Partners in History: Danbury TAH Grant

Biotechnology labs are filled with imponderable hazards yet are subjected to fewer regulations than most factories.

Ron Artest beat the buzzer with a wild shot after rebounding Kobe Bryant’s miss, and the Lakers edged the Suns to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals.

A strike at a crucial parts factory is the clearest sign yet of growing labor unrest in a country at the cornerstone of companies’ global supply chains.

Mercury’s four models, all versions of other Fords, account for less than 6 percent of Ford sales. The brand is seen as ripe to be cut.

Meanwhile, House Democrats struggled to round up votes for a major package of business tax breaks and safety-net programs for the long-term unemployed.

A Johnson & Johnson unit that recalled millions of children’s Tylenol bottles may face criminal penalties.

The British firm Prudential is in discussions to cut the $35.5 billion purchase price for A.I.G.’s Asian life insurance unit.

At the Democratic state convention, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo tried to portray himself as an outsider.

Jamaican authorities faced questions about the sudden rise in the civilian death toll as the search continued for Christopher Coke, who faces charges in the United States.

Police on Thursday charged Stephen Griffiths, a former van driver enrolled in a postgraduate course in criminology, with the murders of women identified by the police as prostitutes.

In his first formal National Security Strategy, President Obama tries to balance the idealism of his promises with the realities of a fractious world.

The S.E.C. suit centered on allegations that a sizable bet by Pequot on Microsoft stock was based on inside information.

Investors focused on buying opportunities and reassuring comments from China on European debt.

The drawdown comes after a long and tense debate with Congolese officials who see the United Nations presence as a violation of their sovereignty.

Mr. Finn was the last survivor of the 15 Navy men who received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, for heroism during the Japanese attack.

The first English translation of “The Second Sex” in 60 years restores cuts from Simone de Beauvoir’s landmark study of women.

Cutting the hot line, installed after earlier skirmishes, raises the chances of an armed clash in tense waters.

A federal team determined that the rate of oil gushing is at least twice what was previously acknowledged.

Doug Quinn has speed, stamina, dexterity, personality and an awe-inspiring memory: the essentials of bartending.

Michelle Obama. Anderson Cooper. Adlai E. Stevenson. Alan Alda. They all went to college in the metropolitan region, and now students, some aware, some not, live in their old rooms.