The Analyst

Critical thinking is dangerous, according to a Times editorial urging readers to vet sources with Wikipedia lest they fall into traps set by evil conspiracy theorists and be tricked into...

Facebook Inc.'s dramatic move to block Australian news sharing escalated a broader battle against global regulation. That gambit looks likely to backfire. World leaders were already watching Australian legislation expected...

States slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Broken water pipes brought on by record-low temperatures have created a shortage...

Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers promised Friday to immunize the world's neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money, and precious vaccine doses, to a U.N.-backed vaccine...

The Mississippi House will consider a bill that could lead to an increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes to pay for improvements to state highways and local roads. The...

Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell was rewarded Friday with a sponsorship increase from CarParts.com. The online parts sales company was already part of McDowell's program at Front Row Motorsports but...

A Kentucky police officer has been fired for giving information about the police agency he worked for to Black Lives Matter protesters. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council announced its unanimous...

Few inner-party conflicts have been as bitter as the one we're currently seeing in the SNP. But D-Day is coming for Nicola Sturgeon, as Alex Salmond, having been acquitted of...

Crews in Mississippi and Louisiana scrambled Friday to repair water main breaks and fill up tanks after freezing temperatures knocked out the water supply to tens of thousands of residents....

Here's what's happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — The White House is scrambling to find ways around Mother Nature as frigid...

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly rose to a three-month high in January as Americans sought to take advantage of ultra-low mortgage rates that have powered the boom in...

Walt Disney World in Florida turns 50 in October. To help celebrate, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will be wearing flashier threads and iconic structures such as the Cinderella Castle...

As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on...

2021 Audi A6 Allroad Quattro Prestige: Love at first drive? Price: $74,940 as tested. Prestige Package added driver assistance, heated rear seats, ventilated front seats, and more for $4,500; gray...

When veteran producer Bill Mechanic begins filming his latest movie, "The Divide," in Australia later this year, he knows he will have to charter a private jet to fly out...

Go back to chemistry class. Remember hydrogen? It's the simplest element on earth, consisting of one proton and one electron. Well, humble hydrogen has suddenly become the hottest topic in...

The Mets made a late addition to their starting rotation, agreeing to a $20 million, two-year contract with right-hander Taijuan Walker, a person familiar with the negotiations said. The person...

The Bremerton-Seattle state ferry crossing will be down to one-boat service “until further notice” because of a propulsion issue found on the ferry Cathlamet. Washington State Ferries estimates it will...

Many people created workspaces — at their own cost — in their homes last year if they were no longer going to an office to work, and some may be...

Roshni Kamta remembers that spring day two years ago when she left for work on her usual crowded New York City subway line, carrying precious cargo. Inside the light white...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing changes that would transform the U.S. transportation and energy sectors — and, officials promise, they won't leave workers behind. In the U.S. auto...

Extreme winter weather is dealing the first major setback to the Biden administration's planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines just as the national vaccination campaign was hitting its stride. The...

The US' poor national infrastructure has been highlighted once more this week, with shocking blackouts in Texas – the inevitable consequence of Washington spending its money on bombs rather than...

It's apparently not enough for Britons to endure almost 120,000 COVID-19 deaths and face a new variant of the virus that scientists say is more contagious and more deadly. Not...

Millions of Spaniards still remember life under fascism. Now, with lockdown's limits on freedom compounded by the erosion of free speech under Franco-style laws, as seen by Pablo Hasél's jailing,...