But refugee advocates say the current figures are artificially low because refugee admissions were frozen for months on end while officials conducted reviews that Mr. Trump...
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HONG KONG In Thailand, a theater rigged with hydraulic seats will give moviegoers the sensation of flight. In Australia, an indoor ski slope is going up...
BEIJING China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, seemed indomitable when lawmakers abolished a term limit on his power early this year. But months later, China has been...
TAMPA, FL President Trump brought a message of a booming economy with him to Central Florida on Tuesday evening. He boasted about his administration’s economic accomplishments...
WASHINGTON President Trump has given Republicans good reason to tolerate his unruly leadership style. His tax cuts, deregulation push and nomination of conservative judges amount to...
Even as children were arriving, Cayuga Centers continued to advertise for more foster families and for staff, holding weekly on-the-spot job interviews. Separately, it has put...
ALEXANDRIA, VA Before a packed federal courtroom, jury selection began Tuesday in the bank and tax fraud trial of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman....
Good morning on this iffy Tuesday. We’ve all heard people say: Learning a second language is easier for children than it is for adults. But it’s...
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In March 2013, the same month Mr. Friedman’s parents and sister came to Italy for his marriage to Gabriella Carignani, the descendant of a noble Tuscan...
Four people, among them a 5-year-old boy, were shot and killed at a small apartment building in Queens on Monday night in what investigators believe may...
WASHINGTON President Trump reiterated on Monday his threat to shut down the federal government this fall if Congress does not deliver on Republican demands to crack...
If you’re in the market for effective business marketing, the sheer range of choices can seem more than a little daunting. It’s a process with a...
Asia and Australia Edition (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Stifling drought in Australia, flooding in Southeast Asia and still...
On paper, the Republicans still have a big geographic advantage: There are only nine Republican-held districts that voted more strongly for Democrats in the last two...
Good morning on this clear Monday. The first time I dialed 911 in New York was on a subway platform at 42nd Street — last week....
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: A renewed shutdown threat • President Trump said...
But installing Mr. Khan, analysts say, was not the Establishment’s primary goal. Pakistan’s military has directly ruled for much of its history and meddled during the...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Venezuelans head to Madrid, cryptocurrencies look for a home country and France faces new...
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, already facing a difficult election landscape, confronted a prospect on Sunday they had worked feverishly to avoid: a threat by President Trump...
After the flash floods that the dam failure set off last week, a top Laotian official blamed substandard construction. The main builder of the hydroelectric project,...
Critics of Ms. Tamimi point to a part of the video in which she declared, “Our strength is in our stones,” and appeared to condone, or...
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Sunday disclosed details of a private meeting he had with the publisher of The New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger,...
Negotiating the Cleanup The banks of the Tittabawassee have been home to Dow for decades. Internal documents have suggested that Dow was aware of dioxin’s risks...
Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 2. And a huge surprise in space: Scientists working with Europe’s space agency announced the discovery...
BANGKOK — The Siberian husky burned in Bangkok, the flames devouring her thick fur. Holding hands in the pet funeral hall, the dog’s owners wept soundlessly....
TRAPAING CHOUR, Cambodia — Prime Minister Hun Sen, the only leader that two-thirds of Cambodians have ever known, is not prone to leaving things to chance....
A 60-year-old man fatally shot his father and stepmother in a nursing home in Texas on Friday after killing two other people at the couple’s residence...
REDDING, Calif. — Ed Bledsoe left his home in Redding, Calif., on Thursday to run errands while his wife Melody and their two great-grandchildren stayed home....
A 26-year-old woman and five of her children were killed in a fire early on Saturday morning at a motel in Michigan, the authorities said. The...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — In a reversal of a longstanding policy, American diplomats held face-to-face talks with Taliban representatives in Qatar a week ago without Afghan government...
In an interview a day earlier, David Ralston, a Republican who is the Georgia House speaker, said, “Georgians are going to have the clearest choice that...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Extremists attacked a school for midwives in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, forcing its young female students to flee or take refuge in...
REDDING, Calif. — When Brian Rice fought wildfires in the 1990s, his time on the line was intense during the summer fire season, followed by months...
FACT CHECK Tying recent growth to his policy moves, the president offered broad pronouncements and a litany of statistics. Some were well founded, others less so....
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. _____ 1. Economic growth surged in the second quarter, with the...
The world expects the president to be America’s foreign policy authority, and that what he says goes. Right? Not so fast. In a pattern that’s familiar...
Financing a new home can be a difficult time for many people. Today, if you don’t have the credit score and financial backing to apply for a...
The CBS board said on Friday that it would investigate allegations of misconduct against the company’s chief executive, Leslie Moonves, the subject of a forthcoming article...
The Commerce Department released its initial estimate of second-quarter economic growth on Friday, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy. The Numbers ■ United States...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: A trade deal we’ve seen before • The...
The country is late to Twitter and Facebook — but it hasn’t learned from other countries’ mistakes. By Jochen Bittner Mr. Bittner is a political editor...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Details emerge on E.U.-U.S. trade talks, Amazon releases earnings and Syria acknowledges prisoner deaths....
Ms. Jones has not recused herself from advising on the gainful employment rule or on any matters involving career education, according to her list of recusals...
It had become an article of faith on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley: Quarter after quarter, year after year, the world’s biggest technology companies would...
WASHINGTON — Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, a powerful hard-line conservative who has been embroiled in a scandal from his days as a college wrestling coach,...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: A surprise deal on trade • President Trump...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. The U.S.-E.U. trade war halts, scientists discover water on Mars and a new exhibition...
BEIJING — An explosion rocked the street outside the United States Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, rattling a diplomatically sensitive area in the Chinese capital. Smoke...
