New York Times

A good lesson on Europe’s bare-knuckle negotiating tactics.

The film has the ingredients of a splashy good time — the charismatic Hugh Jackman, for one — but it fast becomes a standard-issue holiday biopic.

In June, Monalisa Perez, of Minnesota, shot at a thick book that her boyfriend was holding. She pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter.

Police say package theft is up during the holiday shopping crush, but homeowners and retailers are striking back with cameras and other technology.

Older patients are often aggressively screened for cancer, even if they won’t live long enough to benefit.

New York City’s mayor promotes his progressive credentials in a key political state. Again.

In Wonder Valley, the silence makes its own kind of noise. And Twentynine Palms makes its own kind of music.

Australia wants to curb Chinese government influence in its democracy, but Chinese-Australians worry the new legislation will unfairly single them out.

The military concedes that corpses were found where Rohingya have been massacred but reporters investigating the killings remained under arrest.

Congress is looking to leave Washington for the year, but the Children’s Health Insurance Program is out of money, and parents are pleading for help.

Virginia Republicans appear to have lost control of the House of Delegates in an election decided by a single vote in a nail-biting recount.

Out of 20 polio cases globally in 2017, four appeared in one Afghan district where United Nations health officials plead with all sides to cooperate.

The designation blocks, for now, any sale of “120 Days of Sodom,” one of the aristocrat’s most notorious works, to a foreign buyer.

High-tech rail systems in countries like Japan and across Europe are reaching top speeds with strong safety records. But Chinese rail construction may be the thing to watch.

The chance to ride on a train’s inaugural trip on a newly opened line was irresistible for Zack Willhoite and James Hamre, passionate rail enthusiasts and close friends.

The selection of Kay Coles James suggested that Heritage was trying to regroup after struggling to find footing in President Trump’s Washington.

It’s a tempting comparison, but it gets both men wrong.

It’s so off-kilter we should already be thinking about what can go in its place.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Money meant for public schools will go to private families.