The challengers in a Wisconsin case that could impose limits on a practice that has helped define American politics say partisanship in redrawn districts can be measured.
The decision, over an Asian-American band named the Slants, could mean that the Washington Redskins name will keep federal trademark protection.
The Supreme Court announced it would hear a Wisconsin gerrymandering case, attracting the attention of other states locked in redistricting battles. With few arrows in their quiver, Democrats plan to use a slowdown to fight the secrecy surrounding Republican efforts to repeal and replace the health law.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Timothy Cook, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt were among 18 tech executives at a forum held by an administration they have had conflicts with.
After meeting with technology executives, Mr. Kushner will travel to Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.
The group of sailors who died on Saturday represented today’s military, which heavily recruits in immigrant communities from coast to coast.
Maritime collisions involving two ships are rare, but they do happen. And some of them have been deadly.
Moscow suspended the use of a military hotline for avoiding collisions in Syrian airspace and threatened to target aircraft flown by the United States and its allies over Syria.
Ethereum, a digital currency network that is winning over tech geeks and big companies, may soon surpass Bitcoin, its inspiration. Or it may fizzle.
This proudly diverse and tolerant city is now confronted with the tensions and ugliness that have been simmering on the fringes for years and are boiling to the surface.
London residents on Monday voiced their fears and praised the community response after an attack in which a man from Cardiff, Wales, used a van to plow into pedestrians outside a mosque during Ramadan. The country is cracking down on the use of encryption for instant messaging, as well as on potentially extremist material that circulates across social media.
Mr. Warmbier, 22, returned to the United States in a coma last week after brutal treatment by the North Korean government, his family said. After a forest fire killed at least 64 people over the weekend, our correspondent drove into the ravaged countryside, past burned-out cars and melted road signs.
The new president’s party won a majority of seats in the Parliament on Sunday, but his opponents Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon are prepared for a pitched battle to win hearts and minds.
At a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the European Union sought to draw attention to abuses in China, only to be blocked by Greece, which is courting Chinese investment.
Apple’s culture of reverence and secrecy is no match for Brian Merchant in “The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone.”
Jacob Riis Park, a Manhattan church, the Bum Bum Bar and more. In 360 degrees, visit five sites that helped shape New York City’s L.G.B.T.Q. community and its history. Talks on the British withdrawal from the European Union finally opened in Brussels on Monday, with much to do and the British government hanging by a thread.
Ms. Fisher tested positive for cocaine and other drugs when she was admitted to the hospital four days before her death, a toxicology report said.
No bystanders were injured, the authorities said, in what appeared to be the latest attack on police officers in France.
Two senior officials tried to deflect blame from the government in a fire that killed at least 79 people, arguing that a flammable material wasn’t allowed.
Third Rail Projects turns the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center into a haunted house of theatrical ego.
Yaugeni Kralkin, who leapt while drunk, is suing the city, the Fire Department and four emergency services workers for not stopping him.
Grantham, an undersize linebacker, played 13 seasons with the New York Titans and the Jets, whom he helped upset the Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl.
Catriona Morison, a 31-year-old Scottish mezzo-soprano and wild-card finalist, won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition on Sunday.
Between 2012 and 2014, an average of 1,297 children died each year from such injuries.
The jazz pianist and singer said the standards on her most recent album, “Turn Up the Quiet,” set her free.
Ten couples who were highlighted in The New York Times the day after same-sex marriage was legalized reflect on the landmark court decision.
Just as investors were mourning the demise of the old-style conglomerate, Jeff Bezos’ company announced it would stretch its boundaries by buying Whole Foods.
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