Oscar Pistorius to Be Sentenced in Killing of Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius to Be Sentenced in Killing of Girlfriend
Suicide Car Bomber Kills 1 in Afghan Capital
Study Details the Risk to Infants Put on Sofas to Sleep
Police Move on Barricades; Hong Kong Leader Rejects Protesters’ Appeal
As Formula One Visits Sochi, Putin Embraces Platform It Creates
DealBook: Canadian Pacific Makes Deal Overture to CSX
President of Bolivia Claims Victory in Election
Dallas Nurse Contracts Ebola Virus, Elevating Response and Anxiety
Steeplechase's Most Historic Jump Is Also Its Most Controversial
Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research
Once a Symbol of Power, Farming Now an Economic Drag in China
Quick Count: Bolivia's Morales Coasts to 3rd Term
It’s Alive! And It Grows Into a Jack-o’-Lantern
Conference Pledges $5.4 Billion to Rebuild Gaza
Advertising: Cascadian Farm ‘Bee Friendlier’ Effort Enlists Public to Help Protect Insects
Memo From India: Imprinting the Face of Gandhi on a New Brand of Leadership
Chinese Scholar Who Helped in an Escape Is Detained for ‘Picking Quarrels’
Kurdish Rebels Assail Turkish Inaction on ISIS as Peril to Peace Talks
U.S. Troops to Use Bases in Turkey
In Brazil Runoff, Third-Place Finisher Endorses Opposition Candidate
As Putin Talks Near, Both Sides Take Steps to Defuse Ukraine Tension
300,000 Evacuated as Strong Cyclone Hits Eastern India
Music Review: Simphiwe Dana, Tumi and the Soil Play at the Apollo Theater
I.M.F. Warns of Global Financial Risk From Fiscal Policies
Opera Review: Staging Rameau’s ‘Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour’

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 11:35 PM PDT

The disabled South African athlete faces possible punishments ranging from a fine to a 15-year prison term.

Suicide Car Bomber Kills 1 in Afghan Capital

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:45 PM PDT

An Afghan official says a suicide bomber targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul has killed one civilian and wounded three others.

Study Details the Risk to Infants Put on Sofas to Sleep

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:03 PM PDT

Many sudden infant deaths, about one in eight, occur among infants who have been placed on sofas, researchers said on Monday.

Police Move on Barricades; Hong Kong Leader Rejects Protesters’ Appeal

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 07:44 PM PDT

Demonstrations continued after Leung Chun-ying, the city's chief executive, said the possibility of a reversal of the Chinese legislature's policy is 'almost nil.'

As Formula One Visits Sochi, Putin Embraces Platform It Creates

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:52 PM PDT

Many Russians have seen the tens of billions of dollars spent on the race in Sochi as the president's monument to himself as the man with the vision to make the country great again, a view that Bernie Ecclestone seemed happy to support.

DealBook: Canadian Pacific Makes Deal Overture to CSX

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:48 PM PDT

CSX has been cool to the idea of a transaction, which would create a company worth more than $60 billion, people briefed on the matter said.

President of Bolivia Claims Victory in Election

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:04 PM PDT

President Evo Morales has been propelled by a buoyant economy and a sustained drop in poverty in what is of the poorest countries in Latin America.

Dallas Nurse Contracts Ebola Virus, Elevating Response and Anxiety

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:01 PM PDT

The woman wore protective gear while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who died of Ebola last week, but there was a clear breach of safety protocol, the C.D.C. said.

Steeplechase's Most Historic Jump Is Also Its Most Controversial

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:00 PM PDT

The Velka Pardubicka, a famous Czech steeplechase race, was run Sunday, and another horse had to be euthanized after falling at the famous obstacle called Taxis Ditch.

Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:00 PM PDT

The discovery will allow scientists to quickly, cheaply and easily test drugs that might stop the process in the first place.

Once a Symbol of Power, Farming Now an Economic Drag in China

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:52 PM PDT

Frustrated by how little they earn, the ablest farmers have migrated to cities, hollowing out rural districts in the Chinese heartland.

Quick Count: Bolivia's Morales Coasts to 3rd Term

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:48 PM PDT

Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia's president Sunday on the strength of the economic and political stability brought by his government, according to an unofficial quick count of the vote and an exit poll.

It’s Alive! And It Grows Into a Jack-o’-Lantern

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:43 PM PDT

With the strangely shaped "pumpkinstein," a California farmer found a way to carve himself a piece of the $7 billion in business Halloween now generates.

Conference Pledges $5.4 Billion to Rebuild Gaza

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:25 PM PDT

An international donor conference in Cairo on reconstructing Gaza garnered $5.4 billion in pledges, but it came short of the $8.5 billion that Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority had requested.

Advertising: Cascadian Farm ‘Bee Friendlier’ Effort Enlists Public to Help Protect Insects

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:12 PM PDT

Cascadian Farm, an organic brand owned by General Mills, is encouraging consumers to plant wildflowers to provide a healthful environment for bees.

Memo From India: Imprinting the Face of Gandhi on a New Brand of Leadership

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:11 PM PDT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attached himself to the image of India's revered independence leader, even though their political beliefs diverge in many ways.

Chinese Scholar Who Helped in an Escape Is Detained for ‘Picking Quarrels’

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT

Guo Yushan, who played a key role in helping the blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng escape house arrest, had long suspected his days as a free man might be numbered.

Kurdish Rebels Assail Turkish Inaction on ISIS as Peril to Peace Talks

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:36 PM PDT

P.K.K. commanders say their halting, nine-year-old peace process with the Turkish government and, indeed, the future of the region, turn on the battle for Kobani and on Turkey's response.

U.S. Troops to Use Bases in Turkey

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:34 PM PDT

The agreement to allow American and coalition troops to use bases in Turkey in order to fight Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq came after two days of talks in the Turkish capital.

In Brazil Runoff, Third-Place Finisher Endorses Opposition Candidate

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Marina Silva, a popular environmentalist, said she would vote for Aécio Neves, a business-minded former governor.

As Putin Talks Near, Both Sides Take Steps to Defuse Ukraine Tension

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:33 PM PDT

As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered a troop pullback from the border, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine said he believed that a full cease-fire could soon be achieved.

300,000 Evacuated as Strong Cyclone Hits Eastern India

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:01 PM PDT

The coast of Andhra Pradesh, where at least two people were killed, was one of the regions most affected by the storm.

Music Review: Simphiwe Dana, Tumi and the Soil Play at the Apollo Theater

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:59 PM PDT

The South African acts Simphiwe Dana, Tumi and the Soil performed in a show that mixed an Apollo Theater festival with one from Carnegie Hall.

I.M.F. Warns of Global Financial Risk From Fiscal Policies

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:58 PM PDT

Leaders of the International Monetary Fund said that high debt in China and a lack of spending in Europe, among other factors, could provoke a market convulsion.

Opera Review: Staging Rameau’s ‘Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour’

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:51 PM PDT

Opera Lafayette presented a rare staging of Rameau's "Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Égypte" with a rich dance component.