The stock surge of recent months, ignited by policy prospects, is now driven by strong earnings and other factors that seem impervious to politics.
The shuttering of the C.I.A. program, one of the most expensive efforts to arm and train rebels since the 1980s, has forced a reckoning over its successes and failures.
The White House has spent considerable time and effort cultivating the right, the one constituency it knows it cannot afford to alienate.
Researchers have found a way to reliably remove disease-causing mutations from human embryos, raising the possibility of protecting babies from a variety of conditions.
In the battle over affirmative action in college admissions, a lawsuit claims that Harvard penalizes Asian-Americans for their high achievement and gives preference to other minorities.
Italian officials worry that the famed, sinking city is being further swamped by a “low-quality tourism” that is making life almost unbearable for residents.
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An expansion of power. A rewriting of the Constitution. Is democracy coming to an end in Venezuela?
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A movement to start the school day no earlier than 8:30 a.m., a profile of Oakland’s earnest mayor, and a plan for Big Sur’s massive mudslide.
Heavy, bulging backpacks are a thing of the past — or can be with some smart tech purchases.
10 things to consider before you shut the front door and head off on a vacation.
The agonies of being overweight — or running a diet company — in a culture that likes to pretend it only cares about health, not size.
More than 3,500 workers, most of them African-American, will decide on unionization this week at a Mississippi plant.
It wasn’t the reason Democrats failed to retake the House in 2012, but it will likely be the reason if they don’t do it next year.
The chef has found success by running The Lost Kitchen, her small, idiosyncratic restaurant in Freedom, Me., exactly the way she likes.
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After years of plunder, countries will begin treaty talks at the United Nations to create marine reserves in international waters.
More than 40 cats were found abandoned in an eight-unit apartment building, apparently left by a former tenant.
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The acquisition of Australia’s largest dairy was funded by loads of debt, the type of opaque deal-making that worries regulators around the world.
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Mr. Chappelle, blending comedy with his singular approach to storytelling, will perform through Aug. 24 with fellow headliners like Chris Rock and Leslie Jones.
Ms. Jones discovered Julia Child and other venerated culinary writers, and pushed for the American publication of Anne Frank’s diary.
With “Logan Lucky,” Steven Soderbergh wants to replicate what Hollywood studios do, only with fewer resources and more control for filmmakers.
Russia may have been trying to recruit allies to influence the election — and our government.
Kagame gets a pass for cutting corners because he seems to deliver on development. But does he deliver?
Race-conscious admissions policies have made college campuses, and our country, better. The Supreme Court agrees.
I realize now it can cost just as much to manage a mental illness as it does to be sick.
For years, Brookfield had beautiful scenery but no walkable downtown. A new revitalization plan aims to change that.
