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. A campaign to discredit the F.B.I. and the special counsel investigating President Trump is growing more heated, splitting the Republican Party. 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. 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. Despite tripling airstrikes this year, American officials concede an attack emanating from the chaotic, ungoverned spaces of Yemen remains among their top terrorism fears. The magazine looks back at artists, innovators and thinkers we lost this year. Styles offers a lesson in cryptokitties (I had to Google it, too). And Metropolitan offers lessons in happiness from those who have lots of experience. Mr. Portman, who was also a developer, built futuristic office complexes and hotels with towering atriums, transforming cityscapes across the world. Ms. Garner, whose father died in 2014 after being put in a police chokehold, was a prominent critic of policing tactics. Public support from the United States government will do the demonstrators more harm than good. My father and the Pentagon seemed to agree. There could be life out there. I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one. Haiti’s ambassador on alleged comments from President Trump: “It is long past time for such thinking to end.” Colleges are crucial to American greatness but found themselves on the defensive in 2017. Reconsidering my years as a deficit hawk. Economists were mostly incorrect in their predictions for 2017. That was par for the course. 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. 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. In an apparent effort to avoid antagonizing Turkey, Greece’s prime minister moved to block asylum for a Turkish officer who fled last year’s failed coup. 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. The experts, Michael Sharp, an American, and Zaida Catalan, a Swede, were investigating crimes associated with a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Orphanages for Afghan children of jailed mothers meet part of the need, but funding cuts threaten their future and many others stay in prison. 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. 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. In an era of Amazonian price destruction, mutual funds are an outlier. Weak directors, complacent investors and the lure of rich profits are among the reasons. A new season of Netflix’s digital-age creep show warns that technology can empower misanthropes and misogynists. Addiction treatment, heart surgery and brain research are just some of the areas where virtual reality is helping to improve traditional approaches to treatment and training in medicine. Step inside a human heart or experience addiction treatment in VR. More Recent Articles |
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