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OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman as CEO, names new board members

Altman’s return ends a boardroom drama that had transfixed Silicon Valley and exposed the power struggles over who has control over the future of artificial intelligence.

By Pranshu Verma, Nitasha Tiku and Gerrit De VynckUpdated 3 minutes ago

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Altman’s polarizing past hints at OpenAI board’s reason for firing him

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He proposed in a bomb shelter. They died together in a Russian strike.

By Francesca Ebel and Serhii Korolchuk

Secret Service agent Paul Landis plays with John F. Kennedy Jr. on May 17, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

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60 years later, a Secret Service agent grapples with JFK assassination

Paul Landis, 88, is one of the few survivors who had a firsthand view of Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago. He is only now telling his whole story.

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Opinions

Smoking helped me find quiet. So does my new vice.

In response to life’s anxieties, we all seek ways to find a little peace.

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The making of a ‘more for more’ deal in the Gaza war

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With gag order fight, Trump is testing the entire judicial system

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Elon Musk’s silly lawsuit offers a glimpse into the Musk-MAGA alliance

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Vets advise against boarding dogs if possible amid reports of mystery illness

By Kelyn Soong

Louisville bank shooter killed 5 people to highlight gun laws, police report shows

By Anumita Kaur and Robert Klemko

As Democrats push to ban caste discrimination, some Indian Americans object

Detractors of caste anti-discrimination laws — including many Indian American big-money donors and political power players — say the bills could fuel rather than curtail discrimination against South Asians.

By Kimberly Kindy

The 17 movies everyone will be talking about this holiday season

This year’s holiday movies include Oscar bait, family fun, serious drama and scathing satire.

By Michael O'Sullivan

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Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator, part of a pattern of clashes that some attribute to his self-serving approach.

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Carolyn Hax: Parent of unlaunched kid feels judged by friend who emptied her nest

Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO with new board members

Politics

Republican Celeste Maloy wins special House election for Utah’s 2nd District

The attorney will serve the remainder of the term of former congressman Chris Stewart, who resigned in September because of his wife’s health.

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Democrats accuse X of profiting off misinformation in Israel-Gaza war

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Analysis

Democrats’ border problem is getting real

By Aaron Blake

The far right toppled McCarthy over spending. What has it gotten them?

By Jeff Stein and Jacob Bogage

Election 2024

Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats endorses DeSantis, knocks Trump

By Hannah Knowles

Many now see Nikki Haley as Trump’s top GOP challenger. She faces hurdles ahead.

By Dylan Wells, Hannah Knowles and Maeve Reston

Dean Phillips supporters launch ads attacking Biden’s electability

By Michael Scherer

Democratic congresswoman Anna Eshoo won’t seek reelection in 2024

By Amy B Wang

Trump Cases

Georgia judge orders new bond agreement for Trump co-defendant Harrison Floyd

By Amy Gardner

Analysis

A judge says Trump incited insurrection. Other judges have come close.

By Aaron Blake

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: Parent of unlaunched kid feels judged by friend who emptied her nest

A parent with a grown child still at home struggles with a friend’s “verbal bombs” about kids who haven’t launched.

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Ask Amy: I have a distant relationship with my ‘self-indulgent’ mom

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Miss Manners: My friend’s husband told me I wear too much makeup

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A rift over ‘profound autism’ reveals a community’s deeper divide

By Katherine Ellison

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

These baby turtle eggs were going to be ‘bar snacks.’ Watch the hatchlings return to the sea.

By Michael J. Coren

The fridge hack that can slash your food waste

By Nicolás Rivero

The many contrasts of oil-rich UAE, host of the global climate talks

By Chico Harlan

Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife

By Darryl Fears

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States must target transportation carbon emission cuts under new federal rule

By Ian Duncan

A city-by-city look at where weather could delay Thanksgiving travel

By Ian Livingston

Why it’s so hot in Brazil, where a Taylor Swift concertgoer died

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Tremors keep rocking Iceland as probable volcanic eruption looms

By Matthew Cappucci

Earth passed a feared global warming milestone Friday, at least briefly

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Five technology products we regret buying

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Do you talk more like a millennial or a boomer at work? Take this quiz to find out.

