October 9, 2012

The initiative, which would lower a borrower’s monthly payment, could prevent a tide of foreclosures. If it works, the plan could provide a road map for other troubled countries.

In South Africa, nothing, not even a singing competition, escapes examination under a powerful racial lens.

This week, the Supreme Court is to hear the case of Abigail Fisher, who said she was rejected by a university because she is white, drawing new attention to affirmative action’s constitutionality.

A proposed 75 percent tax in France is being protested by many of the nation’s wealthiest executives, including some who had called for higher taxes.

A possibly potent kind of super PAC is proliferating in the closing weeks of the campaign, transforming Congressional races with a barrage of outside money.

If one place is emerging as a test of Mitt Romney’s ability to capitalize on a new dynamic in the presidential race, it is Ohio, which every Republican president in the nation’s history has carried.

Drugs that are normally used to increase focus are in some cases being prescribed simply to improve struggling, low-income students’ academic performance at school.

The death of Heriberto Lazcano, known as El Lazca and the main leader of the Zetas, was confirmed through fingerprint analysis, the navy said. But in an odd twist, the corpse was quickly stolen.

Japanese automakers have cut manufacturing by up to half in China after violent anti-Japanese protests over disputed islands in which Japanese-brand cars and even their owners were targeted.

The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in a case that roiled the university community.

“Sutton,” by J. R. Moehringer, is a speculative biography of the bank robber Willie Sutton.

“Nashville,” a new drama on ABC, stars Connie Britton as a country singer.