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Israel pressed ahead Wednesday with an intense new ground offensive in Gaza City, defying international condemnation and sending hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing the devastated, ...

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Gazans have had to load up their lives in search of refuge multiple times throughout the war. As thousands were forced to flee again this week, a Times photographer joined them heading south. Gazans ...

Multiple images and a video of the “person of interest” wanted in connection with the shooting death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk have been released as the manhunt for his killer presses on ...

The World Athletics Championships begin today in Tokyo with track and field’s finest competing for 147 medals across 49 events. The spotlight will be on Hodgkinson in particular, who has been backed ...

President Donald Trump on Monday continued to take aim at Chicago as the city braces for potential federal intervention. "We'd love to go into Chicago and straighten it out," Trump said as he ...

In what is sure to be one of the biggest matches of the year, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will collide in a highly anticipated semifinal match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Alcaraz is currently ...

A website announces, “Free celebrity wallpaper!” You browse the images. There’s Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Timothée Chalamet—but you settle on Taylor Swift. Her hair is doing that wind-machine thing ...