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Big Banks Flee Group Formed to Help Reduce Emissions by Businesses

U.S. megabanks want to leave behind some green finance pledges in 2024.

Tesla Investors Dream Of Big Things Ahead

The stock remains expensive after a big drop

Banning Tik Tok Would Violate America's Free Speech Tradition

It’s up to the Supreme Court whether the U.S. will join China, Afghanistan and other authoritarian countries that have barred their citizens from using the popular social media app.

The Untold Story of Jimmy Carter's Hawkish Stand on Iran

The late president was criticized as too passive in engaging anew U.S. enemy. But his attempted interventions were forceful—just misguided.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Newer Than We Thought

JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT-a rotating storm that is so large it could swallow Earth- isn't what it used to be.

A Faith Finds Its Feet Ancient Christianities

THE ORIGINS of Christianity is the greatest story never told. Just under three centuries passed between Jesus' crucifixion and A.D.325, when Constantine the Great convened the Council of Nicaea.

A Premier Wheelchair Racer and Motivator

He challenged fellow paraplegics: 'Why walk when you can fly?'

Reactors and Detractors

The taming of nuclear fission into a source of controlled power was a breakthrough met with both hope and deep distrust. Can it make a comeback as energy needs soar?

In Two Attacks, Unraveling Lives And Mysteries

New Orleans and Las Vegas grapple with aftermath of deadly incidents

Biden to Ban Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific

Keeping unleased land off the market would be hard for Trump to undo

Ending U.N. Agency Imperils Palestinians

Israeli legislation will stop Unrwa, which provides medicine, food and education

South Korean Leader Blocks Arrest

Bodyguards stop authorities from detaining Yoon over martial-law decree

The Super Bowl Contender That Can't Play a Lick of Defense

THE DETROIT LIONS have spent most of this season mauling opponents as ruthlessly as a pride of actual lions.

An 'Old-Fashioned Liberal' Scourge of the Woke

For a man with a reputation as a scourge of the woke, Bill Maher can be harsh on Republicans.

It's the Most Indispensable Machine in the World.It Depends on This Woman.

The microchips that rule our lives only exist because of a company you've never heard of-and hidden figures like Brienna Hall

Intel's Problems Are Even Worse Than You've Heard

There is fresh evidence the once-mighty innovator is losing market share

Happy New Year! It's Time to Think About Your Death

Forget about making a resolution. Have you tried writing a premortem?

Don't Just Shop at Costco.Live on Top of One.

A Los Angeles apartment development is a first for the retailer.

Jewish Identity in Crisis

Two books that take ona sense of growing division and uncertainty among American Jews.

There Are No Small Parts

A child actor comes of age in 1980s Upper Manhattan in Adam Ross’s novel.

Darkness In a New Generation

AFTER THE defeat of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust, the Germans set themselves the near-impossible task of coming to terms with their legacy.

College Football's New Playoff Has a Bad Seeding Problem

The tournament gave automatic bids-and extra time off via first-round byes-to its top four ranked conference champions. Now they have all been swept out of the event before the semifinals.

The Author Drawing Young Men Into Bookstores

C.J. Box taps into fishing, hunting and rodeo podcasts and media to promote his Joe Pickett crime series

Signposts on the Wisdom Trail

I start the year with some things I know because life and a few geniuses taught me.

Johnson Drama Proves GOP Has Little Room for Error

Speaker vote was a crucial early test for the incoming Trump administration

Rudy Giuliani Testifies At Contempt Hearing

Rudy Giuliani testified Friday at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers, lamenting the speedy deadline imposed on him to turn over information about his assets.

Johnson Survives Speaker Vote After GOP Holdouts Give Way

Rep. Mike Johnson (R., La.) won re-election as speaker of the House on the first ballot, after President-elect Donald Trump pressured Republican holdouts to change their votes, handing Johnson the narrow majority needed to claim the gavel.

A Boom for Books on Bloodletting And Delivering Babies in 1669

Collectors with a love of medical history are bidding up the price of arcane texts

Surgeon General Seeks Alcohol Cancer Label

The U.S.surgeon general said alcoholic beverages should carry cancer warnings to increase awareness that the drinks are a leading cause of preventable cancers.

Judge Hints No Jail for Trump

A New York judge in a surprise move Friday said he would sentence Donald Trump for his hush-money conviction before the president-elect begins his second term in the White House, but made clear that a prison term wasn’t a possibility.