Captives should not be ransomed at the cost of creating more hostages.

The plan, which Kamala Harris will announce on Wednesday in New Hampshire, would allow new companies to deduct up to $50,000 in start-up expenses, a campaign official said.

The S&P 500 fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday, its biggest single-day drop since an early August meltdown.

Tuition used to be free for all students at the Cooper Union, in New York City. The school announced it was bringing back the perk, at least for seniors.

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A Times climate reporter recounts his journey to switch his home’s HVAC system to a climate-friendly heat pump.

Inmates at the overcrowded Makala prison had sought to escape their suffocating cells after water and power went out. At least 129 were killed, some two dozen of them shot dead, the government said.

Local landowners are questioning how Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were able to sew up development rights for two luxury hotels on hot coastal property.

The police were called after suspicious devices were found at a Florida campaign office. It was quickly determined that the devices were likely part of a prank.

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The head of Ukrenergo was reportedly blamed for failing to fortify energy infrastructure, which has come under steady Russian bombardment, leading to blackouts.

She has to help Trump hurt himself in the debate, break with Biden on policy and show how she has grown since the 2020 campaign.

Jobs attracted thousands of Haitians to Springfield, and employers were ecstatic. But then an immigrant driver was involved in a fatal school bus crash. And JD Vance entered the fray.

The money is tied to a lawsuit in Britain by the tech services giant over its acquisition of Autonomy, the software firm Mr. Lynch founded. He died last month.

The French maritime authorities said that 65 people were picked up from the sea after their vessel encountered unspecified difficulties.

Nine years after the carmaker admitted to concealing emissions on a massive scale, Martin Winterkorn will be tried in a German court.

She is sending $10 million each to the House and Senate Democratic campaign arms, and another few million to help elect Democratic governors, state legislators and attorneys general.

Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back.

John Podesta is expected to push for China to set more ambitious greenhouse gas targets.

JD Vance, as he was dipping his toe into politics, praised the Heritage Foundation report — 29 essays opposing abortion and seeking to instruct Americans on how to raise children — as “admirable.”