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Ido Dan, an uncle to three children feared abducted by Hamas and taken to Gaza, stands for a portrait with his twin daughters. The remnants of their sixth birthday party, which took place the same day as the incursion, are still around the house.

Families of hostages taken by Hamas militants are desperate amid threats of execution

Many Israelis are frantically looking for clues about loved ones believed to be held in Gaza. Ido Dan keeps watching a video that appears to show Hamas militants kidnapping his 12-year-old nephew.

Alek Hermon as a baby with his father, Michael, in 1992.

After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tour the Fed's $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project on July 24, 2025.

Justice Department drops probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell

The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.

A digital re-creation of Richard III's face.

How do you re-create the voice of a 15th century king? Dig up his skeleton

When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 8, residents fish from the shore as cargo and commercial vessels lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas.

U.S. and Iran peace deal within reach, Pakistan's prime minister says

The U.S. and Iran appeared closer to reaching a peace deal on Friday, as a sequence of social media posts signaled progress. President Trump had previously been amping up his rhetoric against Iran.

Jerome Guillem, mayor of Langon, and other French mayors, farmers and wine growers block highway entrances to the town of Langon, toward the A62 highway in Gironde, France, on Jan. 29.

Protests by farmers block highways to Paris and elsewhere in France

The farmers are protesting over low wages and foreign competition, among other things. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal tried to address their grievances in parliament but protests are expected to go on.

Dartmouth will again require SAT, ACT scores. Other colleges won't necessarily follow

A new study conducted by Dartmouth College found test scores could have helped less advantaged students gain access to the school.

Baneen Ahmed Nayyef had no training before appearing in Hasan Hadi's The President's Cake, in the role of nine-year-old Lamia, who is tasked with baking a birthday cake for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi film draws on Saddam-era childhood in tale of life under dictatorship

Hasan Hadi's debut feature film is a neorealist look at how life under Saddam Hussein and sanctions in 1990s Iraq destroyed children's innocence.

In the recovered audio, taped just months before his death in 1964, Arthur "Harpo" Marx plays the harp and narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, with a nod to the politics of the time.

'Silent' Marx brother Harpo speaks in newly found recording

Harpo Marx — the "silent" Marx brother — can finally be heard speaking in a live album of recently recovered material, which was recorded just six months before he died in 1964.

In their latest album, everyone for ten minutes, the American rock band Bleachers explores love, loss and the angst of our time.

Jack Antonoff says 'this version of modernity is trash' in new Bleachers album

Jack Antonoff explores marriage, grief and the current moment in Bleachers' latest album, everyone for ten minutes.

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