Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Blood Oxygen Measurements to Return to Some Apple Watches

The company said it would issue a software update to restart the technology, which was caught up in a patent dispute.

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Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval

The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.

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Florida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center Called ‘Deportation Depot’

The state says it will run the new center from an empty prison that could hold 2,000 federal detainees. This one will be called “Deportation Depot.”

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Judge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families

The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses

In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.

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Troops in Washington Remain Largely Unseen So Far

Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.

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D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials

Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.

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Trump’s Tariffs Set to Hit Ireland, Where Drugmakers Play Tax Games

Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Trump’s tariffs.

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Toronto Film Festival Cancels Screenings of Israeli Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack

The event’s organizers said the producers of the film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters during the attack, had failed to obtain the rights to the videos.

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