By Danielle Abril and Alyssa Fowers

Next year, texting between iPhones and Android devices won’t feel so 2002

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Technology

Americans turn to faxes to reach elected officials about the war

By Heather Kelly

Decades before OpenAI ousted Sam Altman, Apple left Steve Jobs behind

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Justine McDaniel

Musk’s X sues Media Matters after report shows ads next to pro-Nazi posts

By Frances Vinall and Timothy Bella

National

A couple and their dog were weeks into a sailing trip. Then the engine died.

By Ben Brasch

Four inmates escaped from a Georgia jail. A 33-day manhunt ensued.

By Jonathan Edwards

Holly Maguigan, who gave battered women a defense in court, dies at 78

By Emily Langer

Kansas school forced Native American student to cut his hair, ACLU says

By Praveena Somasundaram

She needed a kidney donor. She found one in the comments of her TikTok.

By Kyle Melnick

WORLD

A growing global footprint for China’s space program worries Pentagon

By Cate Cadell and Marcelo Perez del Carpio

North Korea says it launched a spy satellite: 5 things to know

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Min Joo Kim and Bryan Pietsch

African juntas use anger at France to consolidate control

By Rachel Chason

Rising India, Toxic Tech

Facing pressure in India, Netflix and Amazon back down on daring films

By Gerry Shih and Anant Gupta

A woman wearing a mask and glasses poses for a selfie while holding her bird Charlie, a pink-colored cockatoo, on her hand.

Woman reunited with pet bird after paperwork glitch stranded it at airport

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Each generation is defined by its movies. Here are 57 that shaped me.

Too young for “The Graduate”? Too old for John Hughes? Here’s to the cinematic touchstones that have slipped through the cracks.

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Will ProPublica cross a picket line by publishing its next big scoop?

By Will Sommer

Matt Rife faces backlash after joke about domestic violence and ‘apology’

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‘Wish’s’ innovative visual style is Disney’s love letter to itself

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Review

Olney’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ revival is mostly a missed opportunity

By Celia Wren

David Del Tredici, whose lush ‘Alice’ music won a Pulitzer, dies at 86

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Woman dies after fall at Robbie Williams concert in Sydney

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Health

A mysterious illness is sickening dogs in several states. Some are dying.

By Kelly Kasulis Cho

China vows to crack down on fentanyl chemicals. The impact is unclear.

By David Ovalle and John Hudson

CDC releases 77,000 more doses of RSV shot for infants

By Sabrina Malhi

Science

Elon Musk says SpaceX will soon be ready for third flight of Starship

By Christian Davenport

Send your name to space via NASA’s ‘Message in a Bottle’

By Erin Blakemore

The terrifying, true tale of ‘zombie ants,’ and what it teaches

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SPORTS

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Perspective

The Capitals’ core is old. Finally, here come the kids.

By Barry Svrluga

The Capitals are surging. Just don’t look at their power play.

By Bailey Johnson

In a season when so much is new, Commanders default to same old struggles

By Nicki Jhabvala

The NFL’s brief, forgotten experiment with Thanksgiving in St. Louis

By Frederic J. Frommer

Bilal Coulibaly is learning on the job against the NBA’s best

By Ava Wallace

Business

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Binance crypto chief Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to federal charges

By Eli Tan and Devlin Barrett

Sale of Forbes to group led by tech investor collapses

By Catherine Belton and Todd C. Frankel

IRS delays controversial new rule on tax reporting for apps like Venmo

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

Do you talk more like a millennial or a boomer at work? Take this quiz to find out.

By Danielle Abril and Alyssa Fowers

Here’s which stores are open and closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday