At first, residents of the upscale cul-de-sac in West Lake Hills, Texas, did not know who had moved into the 6,900-square-foot, six-bedroom mansion next door. Then construction workers arrived to erect a 16-foot chain-link fence around the $6 million property, which is one of four homes on the leafy street. They also installed an outward-facing…
Prince Harry said he would love to reconcile with his family in Britain during an emotional BBC interview in which he admitted he had no idea about the prognosis of his father, King Charles III, who has cancer, and expressed a desire to end their painful rift. The interview was released hours after Harry lost…
Columbia University students have long had a basic understanding about their relationship with the school’s Public Safety Department. Unlike at most American universities, which employ a full-fledged police force, Columbia’s public safety officers rarely, if ever, touch students. No longer. A new, more assertive stance was on display on Wednesday, as the university’s officers intervened…
Once called Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, this U.S.-operated installation in northwestern Greenland is one of the most strategically important military sites in the world — even if most Americans have never heard of it. “It is quite literally the outermost eye of American defense,” said Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, a Danish…
When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s volcano monitoring agency raised its alert level to ensure that nearby communities and passing airplanes would have ample warning of any eruption. The Trump administration’s cost-cutting campaign has put this work in jeopardy. The credit…
Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital and other cities across the country with a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles before dawn on Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring at least a dozen more, Ukrainian officials said. Air-raid alarms were still sounding as emergency crews raced to search for dead and wounded — a…
Loud explosions were heard over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday, as the authorities warned of incoming ballistic missiles. An air-raid alert had just ended when booms were heard throughout the city at 5:50 a.m. local time. Seconds later, air-raid sirens began to wail. The country’s air-defense systems were working, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko,…
A couple in Canada were returning home from walking their dogs some months ago when they found a burst of dusty debris on their walkway. They turned to their security-camera footage for answers and found it showed a mysterious puff of smoke appearing on the tidy walkway where the mystery splotch was. The source of…
The Chinese government is stepping up measures to root out potential troublemakers and suppress social discontent, after a spate of mass killings has shaken the country and stirred fears about public safety. Armed police have been stationed outside of schools, with bollards erected nearby to prevent cars from ramming into people. Police officers have increased…