A new speed limit of 25 miles an hour takes effect Friday for most New York City streets.

One-year analytics programs cater to shift in students’ ambitions.

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) expressed concern Thursday when asked about President Barack Obama recent overture to Iran, in which the president outlined a shared interest in countering Islamic State militants in the region.

A town known as ‘Little Berlin’ during the Cold War kept its wall and death strip as a memorial, to the dismay now of some who see old divisions persisting despite unification.

The area around the 158-kilometer (98.2-mile) stretch where the Berlin Wall divided the city has changed utterly in the last 25 years. The barbed wire, machine-gun turrets and tanks in “no man’s land” have gone. In their place have sprung up shopping malls, parks, office blocks and bright, glass-fro…

The passenger jet collided with the animal while preparing to takeoff.

South Korean taxi drivers say they often face drunken passengers that turn violent, throw tantrums or even vomit inside their vehicles. So they’ve come up with a response: heavy fines.

Reshma Saujani's motivation to found Girls Who Code, the nation’s pre-eminent nonprofit dedicated to closing the tech gender gap, traces back to her last day of eighth grade.

A year after Supertyphoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, many survivors doubt the government will ever deliver on promises of long-term help to rebuild.

Just because Andy gave away his toys at the end of “Toy Story 3” doesn’t mean Buzz Lightyear and Woody’s story is over.

In a surprise announcement Thursday, Amazon unveiled the Echo, a cylindrical Internet-connected speaker that has an intelligence of its own.

The hackers behind the credit card breach at Home Depot got into the retailer’s systems by using a password they had stolen from a vendor. Once inside, they targeted 7,500 self-checkout lanes.

The president has been corresponding with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to lay out shared U.S.-Iranian interests in combating insurgents, and to spur progress on nuclear talks.

To combat rising college costs and student debt, more schools are offering three-year bachelor’s degree.

The seventh episode in the "Star Wars" saga now has an official subtitle: "The Force Awakens."

This is the time of year when fitness goals become undone by cold weather, Thursday Night Football and pizza/bagel/frozen-waffle cravings. But not this year, Jason Gay writes.

The 48th annual CMA Awards featured memorable and forgettable moments.

Asia-Pacific students have shown a mastery of the quantitative portion of the four-part GMAT. That’s a problem for America’s prospective M.B.A.s.

After the runaway success of Beats—recently bought by Apple for $3 billion—the duo is launching a new academy at the University of Southern California with the goal of inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs.

How many words is a picture really worth? In an ongoing feature, China Real Time is asking readers to dream up captions for recent news photos.

Pardeep Singh Bahra says he never aimed to make the turban a fashion accessory. The self-styled “turbaned fashion blogger” from the U.K. does though make the signature Sikh headdress a sartorial sine qua non for those who feature on his website.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was arrested in New Zealand Thursday on four charges, including attempting to procure a murder.

Chinese movie mogul Wang Zhongjun bought a Vincent van Gogh painting for $61.8 million at a Sotheby’s New York auction, in what is believed to be the highest price paid by a Chinese collector of Western art.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s net profit nearly doubled last year, making it an unusually lucrative business in an industry where most players selling cheap handsets struggle to break even.

The faster we run, the farther behind we fall. What can we do to break this frenzied cycle? Here are five tips.

Amazon.com this fall tested package delivery by licensed cab in San Francisco and Los Angeles using taxi-hailing mobile app Flywheel, according to people familiar with the matter.

If Wall Street jargon like “dark pools” and “taper tantrum” leave you confused, you aren’t alone. Here are some easy-to-understand definitions of today’s commonly used investment terms.

The company is aiming for a 10-minute delivery time after the click of a single button via mobile app.

As America’s retailers struggle to keep up with online shopping, the Internet is starting to settle into some of the very spaces where brick-and-mortar customers used to shop.

A West Virginia University freshman who did most of her campaigning out of her dorm room became the youngest state lawmaker in the nation Tuesday.

Utah Republican Mia Love narrowly won election to a House seat, becoming the first black woman to represent the Republican Party in Congress.

President Obama hoped Tuesday’s elections would help break Washington gridlock. Instead, they became a referendum on his presidency.

If Wall Street jargon like “dark pools” and “taper tantrum” leave you confused, you aren’t alone. Here are some easy-to-understand definitions of today’s commonly used investment terms.

Kevin Leman, a psychologist and author of the “The Birth Order Book,” sees Disney’s "Frozen" as a “classic demonstration” of his theories on how being the eldest, middle, youngest or only child affects personalities, careers and relationships. Here, Dr. Leman analyzes the five major characters in th…

Republicans took control of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, a result that gives the GOP new power over President Barack Obama’s final two years in the White House.

Those who recover from Ebola generally aren’t contagious—except perhaps through sex, as one Liberian woman’s story suggests.

Follow the midterm election results live using the Wall Street Journal's election results dashboard

A Muslim mob killed a Christian couple accused of burning pages of the Quran in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday and then incinerated the bodies in a brick kiln, police officials and labor activists said, in the latest attack on the country’s religious minorities.

Post-election, the president and GOP congressional leaders need to get something done. But they face a serious risk that fissures will open up within their respective parties, revealing different agendas for the next two years and complicating any best-laid plans.

Google is deepening its push into the future of search this Election Day, offering up answers directly on its search page, not just links to click for more information.

In the latest attempt to blend editorial content with commerce, Allure is working with MasterCard Inc. to allow readers to purchase products like lipstick and skin cream directly from its website and mobile app.

Artificial intelligence software scored higher on the English section of Japan's standardized college entrance test than the average Japanese high school senior.

Americans spent $3.67 billion on this year's Senate and House midterm elections. But they spent $59.9 billion last year on beer.

Voters Tuesday will determine control of Congress for President Barack Obama’s final two years in office in a midterm election that has seen huge sums spent but drawn low interest from an American electorate distracted by worries about the economy, Washington dysfunction and unrest overseas.

Sixty years ago, when the original Godzilla film hit cinemas in Japan, the titular star was made from bamboo, cloth, paper and wire, and the actor in the suit had to withstand temperatures as high as 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

The court overturned a rape conviction, saying a woman who had injuries to her vagina and died as a result of “forceful sexual intercourse,” had not been sexually assaulted.

Researchers marry modern analytical techniques to centuries-old theories on what makes people sick.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. introduced on Monday a new version of its popular Alto K10 car, betting that a redesigned body, better gas mileage and new features will maintain the company’s dominance over small, entry-level car sales.

Student leaders here have decided to take their pro-democracy protest to the streets of Beijing next week during a major international summit.

Hyundai and Kia will pay a combined $300 million in penalties to resolve U.S. charges that they overstated fuel-economy claims for their vehicles, the largest such penalty to date.