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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.

China Pushes Homegrown Chips for Its EVs

SINGAPORE China isn't satisfied with becoming the world's dominant maker of electric vehicles. It wants the chips inside to be Chinesemade, too.

Actor-Director Baldoni Sues New York Times for Libel

A Hollywood public-relations battle involving the stars of \"It Ends With Us\" has escalated into a full-fledged legal brawl.

Wall Street Expects Gold to Glitter in 2025

After strong gains in 2024, big banks forecast metal's price rising to $3,000 this year

Green Energy Faces New Political Reality

Firms tweak pitch and stress country's need for more power as GOP takes over

In Damascus, New Year Comes With Joy, Unease

The people of Syria said good riddance in the past month to the dictatorship that ruled for half a century.

Army Veteran Was Beset by Woes

Suspect in attack, a native Texan, told of being broke amid a contentious divorce

A Jazz Producer's Guiding Hand

A set highlights the sessions overseen by John Hammond in the 1950s.

Older Americans Offer Financial Advice

For those over 80, there is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for

Biden Battles for Legacy, Believing He Could Have Won

President ends term listing wins-and facing criticism on Trump

Intel's Pitfall Holds Lesson for Boeing

The chip maker's experience with its own Mr. Fix-It CEO shows help can sometimes arrive too late

Fewer Tips For Asia's Traffic Helpers

Indonesia's move away from cash hurts 'small people'

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