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Microsoft Urges Congress To Regulate Facial Recognition Technology

In a rough year for tech, Microsoft unseated Apple as the most valuable company. It's cultivated an image as Silicon Valley's elder statesman, urging regulation for technologies it's still developing.

Former President Donald Trump, center, waits to take the witness stand at New York Supreme Court on Monday.

Former President Donald Trump spars with New York judge in civil fraud trial

The former president accused the state attorney general of being a political hack, New York Judge Arthur Engoron asked lawyers to control him and Trump accused the judge of ruling against him.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their personal social media pages.

Can public officials block you on social media? It's up to the Supreme Court

The cases — from Michigan and California — echo issues raised in a now-defunct suit against then-President Donald Trump for blocking his critics on Twitter.

Stocks entered a bear market. Here's what that means

The S&P 500, one of the broadest stock market indexes, entered a bear market during Friday's trading. That means it had fallen a stunning 20% from a recent high in January.

Gas lamps illuminate St. Louis' Gaslight Square on April 2, 1962. "Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of 2022.

It's no trick; Merriam-Webster says 'gaslighting' is the word of the year

Online searches for the word "gaslighting" on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before, leading the reference publishing company to name it the word of the year.

Vehicles seen departing the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., on Monday.

Burning Man attendees say learning to live with the unexpected is part of the program

Organizers had asked attendees to shelter in place on Saturday, as torrential rains turned the desert site into a mud pit. A driving ban has since been lifted, but exiting is still a trek.

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Released hostage Yocheved Lifshitz attends a rally in Tel Aviv last week calling for the release of the remaining hostages, including her husband Oded.

The accounts of freed Israeli hostages add pressure to save those still in captivity

In the two weeks since a ceasefire allowed for the release of more than 100 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, their stories have rocked Israel. About 115 hostages are thought to remain in Gaza.

A woman covers her face at a special prayer service for the victims of an airstrike at a Gaza church, held Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem.

For Palestinian Christians, a Sunday spent mourning civilians killed at a Gaza church

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

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