timef 05/21/2026

An appeals court in Paris said the airline and airplane manufacturer were guilt of involuntary manslaughter for their role in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Justice Department claims that clinics used fake diagnoses and kickbacks to parents to bring children into treatment.

The executive order, which would signal a shift from the hands-off approach the White House previously took, follows debates over how to gain control over A.I. models without disrupting innovation.

Walmart, Target and TJ Maxx reported increases in sales, but shoppers are seeking out low-price items and cutting back in some categories, a potentially worrying sign for the U.S. economy.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will issue an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will issue an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.

The administration will delay a phase out of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

The administration will delay a phase out of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, giants of the artificial intelligence sector, are rushing to test investor appetite in the stock markets.

Across Wall Street, bankers have been clamoring to lead what is expected to be the biggest-ever initial public offering.

The retailers reported a rise in sales, even as high fuel prices because of the war in Iran drive up the cost of everyday goods.

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.

The giant rocket is scheduled to lift off on Thursday after a seven-month pause and a month before SpaceX’s planned public offering.

Samsung Electronics, a global memory chip supplier, has been a major beneficiary of the A.I boom. It has also become the center of a debate over how to divide its spoils.

Britain is facing another round of turmoil in government leadership, jolting debt investors who were already on high alert over inflation.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science questioned the credentials of Jim O’Neill, tapped to lead the National Science Foundation.

The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

The U.S. tech giant’s powerful H200 chip seemed poised to boost Beijing’s A.I. ambitions, but not a single one has been purchased in China.

Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.

Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.

On a dark day of layoffs at Meta, one employee responded by creating an internal radio station that plays songs about job cuts — generated by artificial intelligence, of course.

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance for the first time, as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.

Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.

The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year ago thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.

Neptune’s moons have long provided evidence of a cataclysm four billion years ago. A new study suggests one moon may have made it through.

A record of the April meeting, Jerome H. Powell’s last as chair, underscored the extent to which the war with Iran has upended the economic outlook.

The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.

OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.

To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.