At Least 6 Killed in Avalanche on Everest

At Least 6 Killed in Avalanche on Everest
DealBook: Charges Are Said to Be Near Over Kickbacks in Exports of Luxury Cars to China
Cost of Treatment May Influence Doctors
Enrollments Exceed Obama’s Target for Health Care Act
In Scripted Surprise, Putin Answers Snowden on Spying
Deal is Reached to Ease Tension in East Ukraine
An Appraisal: The Work of Gabriel García Márquez
Nigeria Fears Captive Girls Will Be Held as Sex Slaves
Lucrative Stardom in China, Using a Webcam and a Voice
Human Error Suspected as Hope Fades in Korean Ferry Sinking
Jerusalem Journal: Stranded by the Fight Over a Border’s Future
Chelsea Clinton Says She Is Expecting
Charges Are Said to Be Near Over Kickbacks in Exports of Luxury Cars to China
Demands That Jews Register in Eastern Ukraine Are Denounced, and Denied
Iran Gets an Unlikely Visitor, an American Plane, but No One Seems to Know Why
Bits Blog: Facebook’s New Twist on Location Sharing Puts Users in Control
Bits Blog: Uber Faces Rebukes in Europe
U.S. and Russia Agree on Pact to Defuse Ukraine Crisis
Exclusive: Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Chapter Begins
Gabriel García Márquez, Conjurer of Literary Magic, Dies at 87
The Lede: Video of Snowden Asking Putin About Surveillance
One-Fifth of China’s Farmland Is Polluted, State Study Finds
How Near Is the End? Britain May Tell Retirees
Scientists Find an ‘Earth Twin,’ or Perhaps a Cousin
Move to Ban Recalled G.M. Cars From Roads Is Denied

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 10:21 PM PDT

An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday along a route used to climb the world's highest peak, killing at least six Nepalese guides and leaving nine missing, officials said.

DealBook: Charges Are Said to Be Near Over Kickbacks in Exports of Luxury Cars to China

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 08:14 PM PDT

An investigation by New York authorities is part of a broad national crackdown on businesses seeking to turn a quick profit by exporting luxury cars from the United States to China.

Cost of Treatment May Influence Doctors

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 08:00 PM PDT

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association said they would use cost data to rate the value of treatments.

Enrollments Exceed Obama’s Target for Health Care Act

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 07:19 PM PDT

Eight million people have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, including what the White House said were a sufficient number of young, healthy adults needed to maintain the plan's viability.

In Scripted Surprise, Putin Answers Snowden on Spying

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 07:17 PM PDT

In a poke at the White House, Edward J. Snowden asked President Vladimir V. Putin about Russia's surveillance practices during a televised question-and-answer session.

Deal is Reached to Ease Tension in East Ukraine

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 07:06 PM PDT

The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union reached an agreement on Thursday that called for armed pro-Russian bands to surrender the government buildings they have seized.

An Appraisal: The Work of Gabriel García Márquez

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 06:44 PM PDT

Gabriel García Márquez — who died on Thursday at his home in Mexico City, at the age of 87 — used his fecund imagination and exuberant sleight of hand to conjure the miraculous in his fiction.

Nigeria Fears Captive Girls Will Be Held as Sex Slaves

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 06:39 PM PDT

The girls were kidnapped early Tuesday from a state school in the heartland of the Boko Haram insurgency, startling a country already numbed by a steady drumbeat of horrific episodes attributed to the Islamist militant group.

Lucrative Stardom in China, Using a Webcam and a Voice

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 06:32 PM PDT

The success of typically low-budget productions offers a potential path for the rest of the world, which is struggling to move profitably into online programming.

Human Error Suspected as Hope Fades in Korean Ferry Sinking

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:53 PM PDT

Evidence is growing that human error contributed to one of South Korea's worst disasters in recent decades, a ferry sinking from which 271 people are still missing.

Jerusalem Journal: Stranded by the Fight Over a Border’s Future

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:52 PM PDT

The influx of people into the Ras Khamis neighborhood of East Jerusalem is straining city services, and City Hall has shown little inclination to help.

Chelsea Clinton Says She Is Expecting

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:51 PM PDT

Ms. Clinton made the surprise announcement during an event in New York that she and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting a child this fall.

Charges Are Said to Be Near Over Kickbacks in Exports of Luxury Cars to China

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:16 PM PDT

A dealership fired or suspended a half-dozen executives two weeks ago after an internal inquiry, a person close to the investigation said.

Demands That Jews Register in Eastern Ukraine Are Denounced, and Denied

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:16 PM PDT

The Donetsk People's Republic, along with other pro-Russian groups, denied having anything to do with fliers purporting to demand registration.

Iran Gets an Unlikely Visitor, an American Plane, but No One Seems to Know Why

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 04:57 PM PDT

The presence of a United States-flagged aircraft in Iran is highly unusual in Iran these days, especially when it's owned by a small Utah bank.

Bits Blog: Facebook’s New Twist on Location Sharing Puts Users in Control

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Nearby Friends, a feature announced Thursday, lets users broadcast their location to friends, but simple privacy controls give them the power to decide how much more to share.

Bits Blog: Uber Faces Rebukes in Europe

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 04:08 PM PDT

The company's global problems add to the bumps the company face in the United States, including opposition from taxi groups and driver complaints.

U.S. and Russia Agree on Pact to Defuse Ukraine Crisis

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 02:52 PM PDT

The foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, Ukraine and European Union reached an agreement in Geneva after more than five hours of talks.

Exclusive: Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Chapter Begins

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 02:44 PM PDT

An eclectic Italianate Victorian in Frenchtown, N.J., owned by the author of "Eat, Pray, Love."

Gabriel García Márquez, Conjurer of Literary Magic, Dies at 87

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 02:16 PM PDT

Mr. García Márquez, a Colombian who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, wrote fiction rooted in a mythical Latin American landscape of his own creation.

The Lede: Video of Snowden Asking Putin About Surveillance

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 01:21 PM PDT

The former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden asked President Vladimir V. Putin a question during a call-in program on Russian television.

One-Fifth of China’s Farmland Is Polluted, State Study Finds

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 12:51 PM PDT

Rapid industrialization, agricultural mismanagement and metals production are all contributing to contamination that is raising alarms about food and physical health.

How Near Is the End? Britain May Tell Retirees

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 11:40 AM PDT

"No point being all British and coy about it," said the pensions minister, Steve Webb, who said an idea of life expectancy can aid financial planning.

Scientists Find an ‘Earth Twin,’ or Perhaps a Cousin

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 11:35 AM PDT

A planet known as Kepler 186f, 500 light-years away, is the closest match to our own yet discovered, astronomers say.