New York Times

Homeowners have raced to prepay property taxes before the new tax law takes effect. But in new guidance, the I.R.S. said the strategy wouldn’t work in many cases.

The city is on pace for its lowest homicide total in decades. If the trend holds just a few more days, it will mark the 27th straight year that crime has declined.

A federal panel told the agency to revise its standard for dangerous levels of lead in paint within a year.

Scientists discovered a quirk in the proteins of some squirrels and hamsters that helps them behave a bit like a coldblooded animal.

Frigid temperatures have settled in from Boston to Bismarck, N.D.

As a child, I didn’t understand the extent to which clan ideology distorted many people’s thinking.

The singer, Joy Villa, and the former Trump campaign manager met at a party celebrating the president. She said Mr. Lewandowski slapped her twice on the buttocks.

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The proposed station would deposit tourists in the Old City, a few hundred yards from the Temple Mount.

The denunciation appeared to be Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s effort to remind Russia, Syria’s most powerful ally, that it cannot dictate the country’s postwar future alone.

The realignment of our parties by region has left a bigger imprint on economic policy than on cultural issues.

The United States has helped push Islamic State out of Syria and Iraq, and is on stronger footing in its dealings with North Korea, Russia and China.

A 2004 change by Congress, meant to foster domestic manufacturing, may provide a cautionary tale: You can mine a lot of tax breaks from just one word.

The agency has the authority to force recalls of contaminated foods but is not adequately ensuring timely compliance, an inspector general’s report concludes.

The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists swapped captives from a conflict in eastern Ukraine that has been going on since 2014.

Produce growers represent a textbook example of what businesses describe as regulatory fatigue. President Trump is tapping into the discontent.

In a world full of anxiety about the potential job-destroying rise of automation, Sweden is well placed to embrace technology while limiting human costs.

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The government in Beijing has unveiled an array of new regulations to temper outbound investment. But Chinese companies are still going global.

Once a regional heavyweight, Venezuela is losing allies in its region, causing it to deepen its dependence on China and Russia.