‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts  —  The Twitter chief says he will reinstate accounts suspended for threats, harassment and misinformation beginning next week  —  Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly all previously banned Twitter accounts …

Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will withstand Russian attacks on power networks  —  ‘We must return all lands,’ Ukrainian president tells the FT  —  Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's new strategy to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure and plunge it into darkness would not weaken the country's resolve …

E. Jean Carroll sues Donald Trump for alleged 1990s rape under New York Adult Survivors Act  —  The writer E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for allegedly raping her in the 1990s just after midnight Thursday as a New York law took effect opening a window for sex assault victims to sue their alleged assailants.

Over 20,000 died in western Europe's summer heatwaves, figures show  —  This year's temperatures would have been virtually impossible without climate crisis, scientists say  —  More than 20,000 people died across western Europe in this summer's heatwaves, in temperatures …

Beijing on edge as city adds new quarantine centers  —  Residents of some parts of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals.

Jeffrey Epstein Accusers Sue Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan  —  Lawsuits claim banks facilitated sex trafficking and ignored red flags  —  Women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse are suing Deutsche Bank AG DB 1.62%increase; green up pointing triangle and JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.07%increase …

Russia's parliament passes law banning ‘gay’ and ‘pedophilia’ propaganda  —  Russia's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a new law banning all forms of “gay propaganda,” as well as the “propaganda of pedophilia and sex change” among adults.  —  The bill passed unanimously …

Democrats battle over 2024 nomination calendar as Biden weighs options  —  New Hampshire and Nevada battle over first place, as Michigan and Minnesota angle to replace Iowa in the Democratic presidential process  —  New Hampshire's Republican governor considers Nevada's bid to become …

Biden says he will try to move on gun control during lame-duck session  —  President Biden on Thursday said he would try to pass a bill banning assault rifles during the lame-duck session before the next Congress forms, despite long odds due to Republican opposition.

Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024  —  Before Election Day, anxiety mounted over potential chaos at the polls.  —  Election officials warned about poll watchers who had been steeped in conspiracy theories falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump did not actually lose the 2020 election.

There is a growing shadow campaign to defend Joe Biden from House Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — As Republicans prepare to use their new House majority to probe the Biden administration and the business dealings of the president's son Hunter, Democrats are assembling a constellation of groups to respond.

Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her  —  The former Alaska governor, once the standard-bearer of the G.O.P.'s dog-whistling, no-apologies culture, was no match for the same forces she rode to national prominence.  —  It is hard to overstate just how much of a jolt …