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Sean Combs has been transferred to a prison in central Pennsylvania from the New Jersey facility where he has been held since last October, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed on Friday.Mr. Combs, 56, is now being held at FCI Allenwood, in Allenwood, Pa., about 90 miles west of Scranton. The spokesman would not disclose any further information about Mr. Combs’s move from Fort Dix, N.J., where he had been since his sentencing. He was assigned to low-security sections of both prisons.“For privacy, safety and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any…

The director of the F.B.I. is getting hitched.Kash Patel, 46, and his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement on their social media accounts on Sunday with heart and ring emojis.“Went and got the law involved,” Ms. Wilkins posted on X, along with a black and white picture of the couple in which she shows her ring.Mr. Patel, who became F.B.I. director in February 2025, and Ms. Wilkins met in the fall of 2022 at a party at the Nashville home of the country music artist John Rich. The event was a celebration of the release of Mr. Rich’s song…

Almost every day in September, Iranian media outlets have published reports of explosions “heard from the sea,” an ominous sign that military activity is taking place in the Strait of Hormuz.But the reports left mysterious just who was carrying out the attacks.It turns out it was Iran itself.Confidential data shared with The New York Times by a Western security official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters shows that Iran has been launching dozens of drones and missiles at commercial ships in the strait each week, largely out of the public eye, though it has often failed…

Search all you want, you will not find a more effective nor gloriously satisfying title card than the one that glows blood red from the screen in the new “Resident Evil” reboot. It lands stylishly late and announces the exact experience the director Zach Cregger is constructing.As if it’s dropping us into the start of a video game mission, his opener foreshadows the distillation of a once forgettable franchise into a night of increasingly unhinged gaming checkpoints. They add up to maybe the most visceral, raucously entertaining thrill ride at the movies this year.After seven movies adapted from the Japanese…

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Elon Musk is taking SpaceX public and keeping almost all the power. Ryan Mac, a technology reporter for The Times, breaks down why the company’s record I.P.O. is both a big bet on Musk’s vision and a risk for investors.By Ryan Mac, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster and Sam RosenthalJune 12, 2026

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Our reporter Kim Barker visits a church in Lviv, Ukraine, that holds military funerals at the same time each day.

new video loaded: How Ebola Spreads Through Gold MiningOur chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, reports from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak on how the gold mining industry and the outbreak are linked.By Declan Walsh, Estelle Caswell, Coleman Lowndes and Arlette BashiziJune 5, 2026