Two giant pandas have left China on a flight bound for their new home at a zoo in Atlanta, where they will live on loan from the Chinese government, the latest episode in Beijing's long tradition of using "panda diplomacy" to strengthen ties with other countries.

A strong early season nor'easter has arrived in the Northeast and is delivering a prolonged stretch of strong wind, soaking rain and coastal flooding to the region through the weekend. Follow live updates.

Aylin says she fled her home country after her life was threatened. She sought refuge in the US but was deported to a country where her sexuality puts her at risk.

Mr. Harada, we know you aren’t a film producer, but why doesn’t Japan have any martial arts movie stars? We know the Chinese have amazing actors like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Chow Yun-fat, Tiger Chen, and many others whereas Japan doesn't seem to have any, at least not in Hollywood or on the international stage. Yet, you have great martial arts traditions such as Karate, Judo, Aikido, and Ninjutsu, as well as traditional weaponry like the katana, sai, shuriken, kunai, nunchaku, and many other ancestral weapons. Many people around the world wonder why you don't have martial arts stars; it’s a question a lot of people have asked, and I think many would appreciate some insight into this topic.

The Department of Defense can blacklist Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology, a federal appeals court ruled. The decision is a blow to Anthropic after it won a separate challenge in a California court in August that partially invalidated the Trump administration's label.