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Next San Francisco Mayor Sees City Making a Big Comeback

A year ago, Daniel Lurie could move anonymously through the streets of his home city. But on a recent walking tour here, the newly elected mayor was greeted as a celebrity.

Immigration Plan Faces Big Roadblocks

Trump advisers will confront funding issues, legal fights to change policies

The New Year Brings New Albums

Recently released singles offer tempting hints of records to come in 2025

How Five Pros Aim to Inflation-Proof Their Investments

Some on Wall Street think the fight to stabilize prices isn't over

A (Very Debatable) Best of 2024 List

Caitlin Clark, Steph Curry's 'Nuit Nuit' in Paris, Saquon's back flip and an unnamed college football champion make one columnist's highlights of the year

Palestinian Power Fight Erupts in West Bank

Palestinian Authority security forces are battling militants from Hamas and its allies in the occupied West Bank, in a fight that has the potential to shape the long-running struggle for the leadership of the Palestinian cause.

What's Better After ExerciseA Hot Sauna or Cold Plunge?

You can speed up your recovery at the gym or at home with the right therapy

Skip Sugary Drinks To Lose Some Weight

Your health is more than just a number on a scale. But if losing a little weight is a New Year goal, skip fad diets and hard-to-maintain fitness resolutions.

Home Retailers Suffer Slowdown

DIY projects, new furnishings put off amid inflation and high interest rates

Hawaiian Electric Agrees To Sell Its Bank Subsidiary

Deal could help it as it resolves a nearly $2 billion agreement related to 2023 fires

What to Do When Grandparents Compete With One Another

The joy of having grandchildren is real. If you get buttonholed by any new Nana or Papa, you will hear all about it. What is talked about less, though it is just as real: the feeling that you are competing with the other grandparents for the grandchildren's time and affection.

Russian Gas Link to Europe Stops

Russia halted natural-gas flows to Europe via Ukraine, as Kyiv's refusal to extend a pipeline deal ended one of the last remaining energy links between Russia and what was once its biggest market.

New Orleans Attack Leaves 15 Dead

Driver displaying Islamic State flag plows into crowd; accomplices eyed

A Night Of Atrocities

‘There was a confetti of flesh everywhere, recalls one survivor of the attacks at the Bataclan, where dead bodies piled high.

HEALING THE NATION

President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time on March 4, 1865.

Little Creatures Among Us THE MANY MICROBES IN OUR DAILY LIVES

When you think you're alone, you're actually not. In the ground, the air, your room, and even your body are Strillions and trillions of creatures so tiny you can't see them.

Let the Thing Be Pressed

In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began a nearly 10-month campaign in Virginia.

FORT FISHER'S FALL

Outnumbered Confederate soldiers inside Fort Fisher were unable to withstand the approach of Union troops by land and the constant Union naval bombardment from the sea.

WAR SHERMAN-STYLE

As far as Union Major General William T. Sherman was concerned, the Civil War had gone on long enough.

A TRAILBLAZING COLLECTION

Swann Auction Galleries hosts Abstract Beauty: the Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim this February

CURATED SELECTIONS

Two major private collections lead Christie's January American art sale

AN AMERICAN VISION

Sotheby's presents a two-session sale featuring significant works of traditional and Western historic art

ENDURING STRENGTH

Christie's American Art Specialist reflects on the state of the market

A Plot to Kill President the

For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.

AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS

A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.

A Significant Discovery

J. Kenneth Fine Art unveils a collection of small oil studies by Lynne Mapp Drexler

ENDURING ALLURE

Works by the Wyeth family steal the show at Bonham's American Art sale

ART OF AN ERA

A January sale at Swann Galleries showcases artists of the WPA

Cultivating Home

A wide variety of fine antiques, art and garden design are showcased in Nashville

COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO 2025 AUCTIONS

While Christie's 2022 sale Visionary: G. Paul Allen Collection, which made $1.6 billion, still reigns supreme as the most lucrative single-owner auction of all time, 2024 had exciting moments of its own.