An image shared to social media in June 2026 accurately depicts sparse crowds at the Great American State Fair, held on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall as part of celebrations for the United States' ...

President Donald Trump said the Great American State Fair was “packed with happy people,” but a USA TODAY visit to the National Mall event on Monday, June 29 found light crowds, short lines and plenty ...

In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself. In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides ...

Masai Ujiri’s first major hire as team president of the Dallas Mavericks was made official just four days after he joined the franchise with the addition of Mike Schmitz as general manager. The hiring ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police scuttled an NBA Finals watch party near Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks warned fans to get to Monday's matchup at least two hours early as part of enhanced ...

The Trump administration has announced it will dismantle a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans. The decision is sparking alarm among experts ...

shows the logo of Microsoft displayed on the facade of the company France headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 24, 2026. Martin LELIEVRE/Getty Images Microsoft ...

For the past few years, I’ve been troubled by a word, and that word is sin. I keep reaching for it, because it seems to be the only term strong enough to describe the new forms of dehumanization that ...

Deep Fission, Inc. (FISN) has filed to raise continued development funding via an IPO, according to an S-1 registration statement. The company is developing small modular nuclear reactor technologies ...

As the school year is coming to a close, a new analysis shines another harsh spotlight on what’s being called a “learning recession” for American students. It's a problem that started long before the ...

Ms. Leibowitz is an editor at Times Opinion. For this essay, she spoke to two dozen students, teachers and alumni and visited Deep Springs College. May 20, 2026 When I was in college in the 2010s, ...

Now that we have wearables tracking our every move, a lot of us can look at stats that supposedly tell us how well we’ve slept the night before. But sometimes, it can feel like your sleep tracker is ...