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Two members of law enforcement were among those facing charges in the murder of Timothy Coggins, and officials said the crime was racially motivated.

Ruth Crawford Seeger created pathbreaking music. But her family’s folk revival legacy has overshadowed her avant-garde compositions.

Latest sequel: men preying on vulnerable young women, a vile saga a century in the making.

Workers like Shannon Mulcahy took pride in their jobs at the Rexnord factory in Indianapolis. The bearings they made were top-notch. In the end, it didn’t matter.

Her electric performances in the 1960s made her an elusive cult heroine. A Numero Group boxed set unravels her true story for the first time.

As retailers face existential threats from the internet, clothing chains and burger joints alike flock to Columbus, Ohio, to test new ideas.

Some had just seconds to spare before their homes and neighborhoods were consumed by the deadly fires in California.

Backers of a giant mine promise thousands of jobs, but the plan has provoked one of the most fervent environmental campaigns in Australian history.

As a child, Rob Sullivan watched his parents battle drug addiction and depression. Now a father himself, he’s struggling to break the cycle. The Times, in collaboration with the PBS series “Frontline,” tells the story.

Criticized for earlier overlooking the scandal, “Saturday Night Live” addressed it this weekend, with varying degrees of comfort and effectiveness.

Joshua Boyle, who with his family was freed by Pakistani troops, also said his wife had been raped during their five-year captivity by the Haqqani network.

He is now the father of three. And yes, he was keeping tabs on the Yankees on Saturday when another 12-year-old fan got involved in a postseason home run.

Carlos Correa drove in the winning run and hit a solo homer in the fourth inning, and Justin Verlander threw a complete game with 13 strikeouts.

In an emergency session brought about by the recent public accusations, the board voted to remove the mogul whose studios won more than 80 Oscars.

Donors to the fund, now in its 106th year, have followed in the footsteps of loved ones and mentors, and have also been motivated to contribute by stories they connected with.

I loved acting. But I didn’t realize what it was to be taken seriously until I began directing.

As stories emerged of how people died in the wind-driven fires that have ravaged Northern California, the element common to each tragedy was how quickly it happened.

If Cyrus Vance doesn’t stop taking campaign donations from lawyers, the questions about dropped cases (the Trumps, Harvey Weinstein) won’t stop.

Automated cars will save lives and make us more productive, manufacturers say. But most Americans say, not so fast.