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A break in the clouds at Old Town Transit Center in San Diego on Dec. 28, 2022.

Forecasters: more rain on the way for New Year's weekend

It was a mostly dry day in San Diego on Wednesday, but another storm is on the way that could dampen New Year's Eve celebrations.

<em>Wall Street Journal</em> reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors.

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial for espionage in Russia

The espionage trial for Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, has begun in Russia's Ural mountain capital of Yekaterinburg — the same city where he was detained 15 months ago.

Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer'? Here's what we know so far

Meta's new app, Threads, may be the latest in a long-string of Twitter's competitors, but it appears to have an edge in the game thanks to its ties to Instagram. Over 30 million users have joined.

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4 p.m EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Ernesto northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico and moving over open waters, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm

Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices.

Claudine Gay (from left), president of Harvard University, Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday.

Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus

Three university presidents defended their responses to rising antisemitism in a House committee hearing Tuesday. Many have faced scrutiny as they struggle to balance free speech with student safety.

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday.

Harris calls herself an underdog with momentum during a fundraiser speech

In her speech, Vice President Harris spoke boldly about the stakes of the presidential election, and brushed off Donald Trump's latest attacks against her.

Patrick Shiroishi — pictured here in Los Angeles — released 19 albums in 2022; at least three were standouts in their respective fields, in part because of the questions of identity they examine.

Patrick Shiroishi's music moves a Japanese American saga forward

The saxophonist and composer resisted his Japanese American heritage for decades. He now funnels that painful and triumphant personal history into a string of vital records.

'A Wilder Shore' charts the course of a famous bohemian marriage

Camille Peri's lively and substantive dual biography of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson offers a glimpse of their unconventional marriage — and an inspiration for living fearlessly.

A couple walks in a flooded Saint Mark's Square during high waters on Nov. 19, 2013, in Venice, Italy.

Venice won't be listed as one of the world's most endangered sites

UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, says it will continue to monitor the famed Italian city's issues, including climate change and over-tourism.

An aerial view of Pointe du Hoc, a clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the French western Norman coast, taken in October 2018.

The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech

Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.

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