Zam was found guilty of “corruption on earth,” a spokesman for the judiciary, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, told reporters on Tuesday. The term does not specify a single crime, but it is a charge that the Iranian government sometimes uses in cases of alleged attempts to overthrow the government. Zam ran …

A statue of Stonewall Jackson on Richmond Monument Avenue fell on Wednesday after the mayor ordered the “immediate removal” of all Confederate monuments owned by the city. “As the capital city of Virginia, we have needed to turn this page for decades. And today we will,” said Richmond Mayor Levar …

In an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus by people who may be asymptomatic, federal health authorities plan to “test” the virus for younger people. © Kevin Dietsch-Pool / Getty Admiral Brett Giroir said Wednesday that the US Department of Health and Human Services was coordinating with three …

Two NASA astronauts completed the penultimate set of battery replacements outside the International Space Station, advancing a multi-year project to upgrade the power system for the orbiting laboratory. Expedition 63 commander Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken, who launched on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in late May, conducted their second spacewalk …

If his former Reds teammate Sean Casey hadn’t hit him with the nickname, Aaron Boone could pass for “The Mayor.” Seeing Boone walk through the Yankees clubhouse is witnessing an effortless ballet of little conversation, eye contact, handshakes, and shoulder pads, whether it’s with his players, their coaches, their superiors, …