Seven-Alarm Blaze at Brooklyn Storage Company
Ten hours after the fire started at 6:20 a.m., large orange flames still jumped from the roof of the building, and smoke filled with black chunks of ash blew east,…
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Ukraine Fighting Continues as Talks Stall
Footage produced by “Army SOS,” a group linked to the Ukrainian army, apparently shot on Jan.15, shows aerial views of the damage to Donetsk airport after recent fighting. ARTEMOVSK, Ukraine…
Carl Djerassi Dies at 91; Forever Altered Reproductive Practices as a Creator of the Pill
Carl Djerassi, an eminent chemist who 63 years ago synthesized a hormone that changed the world by creating the key ingredient for the oral contraceptive known as “the pill,” died…
Vehicles With Faulty Airbags Are Recalled for Second Time
Federal regulators have persuaded Toyota, Chrysler and Honda to recall about 2.1 million vehicles because the airbags might deploy even when the vehicle is not in a crash, the National…
Italy Elects President, While Mulling a Change in Role
ROME — Italian lawmakers on Saturday elected Sergio Mattarella, a veteran politician and constitutional court judge, as the country’s president, a post that is expected to be redefined during his…
A Silver Lining Coated in Coal Dust in Eastern Ukraine
In a region beset by upheaval and misfortune, coal miners who take pride in their grit and self-reliance have found at least one silver lining in changes sweeping over their…
Romney Donors Are Being Wooed to Switch Sides
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida plunged into all-out battle this weekend for the biggest unclaimed prize in American politics and the decisive…
Climate Change’s Bottom Line
It was 8 degrees in Minneapolis on a recent January day, and out on Interstate 394, snow whipped against the windshields of drivers on their morning commutes. But inside the…
Immigration Rules in Bahamas Sweep Up Haitians
Kenson Timothee, who was born in the Bahamas to illegal Haitian immigrants, spent six weeks in immigration detention. His citizenship status is pending, and his 5-year-old daughter’s situation is precarious….
Shots Fired During Protest Against Charlie Hebdo in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunfire erupted Saturday at a demonstration in Kabul where several hundred people had gathered to protest the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in the satirical…
Serena Williams Beats Maria Sharapova in Australian Open Final
Top-ranked Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam singles title, defeating No. 2 Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 7-6 (5), on Saturday in the final of the Australian Open. Williams, 33, beat…
Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Their children have been sent home from school. Their families are barred from birthday parties and neighborhood play dates. Online, people call them negligent and criminal….
Europe’s Young Entrepreneurs
MADRID — When Jordan Casey took to the stage to present his technology business, he jumped onto the platform rather than walking up the access ramp. Entrepreneurial energy? Yes, but…
Bernice Gordon, Who Toyed With Words, Dies at 101
Bernice Gordon, a self-described ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ who over the last six decades contributed some 150 crossword puzzles to The New York Times, died on Thursday at her home in Philadelphia. She was…
Tiger Woods Struggles in Worst Round of His Career
On Golf By KAREN CROUSE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Watching Tiger Woods launch wildly errant drives was hard. Watching his ground-ball chip shots was harder. But the hardest part of watching…
For Tourists Seeking Drugs, an Experience That’s Less Than Authentic
Crime Scene By MICHAEL WILSON P. T. Barnum declared over 100 years ago that there is one born every minute. But where, when they grow up to become adults who…
U.N. Rights Chief Says He’ll Shine a Light on Countries Big and Small
The Saturday Profile By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE GENEVA — IN a 20-year career at the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has had more than a few opportunities to witness…
Loyalist Forsakes Gandhis’ Fraying Party
NEW DELHI — A longtime and prominent loyalist of the Indian National Congress party publicly broke with the party’s president, Sonia Gandhi, and her son, Rahul, on Friday. The loyalist…
The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 30, 2015 Economic View By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER – In short, a paid leave law helps, but it is not enough….
Chevron to Abandon Shale Natural Gas Venture in Poland
LONDON — Chevron said on Friday that it would abandon efforts to find and produce natural gas from shale rock in Poland, in perhaps the biggest setback yet to fledgling…
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang
Scientists will have to wait a while longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang. Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of Bicep…
Odd Photo Choice for Venezuela Promotional Effort
CARACAS, Venezuela — Not long ago, Jim Wyss, a South America correspondent for The Miami Herald, was detained by Venezuelan authorities for 48 hours and questioned by military intelligence. This…
A Strained Alliance: Obama-Netanyahu Rift Grew Over Years
WASHINGTON — For six years, the pattern has been the same. A dispute between American and Israeli leaders spills out into the open. Analysts declare the relationship in crisis. Then…
Vague Job Outline Leads to Defining Role With Seahawks
PHOENIX — Rocky Seto is the Seattle Seahawks’ defensive passing game coordinator. “Am I actually in charge of the pass game?” Seto said. “No.” This, then, is what Seto does…
Canada Seeks to Strengthen Spy Agency After Attacks
OTTAWA — Citing the attacks by radical Islamists that killed two Canadian soldiers in October and the more recent assaults in France, Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced sweeping legislation on…
As Measle Cases Spread in U.S., So Does Anxiety
The measles outbreak tied to Disneyland continued to spread anxiety Friday as two new cases emerged overnight in Marin County in California — along with at least one in Nebraska…
Kirchner Makes a Plea for Argentina to Remain United
BUENOS AIRES — In a veiled reference to the fallout from the mysterious death of a federal prosecutor this month, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina blamed unspecified forces…
ISIS Launches Surprise Attack on Kirkuk, Killing Top Kurdish Commander
BAGHDAD — Exploiting a foggy night as cover, Islamic State militants launched a surprise attack on Kurdish positions on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Friday,…
G.M.O. Labels for Food Proliferate Even as a Battle Over Them Rages
There are few industry debates as heated these days as the one about labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. And while interest groups and advocates wage war in state…
A Chinese New Year Dumpling Recipe
City Kitchen By DAVID TANIS Dumplings are said to bring good fortune, and eating them is a time-honored traditional way to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb….