February 1, 2024 at 9:23 a.m.

A new warning about increased violence in Jamaica has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there.

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to return to Joint Base Andrews, in Nantucket, Mass., on Nov. 26, 2023.

How the border crisis shattered President Joe Biden’s immigration hopes

March 11, 2024 at 11:58 a.m.

The number of people crossing into the United States has reached record levels, more than double than in the Trump years. The asylum system is still all but broken.

Stanley tumblers are seen for sale at the Footprint retail store in San Francisco, Jan. 25, 2024.

A lead scare strikes Stanley tumblers, but you don’t need to worry

February 1, 2024 at 1:19 p.m.

In recent weeks, several widely shared posts on TikTok, Instagram, Reddit and X, formerly known as Twitter, have amplified concerns Stanley cups may contain lead.

Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter and rebranded it as X, at a conference in New York, Nov. 29, 2023.

Elon Musk is spreading election misinformation, but X’s fact checkers are long gone

January 26, 2024 at 7:09 a.m.

In the spring of 2020, when President Donald Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a "rigged election," the platform ran a...

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