February 6, 2014

New York’s fashion community ponders what to make of the city’s new mayor, and hopes to win him over.

The race in the 17th Congressional District in California underscores the tech industry’s push to elect candidates who will further its interests, even if it means trying to replace a party stalwart with a relative unknown.

After years in philanthropy, many wonder how Bill Gates, a luminary of the tech world, will choose to position Microsoft going forward.

Egypt has been largely insulated from the Islamist violence in the region, but it is now facing increasing terrorism as Egyptians return from jihad abroad to fight the country’s military-backed government.

John J. Doherty, who delayed retirement to aid the new administration, has faced a messy meteorological start to the year with a spate of storms.

The defections of two prominent businessmen in eastern Ukraine, a stronghold for President Viktor F. Yanukovych, signal growing frustrations with him even among his base.

A Russian billionaire has donated money for a shelter in a bid to save some of the hundreds of stray dogs that are being killed in preparation for the Sochi Olympic Games.

Despite the diminished state of late-night television, and technology that has altered viewing habits, the “Tonight” show remains one of the signature franchises of broadcasting and still carries unusual resonance.

The company, struggling to keep pace in consumer electronics, said it planned to sell its Vaio PC unit to an investment fund and cut 5,000 jobs.

Japan reacted with remorse and outrage to Mamoru Samuragochi’s admission that he had hired a ghostwriter since the 1990s to compose most of his music.

G.M. has changed its management team and made major strides in its core North American market, but the nation’s biggest automaker is still struggling in Europe.

Speaker John A. Boehner’s pronouncement significantly narrowed the window for success on the issue this year and left it to President Obama to win the trust of Republicans.