Police Killings Reveal Chasms Between Races
By JOHN ELIGON
The recent high-profile deaths of black people at the hands of police officers have exposed sharp differences about race relations in unexpected and often uncomfortable ways.
Under new rules to be issued by the White House, federal agents can still consider race and ethnicity when stopping people at airports and immigration checkpoints, officials said.
The recent high-profile deaths of black people at the hands of police officers have exposed sharp differences about race relations in unexpected and often uncomfortable ways.
Rumain Brisbon was taking dinner to his family when an officer tried to detain him in a drug investigation, and he fled, according to the authorities. The officer who shot him said he mistook a pill bottle for a gun in a scuffle with the victim.
The magazine acknowledged “discrepancies” in an article that described a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity.
The release of candid interviews of Clinton administration aides shows Hillary Rodham Clinton’s years as first lady were rife with explosive and often politically clumsy dealings.
The 18 states that have filed suit challenging President Obama’s executive action on immigration may have trouble proving how the decision harms them, some legal experts said.
A Texas case addresses the First Amendment, while one in Louisiana raised questions about how a court rules on sparing the lives of some prisoners.
Mr. Carter, whom President Obama nominated on Friday to be defense secretary, is a centrist who may advocate a stronger use of American power.
A group led by the N.A.A.C.P. has asked for the appointment of a special prosecutor in the killing of Michael Brown.
The spacecraft returned to Earth, just a mile off target in the Pacific Ocean, about four and a half hours after it was launched from Florida.
Secretary of State John Kerry warned Senator Dianne Feinstein that the release of the long-delayed review could ignite unrest in the Middle East and endanger hostages.
Tom Dalzell has walked all over Berkeley documenting the city’s material oddities — adding fire to a debate over how quirky Berkeley really is.
The recovery has gained enough traction, White House officials say, that President Obama can make a robust case for how the accelerating job growth is likely to translate into higher wages.
The gain was the largest monthly jump in payrolls in nearly three years, and average hourly earnings surged 0.4 percent, twice what analysts expected.
An improving labor market, broad economic growth and a falling federal budget deficit are brightening the prospect of bipartisan cooperation next year.
After 20 years of giving money only to Republican candidates and committees, the company’s PAC gave to four Democrats in the last election.
Modern power meters are meant to talk directly to power companies, their customers and their customers’ dishwashers, but they have yet to live up to their potential.
Roads and other transportation projects, as well as sewers and waste disposal plants, were among the biggest recipients during the 12 months through October.
Some of retirement age need an income; others crave a challenge. The number of people in the work force who are past retirement age is growing.
Senator Mary L. Landrieu, seeking a fourth term, faces a tough battle to rally her African-American supporters in a state where voters seem to be favoring Republicans.
Environmental concerns have led San Jose to clear a vast homeless camp, but in one of the nation’s priciest housing markets, not everyone has a place to go.
Incidents involving colleges, the military and Bill Cosby suggest that women are more willing to come forward, and reactions of outrage suggest solutions may follow.
Pentagon officials fought the perception that an 8 percent increase in reported assaults in 2014 signals the military’s problem is getting worse.
A mammoth effort is underway to digitally publish Albert Einstein’s letters, papers, postcards and diaries that have been scattered in archives, attics and shoeboxes.
In the sting, one of hundreds of similar operations, an undercover federal agent in California offered the defendants a chance to steal cocaine from an imaginary “stash house.”
Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is asking for further exemptions from the law’s capital requirements.
Leading the latest one-day strike, Terrance Wise, who for years has had low-paying fast-food jobs, is at the forefront of a growing movement.
Laurie Zoloth, the president of the American Academy of Religion, has proposed that a future convention be called off, and the resources directed elsewhere.
75 years ago, Marguerite Perey unearthed an element on the periodic table while working as a technician in Marie Curie’s lab. Her achievement came at a great cost.
The district attorney of New York County believes you can get crime rates to zero — if you just look hard enough at the numbers.
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News reports in the 1980s and early 1990s fueled fears of a national cancer epidemic caused by power lines and generated a debate that still lingers.
Some N.F.L. players from Washington and St. Louis have openly protested the actions of the police in Missouri, shedding light on a sensitive issue. The two teams play on Sunday.
A year after it was fully in place, the Affordable Care Act has largely succeeded in delivering on President Obama’s main promises, even as it fell short in some ways and gave birth to a new and powerful conservative movement.
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As Nashville grows richer, it risks losing touch with its roots.
When I joined the police department, I learned the culture of brutality.