Eurozone Economy Shrinks, While Price Pressures Ease
Growth in the eurozone contracted unexpectedly this summer, as rising interest rates cooled momentum in Germany and France, the region’s two biggest economies, Europe’s statistics...
Highland Fire in California Forces Thousands To Evacuate
A fast-moving fire in the small desert town of Aguanga in Southern California forced the evacuation of thousands of people and had burned more than...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Risky Defense Strategy Faces a Big Test
The continuing cross-examination of Bankman-Fried Sam Bankman-Fried is to return to the stand today after the former wunderkind faced a four-hour grilling that exposed inconsistencies...
U.S. Looks to Allay European Fears of a Subsidy War
The Biden administration is trying to ease European concerns about America’s new climate and tax law, which some allies view as a protectionist industrial policy...
What to Watch for as the Federal Reserve Meets This Week
Strong consumer spending may keep officials alert. While the Fed is dealing with the possibility that higher market-based interest rates will weigh on the economy,...
Do School Smartphone Bans Work?
Earlier this year, Florida passed a law requiring public schools statewide to ban student cellphone use during class time. The new state rules reflect an...
In Chicago, a Neighborhood of Immigrants Is Conflicted About More Arrivals
For generations, Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood has been made and remade by successive waves of immigrants. So many arrived from Poland that Pope John Paul...
Disabled New Yorkers Face Extra Costs in Finding Housing
As a wheelchair user, I have always had to pay a premium to live in an apartment independently. In my nine years living in New...
This Florida School District Banned Cellphones. Here’s What Happened.
One afternoon last month, hundreds of students at Timber Creek High School in Orlando poured into the campus’s sprawling central courtyard to hang out and...
Japan Takes Another Step Away From Easy Money
The people who work the levers of Japan’s economy are in a bind: The country’s low-interest rates, which they have long used to goose growth,...
In Global Race to Offer Green Subsidies, U.K. Prefers Slow and Steady
The question of how Britain will respond to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the $369 billion landmark legislation offering deep subsidies for green investment, has...
In Global Race to Offer Green Subsidies, U.K. Prefers Slow and Steady
The question of how Britain will respond to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the $369 billion landmark legislation offering deep subsidies for green investment, has...
Man Indicted Over Threats to Fulton County D.A. and Sheriff in Trump Case
A man who threatened a prosecutor and a sheriff involved in the Georgia investigation of former President Donald Trump for election interference was indicted in...
Fruit Purée Pouches May Contain Lead, F.D.A. Warns Parents
Federal health officials are warning parents and caregivers not to buy WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit purée pouches or feed them to their children because the...