Russia Steps Up Syrian Air War as Assad Opens Ground Attack
The Russian-backed ground offensive followed a cruise missile assault, reflecting what one official called a new phase of the Syria alliance.
The Russian-backed ground offensive followed a cruise missile assault, reflecting what one official called a new phase of the Syria alliance.
The president called the chief of Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Joanne Liu, to apologize for the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan that killed doctors and patients, a White House spokesman said.
Hillary Clinton said that “as of today” she does not support the 12-nation trade pact that President Obama has championed and liberals in the Democratic Party have vehemently opposed.
Polls suggest that if Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. runs for the Democratic nomination for president, he will not begin with significant support from nonwhites.
Many in the Oregon community said a shooting rampage had only increased their belief in the importance of owning guns.
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For the past few weeks, Mr. Ryan has been cornered, pestered and whispered about in hushed conversations over a possible brokered election for speaker.
Michael Horn, the chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America, is expected to apologize for the company’s trickery before Congress on Thursday.
District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson, through his Begin Again effort, is trying to deal with New York City’s backlog of 1.2 million open warrants for small offenses.
The Chicago Cubs are visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the winner will face baseball’s best team, the St. Louis Cardinals, in the next round.
He had no job, no car, no home of his own. He weighed 567 pounds, and his wife had left him. So Eric Hites rode a bike from coast to coast.
Many frustrating speed bottlenecks at home can be traced to that dusty old router in your basement.
An effort to reduce unjustly long sentences in nonviolent drug crimes will only make a tiny dent in America’s vast prison population.
My doctor has rewritten my life script. How in the world am I going to get through all the extra time?
Older adults are retiring to New York. For some, the original impetus is an urgent request to help raise a grandchild, but the pull of city life keeps them here.
The village, part of the town of Greenburgh, has managed to retain its small-town appeal despite the slicing in half of its business district by the construction of the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
The parade of unorthodox buildings in the West Chelsea neighborhood will soon include a futuristic residence at 520 West 28th Street.