Workers may finally be getting a bigger piece of the economic pie — at least in Europe. Just don’t ask why, or whether it will last....
BEIJING — Apple, Gucci, Tesla. Many Chinese shoppers love their top-shelf brands. But another big slice of the population goes gaga for a 40-cent pair of...
Bison and chickpeas. Wild boar and sweet potatoes. Kangaroo and lentils. These are just a few of the spectacularly popular selections of “grain-free” dog food that...
President Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed early Wednesday morning by a man with a pickax, the police said. Around 3:30 a.m.,...
Good morning on this stillrainy Wednesday. Among the ways to get around this city — rickshaw, subway, scooter, ferry — we now have one more option:...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Cohen releases secret Trump tape • Michael Cohen,...
What Is at Stake in the Election? The election comes at a critical moment for a country of 200 million people and for a region stressed...
WASHINGTON President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, escalated his dispute with the president on Tuesday by releasing a secret recording of a conversation in...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who preceded Mr. Deal as governor, made the case for Mr. Kemp with the president following a cabinet meeting last week. And...
In an attempt to stanch the flow of undocumented immigrants, the Trump administration in May launched a policy under which every adult caught entering the country...
In this article, we explore a list of cryptocurrency and blockchain qualifications, from blockchain course free, which is an online course to university degrees. Don’t know...
In the meantime, the administration has sought ways for the Agriculture Department to help farmers survive the pain of retaliation. As part of the program announced...
Marketing is an extremely personal service to invest in. After all, you’re putting the name, image, and reputation of your business in the hands of someone...
“While this is a notable step in the right direction, it’s a small one that comes much too late,” the statement said, adding that Ms. Trump...
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) What would you do if your brother went missing in the California desert? For...
The man behind two now-defunct cryptocurrency investment sites has pled guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Iran tweet echoes Trump’s threats to North Korea...
HONG KONG — Hundreds of people were missing on Tuesday after a billion-dollar hydropower dam that was under construction in Laos collapsed, killing several people and...
When Paige Anderson was 20 years old, she made a pact with her best friend, Grant Lowe: If the two remained single by age 30, they...
The authorities in California said Monday night that they had captured a man who fatally stabbed a young woman and wounded her sister at an Oakland...
However, it is still possible for someone to lose his citizenship if it can be shown he acquired it fraudulently. A prominent case of this is...
Asia and Australia Edition (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Escalating invective with Tehran, the eve of a crucial vote...
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) The police briefing on a hostage-taking at a Trader’s Joe in Silver Lake that...
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Iran gets an all-caps warning • President Trump...
A woman was killed and 13 other people were injured after a man with a handgun opened fire on a bustling avenue in Toronto on Sunday...
Some people are baffled by Donald Trump’s fawning admiration of the world’s strongmen. I am not. If you know anything about Donald Trump’s formative years in...
A British county police force has become the first in the country to seize and exchange bitcoins discovered during a criminal investigation. According to a report from the...
SANTA FE, N.M. — A polarizing president electrifies the opposition party going into his first midterm election, raising the party’s hopes that it can reclaim governorships,...
SEVNICA, Slovenia — Melania cake. Melania cream. Melania wine. Melania tea. Melania slippers. Melania salami. Melania chocolate-coated apple slices. There are few products that the enterprising...
Mr. Faizi claimed that General Dostum’s personal secretary, Jalil Sarbaz, had called him in Austria and threatened his family if he talked to the news media...
MADRID — Spain’s opposition Popular Party has elected Pablo Casado to replace Mariano Rajoy as its leader, choosing a hard liner who wants to stop the...
MACON, Ga. — By touting the family values and conservative leadership of Brian Kemp at a Saturday rally, Vice President Mike Pence provided the insurgent candidate...
Sergio Marchionne, the chain-smoking, deal-making boss of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, was an unlikely auto executive, spending much of his career in other industries. But in the...
He made a subspecialty of one street in particular. Ms. Reichl, who hired him at The Times and Gourmet, recalls his telling her in the 1980s...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration disclosed on Saturday a previously top-secret set of documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page, the onetime Trump campaign adviser...
Her fund-raising effort has collected more than $9,600 from 52 donors. A contributor in Sunnyside, Queens, express-mailed $1,000 in cash to The Times, along with a...
The special counsel’s office has expressed interest in issuing a subpoena to a woman who gained notoriety a decade ago for running a prostitution service in...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump lashed out at his longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Saturday, suggesting that there could be legal consequences for Mr....
LONDON — The Iron Lady loved teddy bears. Newly released documents have pulled back the curtains on such lesser-known aspects of the life and times of...
Then on Tuesday, Mrs. May won a vote against amendments designed to keep Britain closer to the European Union, but only after some questionable parliamentary maneuvers...
Online videos of Branson duck boat tours from recent years show life jackets stowed beneath the roof of the boats, within arm’s reach of an adult....
“The gains that have been made in the last few years have really come from a very small contingent of special-interest groups and powerful lobbyists,” said...
The university at the time required that athletes submit to a physical, administered by Dr. Strauss, before being allowed to compete, “which meant that systematic sexual...
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JERUSALEM The conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated in Gaza on Friday after a Palestinian sniper killed an Israeli soldier along the border fence and Israel...
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Mr. Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed...
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Updated, 6:54 a.m. Good morning on this clear Friday. A steam pipe exploded underneath a street in the Flatiron district of Manhattan on Thursday morning. No...
Among white respondents, the differences in the responses were striking: More than half, 58 percent, said average Americans got less than they deserved; 28 percent, however,...
At least 11 people were killed Thursday night when a tourist boat capsized in a southern Missouri lake as powerful thunderstorms passed through the Midwest, the...