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Many were drawn to Belmont, where a fire killed 12, because it is affordable and safe. They stayed because they found a small town amid a metropolis.

He cooked up an ingenious scheme to break out of prison. So he tried to make a deal. But it wasn’t just any plan. And he wasn’t just any inmate.

Mr. Portman, who was also a developer, built futuristic office complexes and hotels with towering atriums, transforming cityscapes across the world.

The experts, Michael Sharp, an American, and Zaida Catalan, a Swede, were investigating crimes associated with a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A computer error caused a lottery game to produce too many winning tickets and now the state has set aside nearly $20 million in payouts as it decides what to do.

From rare white giraffes to criminal donkeys to chilly elephants, take a look at some of our strangest stories about animals in 2017 that resonated with readers.

The action was an attempt to promote safety and reduce accidents, officials said, although some climbers said they intended to challenge the rule.

Ms. Garner, whose father died in 2014 after being put in a police chokehold, was a prominent critic of policing tactics.

Preschoolers and kindergartners are most likely to start fires caused by play, and are most likely to die in them, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

George Papadopoulos, a Trump foreign policy adviser, was the improbable match that set off a blaze that has consumed the first year of the Trump administration.

James W. White and Justin C. Mann, both of Schenectady, N.Y., were charged in the deaths of a woman, her 11- and 5-year-old children and her partner.

As demonstrators called for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, to step down, about 4,000 people in Tehran took part in an annual rally in support of the government.

The magic of living on the park comes to an end.

My father and the Pentagon seemed to agree. There could be life out there.

Colleges are crucial to American greatness but found themselves on the defensive in 2017.

Economists were mostly incorrect in their predictions for 2017. That was par for the course.

Reconsidering my years as a deficit hawk.

I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one.

Norwich’s outsize success in Olympic sports has much to do with the way it collectively rears its children, helping them succeed without causing burnout.

With their Senate majority narrowed even further and a midterm election approaching, Republicans are seeking some consensus with Democrats after a year of intense division.