Highly educated immigrants are good for the economy, but so are less skilled workers, economists say.

Fewer Immigrants Mean More Jobs? Not So, Economists Say

Sheri McCoy of Avon is the third prominent female chief executive to head toward the exit since June, making 2017 anything but the breakout era it was expected to be.

Even After the Glass Ceiling Yields, Female Executives Find Shaky Ground

The former general and new chief of staff is seeking to quell dysfunction with a suddenness and force that have upended the West Wing.

John Kelly Quickly Moves to Impose Military Discipline on White House

Even as the department has been the subject of President Trump’s rage, Jeff Sessions and Rod J. Rosenstein are quietly and powerfully at work.

Justice Dept., Under Siege From Trump, Plows Ahead With His Agenda

The City Council wants to drop a charge for some Manhattan store owners paying $250,000 a year in rent, but the mayor isn’t going along.

Amid Store Closings, Businesses Protest a City Tax on Rents

The governing body of track and field has until the end of September to furnish evidence on whether high levels of testosterone give athletes like Dutee Chand an unfair advantage.

What Qualifies a Woman to Compete as a Woman? An Ugly Fight Resumes

Tecomán is a coastal town in Colima, where Mexicans once went to escape drug violence. Now it’s an emblem of the country’s soaring murder rate.

Mexico’s Deadliest Town. Mexico’s Deadliest Year.

The superagent Jorge Mendes has remade the English soccer club Wolverhampton Wanderers for its new Chinese owner. But whose interests do the changes serve?

The Owner Brought the Money. The Agent Delivered the Players. Now What?

New plays are portraying and exploring opioid addiction, using the theater industry’s response to the AIDS epidemic as a model.

On the Front Lines of Ohio’s Heroin Crisis: Playwrights

Millions of bananas arrive every week in New York City. It takes a lot to get them from the boat to the bodega.

The Secret Life of the City Banana

A payroll gain of 209,000 coincided with new auto investment and a stock market record, prompting the president to proclaim, “I have only just begun.”

Jobs, Factories and Stocks Provide Economic Lift for Trump

Everyone should have a retirement plan as good as the Thrift Savings Plan that federal workers use. Here’s what happened when outside advisers tried to pry money loose.

When Brokers Want to Move Your Money Out of a Very Good Thing

Because New York rents are higher during the summer, some people find ways to avoid signing a lease until the weather and rents cool.

Going Nomad to Avoid Summer Rent Spikes

Getting methadone in jail gave a Connecticut heroin user a firmer foothold in recovery. But fewer than 1 percent of jails and prisons allow it.

Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them?

The factory’s location has not been decided, but the automakers said that it would most likely cost $1.6 billion and would employ about 4,000 workers.

Toyota to Take 5 Percent Stake in Mazda and Build Joint U.S. Plant

The attorney general vowed to bring criminal charges against those found to have given classified information to the news media.

Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says

Cheap rents, wild music, easy drugs and open stages: Friends and colleagues from the 1960s recall the dramatist’s beginnings.

How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself

The digital payment giant doesn’t count the stock grants it gives to employees as an expense. This makes its earnings look prettier to Wall Street.

The Accounting Tack That Makes PayPal’s Numbers Look So Good

As he nears his 31st birthday, Bolt has been slowing down. He’s set to run his last race on Saturday night in London — or so he says.

Usain Bolt, an Icon in Track and Field, Is About to Run His Final Race

As department stores try to lure back their customers, Saks Fifth Avenue has unveiled an assortment of wellness offerings at its flagship store in Manhattan.

Now at Saks: Salt Rooms, a Bootcamp and a Peek at Retail’s Future

The brash Mr. Shkreli, best known for increasing the price of a drug to $750 from $13.50 a pill overnight, was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn.

Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud

The new French president’s boldest initiative is a bid to overhaul French capitalism. Just one thing may stand in his way: 3,324 pages of regulations.

Macron Takes On France’s Labor Code, 100 Years in the Making

Whiffs are rarer than double eagles in professional golf, and yet each of the last two tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule has produced one.

On the PGA Tour, a Slice of Humble Pie

Stringers, like Dave Montgomery, who are not on staff but work on an as-needed basis, often do the legwork at the scene of a breaking story.

What Makes a Good Editor? A Long List of Stringers

How are new students feeling? What matters to them? Are they where they want to be? The Higher Education Research Institute, which has been surveying first-year students across the country for more than half a century, has some of the answers.

August 4, 2017

Headlines from August 4, 2017

Fewer Immigrants Mean More Jobs? Not So, Economists Say

Even After the Glass Ceiling Yields, Female Executives Find Shaky Ground

John Kelly Quickly Moves to Impose Military Discipline on White House

Justice Dept., Under Siege From Trump, Plows Ahead With His Agenda

Amid Store Closings, Businesses Protest a City Tax on Rents

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