New York Times

After weeks of anticipation, Staten Island has seen some of the first of a brood of cicadas that has matured underground for 17 years, and which will be emerging in the coming days.

Amina Ajmal escaped Pakistan, describing years of captivity and forced marriage; now her father is suspected of ordering two murders in retaliation for her escape.

Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices.

‘Beach hair,’ once an unavoidable result of summer weather and activities, has taken on a certain artfulness.

The company, using money it raised last week in the markets, is repaying the government nine years before its loan was due.

JPMorgan Chase is redoubling its efforts to move beyond a big trading loss following a resounding shareholder endorsement to keep Jamie Dimon as both chairman and chief of the bank.

Hacking in China thrives across official, corporate and criminal worlds and is openly discussed and promoted, whether for breaking into private networks, tracking dissent or stealing trade secrets.

Gibraltar’s bid to join European soccer’s governing body as a full member, over Spain’s objections, will be decided on Friday as this longtime dispute mixing sports and politics continues.

A trial is to begin on July 9 for Francesco Schettino, captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012, killing 32.

Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N.