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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

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

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.

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'

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.

VERSUS

An exhibition at Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden juxtaposes concepts of Modernism and modernity

GOING WITH YOUR GUT

HOW DO MICROBES AFFECT OUR HEALTH? LET'S COUNT THE WAYS...

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.