March 20, 2007

Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and others have poured billions into Angola in the last decade to unlock petroleum resources, and the payoffs are finally coming in.

All three pleaded not guilty to numerous charges — including, for two of them, first- and second-degree manslaughter — in the shooting death of Sean Bell.

Kathy Halbreich, who helped turned the museum into a risk-taking multidisciplinary institution, said on Monday that she was retiring after 16 years as director.

An outbreak of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis killed 52 people in South Africa, raising questions about a global program meant to keep the disease under control.

With a tight N.H.L. playoff race in the Eastern Conference, the points won in hockey shootouts have been particularly crucial.

The vernal equinox in 2007 arrived at the querulous hour of just seven minutes past midnight, universal time, on March 21.

A series of exhibitions in London this year will be focused on Britain’s deep engagement in the slave trade and the role it played in forging the nation’s wealth and power.

Since the invasion of Iraq, the war on terror has surfaced as a subplot or subliminal theme on many shows, and most echo the public’s disenchantment of the war’s failures.

After winning the national title in 2006 and forgoing the N.B.A. to return to school, Florida’s stars insist they have no regrets, no matter what happens next.

The issue of how to deal with illegal immigrants is causing particular complications for Senator John McCain.

E-mail released by the Justice Department shows tensions at the highest levels of the agency as officials tried to contain a political brushfire.

Contrasts between the Sean Bell case and that of Amadou Diallo are palpable. The most significant difference, though, is in the charges.