New York Times

Sales were up 1 percent in July from the previous month. The rise was slimmer when autos and gasoline were excluded, but market reaction was favorable.

Jacob Ashton and Riley Birbilas, U.S. Army specialists, deployed to Iraq together. Now Specialist Birbilas is accused of killing Specialist Ashton at Fort Drum in upstate New York.

Celebrations marking the third year since the U.S. withdrawal are amplifying a divide in Afghanistan over what principles it should be governed by.

A cycle of vengeance is playing out even as the interim government is trying to establish reforms and keep order, with the police slow to return to their posts.

The reality of 130,000 displaced Russians and a chaotic official response may begin to puncture the official line that Russia is steadily heading toward victory.

People close to President Biden say he believes he could have won a second term. But he came to realize that the fight would rip apart the Democratic Party that he had served his whole life.

Ksenia Karelina is accused of donating $52 to a New York-based nonprofit that sends assistance to Ukraine.

Its cross-border attack shows “the war is not over.”

By reviving an idea from the 1940s, the Labour Party government is hoping to overcome the development hurdles that have plagued previous efforts with a plan to build new communities.

In Brazil, rooms for maids, a vestige of the country’s history of slavery, are disappearing or being transformed as the country confronts deeply ingrained inequities.

WeRide, a $5 billion software maker, is set for an I.P.O. amid geopolitical risks and a rush by Chinese automotive tech firms to raise money in the United States.

City Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit seeking to permanently shutter 16 popular websites that turn images of real girls and women into pornography.

There’s been so much said about Mr. Vance’s conversion from Trump hater to Trump loyalist, but at times he can sound like a millennial who, disillusioned, becomes more radical.

America’s plan for preventing a full-blown war in the Middle East is unraveling.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unsuccessful with his request to discuss endorsing the Democratic nominee in exchange for a top administration job, according to two people briefed on the outreach.

Plus, a scourge of “deepfake” Elon Musk scams.

Mr. Trump’s remarks on the economy and his insults aimed at Ms. Harris suggested the Trump campaign continues to suffer growing pains as it adjusts to a new opponent.

How an unexpected conflict is crushing Africa’s third-largest country.

Some of the tactics that have consumers jumping through hoops to cancel a cable or gym membership could be banned under a new initiative launched this week by the White House.

The singer and songwriter struggled for years to break through. Now she’s staking a claim for herself — and other women in the genre — with a new album, “Whirlwind.”