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A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher

Experts said they believed that with modern testing technology, the Russian authorities should know the answer by now.

© Associated Press

The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. A 28-year-old researcher there died of an unexplained pneumonia.

Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Broad Street in Philadelphia near the Police Department’s headquarters, with City Hall in the distance.

Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Broad Street in Philadelphia near the Police Department’s headquarters, with City Hall in the distance.

Trump Says U.S. Will Not Strike Iran Again Before Midterms as Military Draws Up New Plans

The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump said on social media on Thursday that he would not attack Iran before the midterm elections, and that the United States and Iran were “having productive discussions.”

Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views

It was unclear what background checks had been carried out before he was allowed to fly to Israel.

© Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A FlyDubai aircraft that returned passengers who had been aboard Flight 1073, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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