timef 05/20/2026

Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.

The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.

The media scion is buying Vox Media’s podcast network, New York magazine and Vox.com for more than $300 million.

Layoffs linked to artificial intelligence are rattling workers and college graduates, stoking concerns worldwide that are showing up in polls.

Interest rates for long-term Treasury bonds have surged to levels last seen in 2007, before the great financial crisis.

A mystical encounter 12 years ago led Scott Vincent Borba, a founder of E.L.F. Beauty, on a journey that will culminate this week, when he is ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.

In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.

The deal, which President Trump announced after last week’s summit, represents the largest single sale of the American company’s aircraft to Beijing in nearly a decade.

The Trump Organization says the president’s financial investments are handled by outside firms and that it has no control over the timing or selection of transactions.

Meta told employees last month that it would carry out mass layoffs on May 20, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.

An electronics wizard, he was already a veteran inventor when he collaborated with Ron Dubren on an idea for a toy that giggled. The rest is retail history.

In 1996, the giggling stuffed doll turned holiday shopping into chaos, a preview of every sneaker drop, PlayStation launch and Taylor Swift ticket rush to come.

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.

The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hasn’t been this high since the lead up to the global financial crisis. Across Europe and Asia, yields are also elevated.

Powered by a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box to answer longer queries, introducing a video-generation and video-editing tool and simplifying online shopping.

Despite its early stumbles, Google’s Gemini has leapfrogged ChatGPT in relevance and usefulness. Soon, it will be ubiquitous.

Isak Andic, the billionaire who built the Spanish brand, died while hiking with his son in 2024. News outlets had reported that the son was under investigation.

The United States and Europe were at odds over the Trump administration’s decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia.