The arson attacks were carefully planned to cause maximum disruption to a rail network so vast that it is virtually impossible to protect it completely.
Smoke from wildfires burning in the western United States and Canada is blowing toward the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.
In his fourth speech to Congress, a record for a foreign leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel attempted to change the narrative on the fallout from the war in Gaza. Patrick Kingsley, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how Netanyahu used the speech to shift attention to Iran and the threat it poses to Israel.