1. DealBook
    Prosecutors Wrestling With Wall Street’s Repeat Offenders

    5:50 PM ETProsecutors are exploring whether to strengthen deferred or nonprosecution agreements from two years ago, or scrap them altogether and force the banks to plead guilty to a crime, say lawyers briefed on the cases.

  2. Mounting Crises Raise Questions on Obama Team’s Ability to Cope

    Early stumbles in the handling of the Ebola crisis and the belated response to the Islamic State have fueled speculation that President Obama may shake up his staff.

  3. Kaci Hickox Says She May Sue Maine Over Ebola Quarantine

    Ms. Hickox threatened to go to court if Maine does not let her move freely by Thursday, setting up what could be a test case of whether state quarantines are legal.

  4. Fed Announces End to Bond-Buying, Citing Job Gains

    The central bank noted recent weakness in some gauges of inflation expectations, but it said the likelihood of persistently low inflation had diminished.

  5. The Upshot
    The Fed Has Not Stopped Trying to Stimulate the Economy

    3:25 PM ETFor all the fuss about the decision to end quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve is far from any kind of monetary tightening.

  6. Egyptian Forces Demolish Homes for Buffer Zone Along Gaza Border
  7. interactiveThe Upshot: The Affordable Care Act: Who Was Helped Most
  8. Right-Wing Israeli Activist Is Shot and Wounded in Jerusalem
  9. Galway Kinnell, Poet Who Followed His Own Path, Dies at 87
  10. First Draft: First Draft Video: Going Viral and the Iowa Senate Race
  11. Off Color: Kristina Wong (Video Series)
  12. A Funeral as Big as the Names His Paper Covered
  13. Football Injuries Lead to Steady Stream of High School Forfeitures
  14. Deadly Landslide Hits Central Sri Lanka
  15. Steinway Piano Showroom Is Moving to a New Home in Midtown
  16. Michael Sata, Sharp-Tongued President of Zambia, Dies at 77
  17. My Captivity
  18. State of the Art: Looking for a Design Behind Amazon’s Devices
  19. On Baseball: Oddities Abound in Even World Series
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Markets

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Opinion

  1. Editorial: Europe’s Ambitious Climate Goal
  2. Op-Ed Contributor: It’s Game Over for ‘Gamers’
  3. Frank Bruni: Toward Better Teachers
  4. Thomas L. Friedman: ISIS and Vietnam

PoliticsU.S. Politics

  1. Iowan’s Playbook, for Women to Win Men’s Vote
  2. Political Memo: Savior or Scapegoat: No Middle Ground for Senate Midterm Campaign Chairmen