Chains Pull Dietary Aids Off Shelves After Inquiry
The attorney general’s office announced last week that it had conducted tests on 78 bottles of top-selling medicinal herbs at the four retailers and discovered that four out of five…
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Taiwan: Six Inmates Kill Themselves, Official Says
Six inmates at a prison in southern Taiwan killed themselves Thursday morning, ending an overnight hostage situation, a Justice Ministry official said. Two prison staff members were released unharmed after…
Bob Simon, CBS Correspondent, Is Killed in Manhattan Car Crash
Bob Simon, a longtime CBS News correspondent, was killed in a car crash in Manhattan on Wednesday, according to the network and the authorities. He was 73. Few details about…
Frantic Efforts at NBC to Curb Rising Damage Caused by Brian Williams
Hours before Brian Williams took the anchor’s chair for the nightly newscast on Feb. 4, a sense of dread began to spread through the Rockefeller Plaza offices of NBC News….
At the Time Warner Center, an Enclave of Powerful Russians
In March 2009, a bookish-looking Russian senator stepped to the podium at the Brookings Institution in Washington. The occasion was the inauguration of a new think tank devoted to United…
At Cricket World Cup, a Group of Underdogs Gets a Rare Opportunity
It would be hard to find two words that seem so ill-matched as “Afghanistan cricket.” Yet this month, the national team of that war-torn country will begin play in cricket’s…
Funding Is Still Elusive for Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — Republicans who have been so disciplined in their opposition to President Obama are now finding themselves badly splintered over how to keep the Department of Homeland Security operating…
Brian Williams’s and Jon Stewart’s Common Ground
David Carr THE MEDIA EQUATION Other than timing, Jon Stewart’s triumphant retirement and Brian Williams’s public and humbling disenfranchisement would seem to have little in common. – “You don’t write…
Google, Mighty Now, but Not Forever
Farhad Manjoo STATE OF THE ART Technology giants often meet their end not with a bang but a whimper, a slow, imperceptible descent into irrelevancy that may not immediately be…
His Game in Tatters, Tiger Woods Takes a Leave
The soap opera that has become Tiger Woods’s life took another shadowy turn Wednesday when Woods announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from competitive golf to…
House Passes Keystone Bill Despite Obama’s Opposition
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill approving construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a clash with President Obama, who has vowed to veto…
Smoking’s Health Toll Worse Than Previously Thought, Study Says
However bad you thought smoking was, it’s even worse. A new study adds at least five diseases and 60,000 deaths a year to the toll taken by tobacco in the…
Yale Forward Brandon Sherrod Takes a Break to Sing With Whiffenpoofs
Approaching 10 p.m. on the eve of a recent blizzard, the Rockwood Music Hall, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was running low on breathing room, packed so tightly…
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ROME — An Italian court convicted Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner that capsized in 2012 and left 32 people dead, on Wednesday and sentenced him to just…
Doris Salcedo, Whose Art Honors Lives Lost, Gets a Retrospective in Chicago
CHICAGO — When the elevators at the Museum of Contemporary Art here stop on the fourth floor, they usually open on a large, airy lobby with a view of Michigan…
The Case for Buying a Powerball Ticket
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 11, 2015 Neil Irwin – But the key intuition is that while you are still throwing away money when buying a…
Eurozone Finance Ministers Hold Emergency Meeting on Greece Bailout
BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers were gathering in an emergency session here on Wednesday, under pressure to hammer out a stopgap plan to keep Greece from running out of money…
House Expected to Pass Keystone Bill Despite Obama’s Opposition
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday is expected to pass a bill forcing the administration to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, sending the measure to President Obama, who…
Man Charged in Deaths of 3 Muslim Students Near UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 46-year old man was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of three students at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina…
Obama Administration to Target Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will increase enforcement of illegal wildlife trafficking, including using American intelligence agencies to track an estimated $20 billion a year in global sales, officials from…
Leader of Belgian Sharia Group Is Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
BRUSSELS — In a case seen as a test of Europe’s ability to combat Islamic extremism through the courts, a Belgian judge on Wednesday ruled that Sharia4Belgium, a group accused…
Outrage Over North Carolina Shootings Spurs #MuslimLivesMatter on Twitter
Global outrage over the murder of three Muslim students in North Carolina spread quickly through social media on Wednesday, with the hashtag #muslimlivesmatter appearing in scores of posts shared all…
Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business
At the end of a recent New York sneak preview of “Fifty Shades of Grey” — in the blackout between the final lines of dialogue (“Anastasia!” “Christian!”) and the first…
‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ the Movie, as a Fairy Tale
If ever a novel could be described as review-proof, it is “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which, with its two sequels, has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide despite being…
White House to File Trade Case Against China at W.T.O. Over Export Subsidies
HONG KONG — The Obama administration announced on Wednesday morning that it was filing a broad trade case against China at the World Trade Organization, accusing Beijing of providing illegal…
Obama Sends Letter to Congress Seeking Authorization of ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday sent a formal letter to Congress asking for authorization of military action against the Islamic State. The request would prohibit the use of “enduring…
About 300 Migrants Said to Have Died Crossing Mediterranean
ROME — An estimated 300 migrants were reported dead on Wednesday as survivors recounted harrowing tales of small boats being overwhelmed by waves, throwing scores of victims into deadly cold…
Friend of Putin Assumes Role of Negotiator in Ukrainian Conflict
KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor V. Medvedchuk often turns up in places where only buddies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia get to go, like the V.I.P. section at a…
Man Charged in Deaths of 3 Near University of North Carolina
Police officials in Chapel Hill, N.C., said on Wednesday that a man had been arrested in the shooting deaths of three people at a condominium complex east of the University…
Better Fitness Through Your Phone
Many of us have invested in the wristbands or other wearable devices that tell us how many steps we’ve taken, calories we’ve burned and other information. But an interesting new…