History of Lynchings in the South Documents Nearly 4,000 Names
DALLAS — A block from the tourist-swarmed headquarters of the former Texas School Book Depository sits the old county courthouse, now a museum. In 1910, a group of men rushed…
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Terrorist’s Claims About Saudis Put 9/11 Families’ Lawsuit Back in Spotlight
WASHINGTON — Ron Motley could have come straight out of a John Grisham novel, a charismatic Southern trial lawyer with the swagger of a man who had bet big in…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Gets a New Name
An institute panel recommended that the illness be renamed “systemic exertion intolerance disease.” The term reflects what patients, clinicians and researchers all agree is a core symptom: a sustained depletion of…
Parents of Kayla Mueller, ISIS Hostage, Confirm She Is Dead
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed…
In Yemen, Houthi Leader Pledges to Pursue Power-Sharing Accord
SANA, Yemen — In his first interview since the Yemeni government collapsed, the leader of the Houthi militants in control of Sana, the capital, depicted his movement as eager to…
Do Activist Investors Target Women C.E.O.s?
Indra K. Nooyi. Marissa Mayer. Ellen J. Kullman. Irene B. Rosenfeld. Meg Whitman. Mary T. Barra. What do these women have in common? They are the chief executives of some…
United Arab Emirates Resume Airstrikes Against ISIS
WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday launched a series of airstrikes in Syria, returning to combat missions against the Islamic State for the first time since December. A…
Amy Pascal to Work on Sony’s Spider-Man Team
LOS ANGELES — Amy Pascal may be giving up the Sony Pictures crown, but she’s keeping the jewels. In a deal announced late Monday, Ms. Pascal will join the producing…
The Hezbollah Connection
1. Ahmad Abu Adass In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon. He was kind and…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Says He Didn’t Engage in ‘Unbridled’ Behavior
LILLE, France — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund who is accused of participating in a global sex ring, said on Tuesday that he had committed…
India’s Governing Party Heads for Crushing Defeat in Delhi Elections
NEW DELHI — Less than a year after Narendra Modi won a historic victory to become India’s new prime minister, a smaller political earthquake struck the capital on Tuesday, as…
Taiwan Charges Dozens of Protesters in Takeover of Government Buildings
HONG KONG — Prosecutors in Taiwan have charged dozens of protesters over an occupation of government buildings last year that sought to block approval of a trade pact with China….
Strauss-Kahn Expected to Defend Legality of Lust at Trial
LILLE, France — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund who is accused of participating in a global sex ring, was expected to testify on Tuesday to…
Hong Kong Court Convicts Employer in Abuse of Domestic Worker
HONG KONG — She claimed that her employer kicked her and beat her with a vacuum cleaner rod. She said that she was given only one bottle of water a…
In Northeast, a Winter to Forget
The scenes have become familiar at airports this winter: snow swirling amid planes stacked up on the tarmac, passengers whiling away hours of delays, making exasperated calls to reservation agents….
Once Friendly With Putin, German Goes to Court Over Seized Assets
MUNICH, Germany — For anyone looking for insight on how to deal with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and the Kremlin as negotiations over Ukraine intensify, Franz J. Sedelmayer…
Malaysian Court Upholds Opposition Leader’s Sodomy Conviction
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — A Malaysian court on Tuesday upheld a sodomy conviction for Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the country’s opposition, the culmination of a protracted legal battle entwined with…
Schoolgirls Are Facing More Threats, U.N. Reports
Attacks against girls attending school or seeking access to education appear to be increasing around the world despite legal protections of gender equality, the United Nations said in a report…
Slovenia’s Tina Maze Wins the Alpine Combined and Basks Atop the Skiing World
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Tina Maze kicked a cartwheel across the finish area. She had reason to celebrate: She had just won the combined event at the World Ski Championships…
U.S. Is Seeking Felony Pleas by Big Banks in Foreign Currency Inquiry
In the final stages of a long-running investigation into corruption in the world’s largest financial market, federal prosecutors have recently informed Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, the Royal Bank of Scotland and…
Old Ways Prove Hard to Shed, Even as Crisis Hits Kimono Trade
AMAMI OSHIMA, Japan — Kazuhiko Kanai uses the traditional method to dye the elegant kimonos for which this small, semitropical island is renowned: he carries a bundle of pure white…
Judge Threatens Plan for Puerto Rico to Avert Financial Catastrophe
The law, known as the Recovery Act, was meant to give Puerto Rico’s public corporations protections similar to bankruptcy. Unlike American cities like Detroit, which used federal bankruptcy law to…
Amid Complaints in India, a Real Estate Deal in Manhattan
Last Sept. 28, a group of retired military officers demonstrated at Jantar Mantar, a historic site in New Delhi. “Though we are old veterans, we still have the strength to…
Video Shows Fatal Crush at Stadium in Egypt
Open Source By ROBERT MACKEY Video recorded on Sunday outside a soccer stadium in Cairo, where at least 19 fans were killed in a fatal crush before a match, appears…
After Criticism, India Police Arrest 8 in Haryana Rape-Murder
NEW DELHI — Under mounting criticism for their slow response to a missing persons report filed last week, the police in the Indian state of Haryana arrested eight men on…
Atlantic Corals: Colorful and Vulnerable
A council that sets regulations for fishing off the mid-Atlantic coast will meet on Wednesday to consider protections for little known and fragile ecosystems of deep sea corals in and…
Stressed by Money? Get on the Couch
I felt calm as I sat on a blue couch for my close encounter with the nascent field of financial therapy. I watched as Joel Reimer, a fit, 50-something man…
Obama Says He Doesn’t Expect More Extensions in Talks With Iran
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday said he did not envision any more extensions in continuing negotiations with Iran to prevent the nation from obtaining nuclear weapons, and he pleaded…
At the Museum of London, the City That Sherlock Holmes Knew
LONDON — A riveting exhibition here at the Museum of London has capitalized on the full-blown Sherlockmania that seems to have seized the Western world, judging by a new spate…
Justice Thomas’s Dissent Hints of Supreme Court’s Intentions on Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday not to delay same-sex marriage in Alabama offered the strongest signal yet that gay rights advocates are likely to prevail in coming months in…