The Healy, left, a Coast Guard icebreaker, carves a path in the frozen Bering Sea for the Renda, a Russian tanker carrying 1.3 million gallons of emergency gasoline and diesel for Alaska. Shipping delays and a major storm prevented Nome's winter supply of fuel from arriving in early fall.
A Russian tanker is slogging through sea ice behind a Coast Guard icebreaker, trying to bring 1.3 million gallons of emergency gasoline and diesel to remote Alaska.
William M. Daley will be replaced by Jacob J. Lew, the budget director and a seasoned Washington insider, jolting the top ranks of President Obama’s administration in an election year.
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A former United States serviceman, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, has become the first American to receive a death sentence in Iran since the Islamic Revolution more than 30 years ago.
A man was charged with plotting a terrorist spree around Tampa, which included plans to bomb night clubs, destroy bridges and shoot police officers in the name of radical Islam.
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In Venice Beach and the Westlake district, a new city ordinance puts pressure on vendors at two popular street markets.
Last year’s mass shooting in Tucson inspired memorials around the city. Today, thousands of items left in remembrance have been collected and stored in a warehouse on the outskirts of the city.
The Pentagon may have to come up with as much as $1 trillion in cuts if Congress follows through with deeper reductions. Make your own plan to reduce the budget.
The Drilling Down series examines the risks of natural-gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry.
Justin Canha, a young artist with autism, prepares for life as an independent adult.
Articles in this series explore gaps in gun laws and their impact on public safety.
The New York Times followed the journey of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division over their year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students living in Greenfield, Mass., discuss how autism affects their lives and relationship.
Browse data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teenagers talk about their lives in this weeklong series.
Remembering the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“On Education” looks beyond the discourse to the teachers, principals and students at the heart of learning.
