How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers

The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.Hezbollah supporters on Wednesday mourning the deaths of four comrades killed in the explosions.

S Sheera Frenkel, Ronen Bergman and Hwaida Saad

Second Wave of Hezbollah Devices Explodes in Lebanon, Killing at Least 20

At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack widely attributed to Israel.Ambulances arriving after a device reportedly exploded during the funeral in Beirut’s southern subur

E Euan Ward, Aaron Boxerman, Hwaida Saad and Michael Levenson

From a Long Island Rally, Trump Lobs Exaggerated Attacks at New York City

Donald Trump told a raucous crowd that he would soon visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colo., two cities that are focal points of his exaggerated claims about migrants in America.Donald J. Trump’s rally on Long Island on Wednesday was his second campaign event since the apparent assassination att

M Michael Gold

Teamsters Won’t Endorse Trump or Harris in 2024 Presidential Election

The Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien, has shown an openness to former President Donald J. Trump, dividing the powerful union. Neither candidate will be the beneficiary of its considerable organizing muscle.Former President Donald Trump granted Sean O’Brien, the Teamsters president, a prime-time spe

J Jonathan Weisman

Sean Combs Must Remain in Jail Until Trial After Judge Denies Bail Appeal

The judge said Mr. Combs posed a risk of witness tampering and was a danger to the community while awaiting his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial.A magistrate judge had originally denied Sean Combs bail, citing the prosecutors’ accusations of witness tampering and the serious nature

B Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs

Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time in Four Years

Fed officials kicked off rate cuts with a half-point reduction, confident that inflation is cooling and eager to keep the job market strong.The Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome H. Powell speaking at a news conference on Wednesday after the Fed announced a rate cut of half a percentage point.

J Jeanna Smialek

Titan Disaster Hearing Upends Earlier Expert Theories on Crew Deaths

Two days of reporting and testifying by experts during a U.S. Coast Guard inquiry challenge the idea that the submersible’s passengers knew they were facing death.An image, released by the U.S. Coast Guard and Pelagic Research Services, of the tail cone of the Titan submersible resting at the bottom

W William J. Broad and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Melania Trump Defends Nude Modeling Work as She Promotes Book

The former first lady called her past work a “celebration of the human form” in a video, the latest in a series promoting her memoir and appearing to reflect her deeply held beliefs.“Are we no longer able to appreciate the beauty of the human body?” Melania Trump asks in a video posted to her social

K Katie Rogers

Kentucky Highway Shooting Manhunt Ends After a Suspect’s Body Is Found

Authorities said that remains were discovered near the site of the attack that left five people seriously wounded, concluding a 12-day search.This image released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows traffic stopped during an active shooting on Interstate 75 north of London, Ky., in September.

K Kate Selig and Hank Sanders

‘Survivor’ Season 47 to Feature Jon Lovett, a Former Obama Speechwriter

The show’s 47th season, which features Jon Lovett, a former Obama speechwriter, premieres Wednesday. But even in heated election years, presidential politics rarely intrudes.Electoral politics have rarely pierced the bubble surrounding “Survivor,” a reality television show that has spanned 25 years

K Kellen Browning and Alexandra Berzon

Harvey Weinstein Faces New Sexual Assault Charge in Manhattan

The disgraced Hollywood producer’s 2020 sex-crime conviction was thrown out, but he will be retried on those charges as well.Harvey Weinstein, who was taken into court in a wheelchair, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel in 2006.

H Hurubie Meko

Woman Burned After Hiking Off Trail at Yellowstone National Park

The 60-year-old was walking with her husband and dog near a geyser when she broke through the ground into scalding waters on Monday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.A 60-year-old woman had walked off trail with her husband and dog near the Mallard Lake Trailhead at Old Faithful when

S Sara Ruberg

21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina

The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass shooting on Sept. 4 in Georgia in which four people were killed at a high school.South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel.

A Alexandra E. Petri