Prices Soaring for Specialty Drugs, Researchers Find

Prices Soaring for Specialty Drugs, Researchers Find
Seinfeld, His Show, and Inequality
Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws
2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music
Lens Blog: New York Times Wins Two Photography Pulitzers
Marathon Bombing Suspect Waits in Isolation
Ukraine Falters in Drive to Curb Unrest in East
Bullets, Blood and Then Cry of ‘Heil Hitler’
2 Pakistanis Suspected of Cannibalism After Head Is Found
Total to Proceed With Angola Ultra-Deepwater Project
Nigeria Blast Kills Dozens as Militants Hit Capital
China’s Actions in Hunt for Jet Are Seen as Hurting as Much as Helping
After Fire, Picturesque Hills of Chilean Port City Are Left in Ruin
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Coverage of N.S.A. Secrets and Boston Bombing
Dual Turning Point for Biofuels
Michael Phelps Plans Return to Competitive Swimming
In Many Cities, Rent Is Rising Out of Reach of Middle Class
Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds
A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge
DealBook: Citigroup Quarterly Profit Rises 4%, Despite Regulatory Woes
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U.N. Official Condemns Use of Torture in Syrian War
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Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:11 PM PDT

A report says that even as prescription costs have plummeted, a small slice of the population with serious illnesses is being asked to shoulder more of the cost of expensive treatments.

Seinfeld, His Show, and Inequality

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:23 PM PDT

A new show from Jerry Seinfeld seems, in its own small way, to show how America is moving toward a caste society.

Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:44 PM PDT

Efforts to tackle climate change have repeatedly collided with politics in Washington, where Republicans question the science of global warming, and ties to the fossil fuel industry have made them resistant to change.

2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:42 PM PDT

The prizes, which are administered at Columbia University, were announced on Monday.

Lens Blog: New York Times Wins Two Photography Pulitzers

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:40 PM PDT

Tyler Hicks won for his coverage of a terrorist attack at a Nairobi mall, and Josh Haner was honored for his images of the slow and painful recovery process of a Boston Marathon bombing survivor.

Marathon Bombing Suspect Waits in Isolation

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:17 PM PDT

Beyond being segregated from other prisoners, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with helping carry out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, may well spend little time outside his cell, period.

Ukraine Falters in Drive to Curb Unrest in East

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:09 PM PDT

Ukraine's failure to enforce its own ultimatums and its appeal to the United Nations to send peacekeepers laid bare a grim reality for the shaky government in Kiev.

Bullets, Blood and Then Cry of ‘Heil Hitler’

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:02 PM PDT

Until Sunday's shootings, Frazier Glenn Miller was vocal about his view that Jews should be killed, but had not acted on them.

2 Pakistanis Suspected of Cannibalism After Head Is Found

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:34 PM PDT

The police arrested a man suspected of cannibalism after they found an infant's head at his home, and they are searching for the man's older brother.

Total to Proceed With Angola Ultra-Deepwater Project

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:23 PM PDT

The French oil company said it would move ahead with a giant project called Kaombo in deep waters off the coast of Angola.

Nigeria Blast Kills Dozens as Militants Hit Capital

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:17 PM PDT

A bombing that killed at least 71 people in the capital may indicate that the extremist group Boko Haram is stepping up efforts to destabilize state institutions.

China’s Actions in Hunt for Jet Are Seen as Hurting as Much as Helping

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:57 PM PDT

China's discounted claim of detecting underwater signals has annoyed the other countries involved in the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, as well as delayed the search itself, officials and analysts said.

After Fire, Picturesque Hills of Chilean Port City Are Left in Ruin

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Firefighters were still battling outbreaks of fire in Valparaíso on Monday, two days after a blaze first swept through the city's hilltops and destroyed 2,000 homes.

Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Coverage of N.S.A. Secrets and Boston Bombing

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:39 PM PDT

The Washington Post and The Guardian U.S. won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of Edward J. Snowden's leaked documents. The Boston Globe won the breaking news prize.

Dual Turning Point for Biofuels

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Abengoa Bioenergy and other companies are constructing plants for ethanol made from corn stalks and wheat straw, but the market is saturated already.

Michael Phelps Plans Return to Competitive Swimming

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:21 PM PDT

A 22-time Olympic medalist, Phelps is scheduled to take part this month in the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, Ariz.

In Many Cities, Rent Is Rising Out of Reach of Middle Class

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:45 AM PDT

More households are being priced out of more areas: An analysis found 90 cities where the median rent is more than 30 percent of the median gross income.

Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:12 AM PDT

Conservationists and bird watchers are tracking migratory shorebirds and restoring habitat by paying rice farms in the birds' path to keep their fields flooded with irrigation water.