May 7, 2008

There were four words more than any others that Kobe Bryant needed to say as he accepted the N.B.A. Most Valuable Player award: “Thank you” and “Mitch Kupchak.”

The plan would have demolished nine existing buildings to permit the construction of a 329-foot-tall hospital and a 265-foot-tall luxury condominium.

After six years of stumbling against the euro, the dollar may be showing signs of getting back on its feet.

The release of inmates raises questions about whether states are supplying defendants with adequate counsel.

More than 2 percent of all doctors practicing in New York last year landed on the state medical board’s watch list because of problems including substance abuse or their professional conduct.