Americans know what to do when a president dies. We find the instructions they have often personally laid out. We polish the horse-drawn caisson, and we put on a show of pomp and circumstance that gathers political foes in a display of collective mourning, reflection and unity. That’s what’s happening this week in Washington, where […]
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Maybe you made a New Year’s resolution to cut down on the amount of alcohol you drink or to stop drinking altogether. Maybe you’ve committed to Dry January. Maybe you were alarmed when the surgeon general last week said that consuming alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer, and that alcoholic beverages should carry […]
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Federal Reserve officials cut interest rates as expected last month. But minutes from their December meeting suggest that the decision was a close call — and that there is no guarantee policymakers will lower rates again anytime soon. The minutes of the central bank’s Dec. 17-18 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that most Fed officials […]
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Notre Dame and its renowned symbols — the golden helmets to match the dome atop the Main Building on campus, the Touchdown Jesus mural overlooking the football stadium — are recognizable worldwide. The program is soaked in lore, dripping with history and brimming with nostalgia. Waking up the echoes. Playing like a champion. Winning one […]
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Within minutes on Wednesday morning, San Francisco got a new mayor — and a new plan for an emergency declaration intended to combat the fentanyl scourge that has killed thousands of people in the city over the past five years and has turned some neighborhoods into sidewalk drug markets. Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, was sworn […]
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When Donald J. Trump won a return to the White House, many countries thought they knew what to expect and how to prepare for what was coming. Diplomats in world capitals said they would zero in on what his administration does, rather than what Mr. Trump says. Bigger nations developed plans to soften or counter […]
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Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts reached a tentative labor agreement with employers on Wednesday, averting a strike that could have hammered the economy days before President-elect Donald J. Trump took office. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, overcame their differences over a […]
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Erik Spoelstra is always seeking out original thinkers. Four years ago, the NBA’s fourth-winningest active coach found one a 45-minute drive north of the Miami Heat’s facilities. Since then, Spoelstra has visited Nova Southeastern University regularly for an up-close look at the unique stylings of Jim Crutchfield, the Division II school’s […]
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Two prominent labor groups are joining forces in an attempt to expand union membership and protect members’ interests as they face the likelihood of a less union-friendly federal government under Donald J. Trump. The Service Employees International Union, which represents nearly two million workers in industries like home health care and janitorial services, said on […]
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The wildfires that continued to burn through Southern California on Wednesday have gutted a number of local landmarks in some of the most affluent areas of Los Angeles. On Wednesday morning, fire officials estimated that more than 1,000 structures had already been destroyed. The fires carved a destructive path through Pacific Palisades and Malibu, communities […]
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