Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has been the subject of more than a dozen government investigations, will leave his position by the end of the year, adding to the list of top officials to exit the administration. 91
A federal judge ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional without a penalty for not having insurance, casting doubt on the law’s future. 1315
Boeing opened a new Chinese production facility, as the American aviation company tries to cater to its top export market while steering clear of the tensions battering U.S.-China relations.
Volatile markets, mixed inflation signals and recent remarks by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell have deepened investors’ doubts about how many times the Fed can raise rates next year.
A tech-driven concentration of talent since the 1980s has helped the rich get richer. But it has also sharpened an urban-rural divide that, some say, threatens growth. Columnist Christopher Mims explores the phenomenon. 120
Ahmad Sawadi works with other Syrian exiles to track the whereabouts of defeated Islamic State leaders seeking an escape to Turkey and Europe. 58
Fresh economic figures from Europe and China added to mounting concerns that weakening growth at the end of 2018 will carry over into a sharper slowdown next year, weighing on the solid but cooling U.S. expansion.
Ben LeNail has the neurodegenerative disease ALD, but a daily exercise regimen and Pilates help him stay healthy and active.
A pair of apps preach relaxation to millions of customers—but still badly want to beat each other.
The new TV adaptation of ‘Vanity Fair’ updates Thackeray’s 19th-century novel with pop music and Olivia Cooke as the social-climbing Becky Sharp.
While older Americans are loath to buy big-ticket design items online, Generation Y has inspired new direct-to-consumer retailers that reduce the anxieties, cut the costs and amp up convenience. 67
After reading about an imperiled general store in a small New Hampshire town last year, a nonagenarian philanthropist from Nevada decided to step in.
Michael Cohen said in a television interview that President Trump was “very concerned” about how affair allegations would affect his 2016 campaign and “directed me to become involved” in hush-money payments. 2323
North Carolina’s public university system rejected a proposal to build a $5.3 million building to house Silent Sam, the Confederate monument that was torn down in August. 103
Late in the economic expansion, state and local government investment is now showing signs of a real recovery.
The suit targets one of the videogame’s most popular aspects: the celebratory dances players buy for a few bucks. Artists including 2 Milly and Chance the Rapper say originators should be paid for moves they created and popularized.
A Justice Department official asked a federal judge to withhold payments to McKinsey for its work advising a bankrupt Colorado coal miner, adding to criticism of how the firm discloses potential conflicts of interest.
A top executive at Wynn Resorts who had been accused of enabling alleged sexual misconduct by former Chief Executive Steve Wynn is leaving the company.
The concert films from Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway residency and Taylor Swift’s stadium tour across the U.S.—two of the hottest tickets of 2018—are headed for Netflix.
PG&E falsified natural gas pipeline-safety records over a five-year period ending in 2017, California regulators said, dealing another blow to the state’s largest utility.
A tentative deal between warring parties in Yemen is being hailed as a breakthrough by international diplomats even as they warn it must still be implemented on the ground.
Russian lawyers are racking up billable hours and profits helping companies hit by sanctions navigate treacherous legal terrain—and preparing others in case they are targeted next. It’s a niche big international firms can’t touch.
Ukraine declared the founding of a national Orthodox church independent of Russia, stripping the Kremlin of an instrument it has used for centuries in efforts to dominate its neighbor.
Chinese hackers are breaching Navy contractors to steal everything from ship-maintenance data to missile plans, triggering a review of cyber vulnerabilities. 364
Olivier Widmaier Picasso, author of ‘Picasso: An Intimate Portrait,’ talks about his family’s history and his favorite of his grandfather’s works
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