January 9, 2007

The nation’s biggest home insurer is close to settling hundreds of lawsuits over its payments for homes hit by Hurricane Katrina.

When the Austrian Cultural Forum sets out to answer the question “What is operetta?” with a festival, the results are not likely to be the ones people expect.

President Bush chose as the new chief White House lawyer Fred F. Fielding, a longtime Washington legal hand.

Under a plan by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California would become the largest state to attempt to provide near universal health coverage.

In recordings played in court, Saddam Hussein was heard justifying the use of chemical weapons against the Iraqi Kurds.

Can Howard Stern be as entertaining when no one is telling him that anything is off limits? Mr. Stern says that he can, and that he has already been.

Engineers and teams of artisans and laborers are shoring up the walls and gates of Shunet el-Zebib, the last and largest of the cult centers built to honor Egyptian kings.

The auto show in Detroit is living up to its global name with new players from China and a new pecking order in the U.S. market.

India and China have explored alternatives, but too often the diesel generator is the favorite way to provide energy.

An odor that lingered in Manhattan left officials with a mystery and a few conspiracy theories to sort through.

James Cameron will use the latest technology to direct the $200 million 3-D science fiction film "Avatar."

New Yorkers ask themselves if they would have the same kind of guts as Wesley Autrey.