New York Times

Thousands of miles of tracks leave the French system vulnerable to sabotage. But the suspected arsonists also knew just where to strike.

Ismael Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López helped run the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most dominant criminal groups in Mexico.

One man is being held without bail after a witness saw him push a flaming vehicle down an embankment on Wednesday, the authorities said. The Park fire has burned more than 164,000 acres.

A lawyer and confidant of François Mitterrand, he was in the forefront of French politics for decades, only to be undone by his taste for the high life.

The Republican vice-presidential nominee has spoken often about drug-afflicted communities like the one he escaped. But those communities have tempered their expectations for his help.

Florida and some other states have put restrictions on voter registration drives, often with stiff fines that are dissuading some civic groups from taking part.

Lobbyists and lawyers are raising money for Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, and assessing what her term might look like.

At the close of his 10-year Madison Square Garden residency, the singer took a victory lap with some of his most ardent fans.

Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

An absence of medical records or official accounts has stirred confusion, but a Times video and trajectory analysis indicates a bullet, not debris, wounded the former president.

The attacks on several high-speed rail lines happened despite the sweeping mobilization of recent weeks.

An accomplished Yale-educated lawyer, she has left her job at a top firm as she adjusts to the life of a high-profile political spouse.

The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.

The health facility’s potential closure had been contentious following the shuttering of other hospitals serving Lower Manhattan.

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.

The Margaret A. Muir schooner sank during a storm in 1893. Shipwreck hunters found it near the mouth of a popular Wisconsin harbor.

The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index climbed 2.5 percent, still more than the Fed’s 2 percent target, as price increases take time to come down.

The director Shawn Levy narrates a scene from the latest sequel in the franchise.

Participation in the labor force has surged among women in their prime working years. But for those with children under 5, the gains may have peaked.

A debate over whether the F.T.C. chair should stay reflects broader anxiety over how Kamala Harris would regulate business.