Nicole, which was named at 4 a.m. ET on Monday, was previously called Invest 98-L, which is short for Investigation Area 98-L. The storm is in the western Atlantic Ocean, having traveled from the Caribbean. While the investigation area’s name sounds complicated, the number 98 refers to the basin that the subtropical storm was detected in, while the letter L means that Nicole is in the Atlantic. (Pacific storms are designated with the letter E....

“This has been one of the most traumatizing experiences in my life and in the lives of my colleagues. We have been subjected to death threats on a daily basis, as well as threats that are aimed against our families,” said Wheatland Union High School District Superintendent Nicole Newman in a video statement on Thursday. The viral photo showed eight white students from the California school posing with Nazi symbols drawn on different parts of their bodies....

The cost of mainstream investing is coming down–not in a trickle, but in a rush. You expect low prices from online brokers, where there’s a price war raging now. E*Trade recently offered $150 to customers of Discover Brokerage Direct if they’d switch. Ameritrade is offering free trading for a month. But who expected giant American Express Financial Services to offer free trades too? At americanexpress.com/trade you can now buy and sell stocks and no-load mutual funds at zero cost, if your account is worth $100,000 or more....

Garza has played 16 times since. He has been challenged by such extraordinary big men as Maryland’s Jalen Smith, Rutgers’ Myles Johnson and the smaller but amazingly oppressive Xavier Tillman of Michigan State. Garza has faced tag-teams from Illinois (Kofi Cockburn-Giorgi Bezhanishvili), Penn State (John Harrar-Michael Watkins) and Purdue (Matt Haarms-Trevion Williams). He has been double-teamed, fronted, bumped, pushed, harassed and hounded. And in every one of those games, Garza scored at least 20....

The new law, signed by Governor Kim Reynolds last month, requires the Iowa secretary of state to mark all voters who did not cast ballots in the most recent general election as “inactive,” even though some of these voters weren’t eligible to cast ballots because of their age. Previously, voters had to miss two consecutive general elections to be moved to “inactive” status. “It was not a mistake or error....

Is there a scenario for which a highly skilled professional needs the always-on display to do their job? Maybe, but I can’t think of one. It’s simply a neat feature that might make parts of daily life more enjoyable for most people. The same thing goes for the Dynamic Island, which is the new notch at the top of the screen that corrals system alerts into a playful area....

The sleepy town of Ipoh in Perak was lighted up for one night as fans gathered to get up close with former Manchester United player, Andrei Kanchelskis. Signed by Sir Alex Ferguson for the Red Devils back in 1991, Kanchelskis was one of the standout performers in the title winning years of 1992/93 and 1993/94. He went on to play for a few more great clubs in Everton, Fiorentina and Glasgow Rangers before calling time on his playing career....

Iran’s next presidential vote isn’t due until 2009, but Ghalibaf is already casting a shadow on Ahmadinejad’s future. The main difference between the two rivals is not so much substance as style. Both men are religious conservatives with almost identical political agendas and economic programs–and both of them voice a deep mistrust of America. But where Ahmadinejad is confrontational and “showboaty,” Ghalibaf is a pragmatist with a reputation for getting things done....

Noori hoped that politics might offer one of those alternatives. “I thought in a hardliners-dominated parliament we should have a strong reformist contingent in order to express people’s concerns about [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad’s disastrous economic and international policies,” Noori says. But when he tried to register last year as a moderate candidate for the March 14 ballot, he found his path blocked by the Council of Guardians of the Revolution....

The Boeing 737-800 was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft battery shortly after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran. Hours before, Iran had launched ballistic missiles against American troops in Iraq. Iranian anti-aircraft operators were on high alert, and misidentified the departing Ukrainian aircraft as an enemy military plane. Iran initially reported that the plane went down due to technical failure. As first reported by Newsweek, U.S. and Canadian intelligence briefings forced the Iranian regime to admit that its troops were at fault....

The New York Times had reported that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, whose nom de guerre was Abu Muhammad al-Masri, had been killed in Tehran on August 7, which was the 22nd anniversary of the attack on the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. Said to be the next in line to Al Qaeda’s current leader Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Masri was reportedly gunned down by Israeli operatives on a motorcycle while driving near his home....

The Iran nuclear talks are aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear agreement, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOCA). The discussion came to an end Friday after the Iranian negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, returned to ​​Tehran for consultations. European diplomats said they are disappointed by the pause. Wan Qun, China’s chief negotiator, said she is anticipating the talks “will resume hopefully before the end of the year....

“The level of repression and authoritarianism and brutality that is taking place in Iran cannot go on—something will have to give,” Javaid Rehman, whose duties include monitoring and investigating human rights violations in Iran and reporting to the U.N. General Assembly on the human rights situation there, said. “Otherwise, there is a real risk that the people will rise and it will be beyond the control of the Iranian authorities....

The country is part of Group B, along with England, the United States and Wales. Iran will first play England at 8 a.m. ET November 21 at Khalifa International Stadium. While England is viewed as a presumptive favorite to successfully top the standings in this group, Iran hasn’t made it beyond the group stage in five previous World Cups. FanDuel Sportsbook features an over/under of 2.5 goals for the Iran-England matchup, with the under favored at -150 odds....

The IAEA, tasked with monitoring the safety of member countries’ nuclear technologies, had been viewing a manufacturing facility for centrifuge parts through security cameras until June, when an attack on the site left the cameras damaged. The Iranian government accused Israel of the “sabotage attack.” Since June, Iran had not allowed the IAEA to replace the cameras. IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi told the Associated Press on Tuesday of the negative effects that could come from a limited view of the Karaj facility....

The IAEA is due to hold a quarterly meeting this week in Vienna, where the European JCPOA signatories—collectively known as the E3—are planning to issue a resolution criticizing Iran’s repeated refusal to scale back its nuclear program. According to Reuters, the draft resolution voices “serious concern” at Iran’s activity. Iran has been moving away from JCPOA restrictions since former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal in 2018 and began imposing new sanctions on the country....

Major General Hossein Salami told reporters Tuesday that Iran “will never launch an offensive against any country,” claiming its forces are purely “defensive” in the country’s overall strategy, according to the state-run Press TV channel. Bu Salami also said Iranian troops are “fully offensive” on a tactical level and remain prepared for any necessary operations in the area. Salami was speaking during the closing stages of large-scale aerial and naval military drills in the area around the Strait of Hormuz—a key waterway that links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and through which some 30 percent of the world’s oil must pass....

Amir Dianat, 55, and Kamran Lajmiri, 42, are accused of conspiring to disguise their role in a scheme to purchase the Nautic, a petroleum carrier that was being sold by the Greek shipping company Polembros in 2019. It is illegal to conduct transactions benefiting Iran or its government without the prior approval of the Treasury Department. Lajmiri did not respond to a message on a LinkedIn account appearing to belong to him....

“Being here in the U.S. provides me a space to think and be able to freely talk about my opinions regarding Iran’s regime,” Alireza Kazemi, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Davis, told Newsweek. “On the other hand, I am concerned about my family and friends who are living in Iran.” The U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s retaliatory missile launch at Iraqi military bases housing U....

The countries still attached to the deal formerly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action are Iran, China, Britain, Russia, France and Germany. The Associated Press reported that representatives from those countries met at the Palais Coburg, the same hotel where the agreement was signed six years earlier. The original deal had Iran limit its uranium enrichment in exchange for the other countries lifting economic sanctions. The talks are aimed at bringing Iran back in compliance with the deal....