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In Ventura County, Jack Selby watched his childhood home burn to the ground, and Nancy Cole lost all her possessions, including family heirlooms from Holocaust survivors.

Top counterintelligence agents met with Ms. Hicks, one of President Trump’s closest advisers, to urge caution about Russian outreach efforts.

Ms. Powell, a deputy national security adviser to President Trump, has been a key player on a variety of issues and a top ally of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Rethinking a lifetime of sexism in the #MeToo moment.

Payrolls grew by 228,000 last month and the unemployment rate was the lowest since 2000. Now, the economic challenge may be to prevent overheating.

The denunciations on the 15-member United Nations Security Council left the United States isolated. But other than venting frustration, it is unclear what the council can do.

Russia’s election meddling and its Olympic doping are at the heart of President Putin’s effort to recapture his country’s past.

The fires in Los Angeles are a test not only for the city but for its mayor, Eric Garcetti.

In the city at the center of the storm, Friday Prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque was largely calm. Protests were held in Gaza, the West Bank and beyond.

In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department requested documents indicating it is picking up the fetal tissue issue that Congress started last year.

The president appeared to be pushing back against a report about his administration reviewing whether the bank should pay hefty fines for abusive mortgage lending practices.

The killings of peacekeepers from Tanzania on Thursday night was one of the deadliest assaults against the organization’s forces.

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American air commanders complain that the Russians are flouting their agreements aimed at avoiding midair collisions.

Understanding France’s ardor for Johnny Hallyday does not come easily to Americans.

Our once bright and shiny democracy may be going down the drain before the holidays are out.

Served still warm from the oven, pancetta and sage gougères are an indulgent and elegant hors d’oeuvres.

If the tax bill removes medical expense deductions, many people could lose over $10,000 annually.

And now the questions to go with his signing: Is it Otani or Ohtani? Is he really a pitcher and a hitter? Is there precedent for such a player?

Diverse in multiple ways, “The Brooklyn Nutcracker” combines ballet and hip-hop — with a superb Arabian belly dance number, too.