Representative Kevin McCarthy abruptly took himself out of the race to succeed John A. Boehner as House speaker, leaving shocked members with no clear path forward and no set date for a new race.
American officials said some of the cruise missiles fired from Russian warships in the Caspian Say fell in a rural area of Iran, and did not reach targets in Syria.
Despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing a controversial drug to be used for lethal injections, death penalty states are not finding it easier to execute inmates.
Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarussian journalist and prose writer, is best known for giving voice to survivors of war and disaster.
School districts are investing in new and expanded initiatives in New York City and elsewhere. Increased diversity is an added benefit.
The city’s leaders are hoping to avoid the pitfalls bedeviling San Francisco, such as surging home prices and less diversity.
Michael Horn, president of the company’s American unit, came under withering criticism about the emissions testing scandal at a hearing of a House subcommittee.
The global soccer body’s vice president, Michel Platini, was also provisionally barred as a corruption inquiry moves forward.
Mike Napoli of Texas still thinks about the ring that got away: when the Rangers lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2011 World Series.
Frank Rich looks at Hallberg’s first novel, a Dickens-size descent into New York City circa 1976-77, where humanity bubbles up amid the ruins.
The Times obituary department scrambles to provide sweeping biographies on a moment’s notice.
In the era of high-definition television, college football is eager to keep up attendance in the stands, where alcohol sales are a moneymaker.
Jeb Bush boasts he won’t court voters with handouts, but the government gives generously to all tax brackets.
Should Britain and others compensate former colonies for human exploitation?
Russia’s interference will make things worse for everyone.
Often hoodwinked by the label of the “model minority,” we must resist the stereotype of Asian passivity.
Older adults are retiring to New York. For some, the original impetus is an urgent request to help raise a grandchild, but the pull of city life keeps them here.
The village, part of the town of Greenburgh, has managed to retain its small-town appeal despite the slicing in half of its business district by the construction of the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
The parade of unorthodox buildings in the West Chelsea neighborhood will soon include a futuristic residence at 520 West 28th Street.
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