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Residents in high-risk coastal areas were ordered to leave as the hurricane, with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, neared.
Officials said the figure of nearly 300 dead was likely to rise as international aid groups and government agencies began reaching the worst-affected areas.
The committee recognized Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.”
Harold T. Martin III, described by his ex-wife as a hoarder, broke rules by taking home top-secret material, officials said, but they struggled to connect the National Security Agency contractor to leaked documents.
After years of failing to generate economic growth by cutting government spending, economic policy makers in Europe are reassessing austerity in hopes of improving the lot of ordinary people suffering joblessness and diminished wealth.
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Provisions passed in 1993 stood to be very lucrative to Donald J. Trump and the rest of the real estate industry.
The popular first lady is being dispatched to areas where the campaign has been facing the greatest pressure.
New data show distinct political leanings in many medical specialties. Over all, the field is becoming more Democratic.
Anxiety and excitement are in the air in Chicago with the Cubs still seeking their first World Series title since 1908.
Everyday items can embody narratives about race, ethnicity and how these are expressed, told and understood. Have you encountered a racist object? Tell us about it.
An event recorder from the New Jersey Transit train showed that it was going about 21 miles per hour, higher than the 10-m.p.h. limit for trains entering the terminal, federal officials said.
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In an interview, the former late-night television host David Letterman gave his thoughts on Donald J. Trump and why he considers him “a person to be shunned.”
David Szalay’s “All That Man Is,” a novel as a collection of short stories about masculinity under duress, has a large, hammerlike engine, yet it is content to purr, writes Dwight Garner.
For some New Yorkers, opening a store around the corner from home enriches their lives and those of their families — and is good for the neighborhood.
The latest Israeli settlement makes it more urgent for the United Nations to help forge a peace agreement.
The N.F.L. has a history of holding cities hostage to pay for stadiums. We’re the next victim on the list.
Reproductive rights still have to pass through the eye of a theological needle.
Room for Debate asks how controversial referendums in Britain, Hungary and Colombia show the power and drawbacks of such votes.
After living in a five-bedroom duplex with three other roommates, Garrett Aries and Olivia Jung went on the hunt for a less unwieldy place.
