Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Hole in None President Trump declared on Sunday that he’d won a championship at Trump International Golf Club in … Read more
Less than two months after former Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was sentenced to 11 years in prison on federal corruption charges, the trial of his wife, Nadine Menendez, begins on Tuesday in Manhattan. Ms. Menendez, 58, was charged with her husband and three New Jersey businessmen in a wide-ranging bribery scheme, but her … Read more
In 2016, three New York commodities traders — Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee — fell in love with cryptocurrencies. They were using Bitcoin to bet on pool games and fantasy football and were captivated by its wild swings in price. They soon decided to create more digital currencies through a process called “mining,” … Read more
Lawyers for former senior executives at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northern England have asked for a halt to the public inquiry into the murders of babies by Lucy Letby, a former nurse, citing new evidence that they said called her guilt into question. Speaking in front of the inquiry on Tuesday, Kate Blackwell, … Read more
President Trump said officials planned to disclose a trove of classified government files on Tuesday about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and he suggested there would be no redactions this time — in contrast to releases during his previous administration. The National Archives and other agencies have provided no details or a timeline … Read more
Google has agreed to buy Wiz, a fast-growing cybersecurity start-up, for $32 billion in the company’s biggest push to strengthen its cloud-computing business and expand beyond the search engine and consumer internet services that made it a household name. The all-cash deal, announced on Tuesday, would be Google’s largest, easily surpassing its $12.5 billion purchase … Read more
The guards wore name tags that read “Hitler” and “Demon” and covered their faces with ski masks. The Americans in the Venezuelan prison were confined to cement cells, beaten, pepper-sprayed and subjected to what one prisoner called “psychological torture.” Three months into their capture, the Americans were so filled with anger that they rebelled. They … Read more
Presidents usually do all they can to avoid recessions, so much so that they avoid even saying the word. But President Trump and his advisers in recent weeks have offered a very different message. Yes, a recession is possible, they have said. Maybe one wouldn’t even be that bad. Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, has … Read more
Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal research grants that were abruptly … Read more
Russia significantly stepped up its sabotage campaign over the past two years as it sought to pressure Europe and the United States to curb their support for Ukraine, according to a new study released on Tuesday. The report, by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is one of the first that try to quantify … Read more