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James Norton is "pretty terrified" about playing Hamlet.

The House of the Dragon star is set to take on the titular role in Thomas Ostermeier's upcoming production of the William Shakespeare classic, which will open in ...Read more

Microsoft Corp. shares are heading for their worst month in years as investors continue to fret about how the software giant will fare in a world marked by artificial intelligence.

The stock at one point fell more than 20...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that allow for counting mail ballots that are postmarked by election day but arrive later.

The 5-4 decision rejects a Republican challenge to laws in California...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $117.6 billion budget Monday after vetoing $800 million from the spending plan approved by the Florida Legislature.

“The reality is we paid down the government debt, we maxed out our rainy day...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said peace talks with Iran are set to resume on Tuesday in Doha, after both sides agreed to halt a series of tit-for-tat attacks over the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iran has requested a meeting,” ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Job cuts for the Bay Area tech industry so far in 2026 have greatly outstripped last year’s pace, a gap that has widened in the wake of fresh layoffs for the region’s critical yet unsteady tech ...Read more

DENVER — Three wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed roughly 44,000 acres, killed three firefighters and injured two, according to the responding agencies.

“Critical fire weather conditions” forecast ...Read more

“The Bear,” Christopher Storer’s critically lauded, much argued over, award-winning series about a Chicago sandwich joint transformed into a fine-dining experience — to radically oversimplify — wrapped up its ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Comcast is spinning off its NBCUniversal entertainment and media assets into a separate publicly traded company, the media giant announced Monday.

The plan will put broadcast networks NBC and Telemundo, ...Read more

The 2026 BET Awards brought music, comedy and community to the Peacock Theater on Sunday night.

"Culture's Biggest Night," as the ceremony bills itself, included performances from a long lineup of talent, including Cardi ...Read more

Can you tell the story of America in 10 movies? Maybe so — at least a version of it — if you stick to moments of serious national friction and those rare instances when a filmmaker meets the mood with a true vision. If...Read more

It’s no joke: John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is checking into “General Hospital,” the ABC soap opera.

The host of the weekly series that takes sharply comedic aim at government and institutions ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Bills that would strengthen online safety for young users have attracted bipartisan coalitions, but lawmakers are still separated over the level of regulation they would impose on social media companies, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County residents will experience at least three days of dangerously hot conditions this week, officials have warned, as a heat dome builds over the Midwest and eastern U.S. and as Illinois is hit with its ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5-million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in ...Read more

If you want the highest odds of maintaining a remote or hybrid work arrangement, make sure you’re not working for a narcissist.

In the post-pandemic era, bosses have used all of corporate America’s favorite buzzwords ...Read more

Debates over what visitors will see and experience in the nation’s capital city have taken center stage as Americans prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

For President ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’s ready to continue talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war in Ukraine, while rejecting a proposal to halt long-range strikes that have proven damaging for both sides.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the ...Read more