Mitch McConnell, 82, falls and cuts his face while on Capitol Hill: source

The major social media platforms, once heralded for their ability to document global events in real time, face a crisis of authenticity — one of their own making, critics say. The war between Israel and Hamas has spawned so much false or misleading information online — much of it intentional,…

LOS ANGELES — The Major League Baseball draft is not about name recognition or instant gratification. No prospect has played in a bowl game or busted a bracket in March. Even for the top choices, the dimmer lights of the minor leagues await. On Sunday, though, the draft began with…

Usher Raymond, the eight-time Grammy-winning singer known as Usher, will headline the halftime show of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, the National Football League, Roc Nation and Apple Music announced on Sunday. It comes in the second year of the league’s multiyear deal with Apple Music and will be…

ATLANTA — The legal pressures on Donald J. Trump and his closest allies intensified further on Monday, as prosecutors informed his former personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, that Mr. Giuliani was a target in a wide-ranging criminal investigation into election interference in Georgia. The notification came on the same day…