Indonesia Search and Rescue Chief Says Fifth Object Found From AirAsia Jet Crash

Indonesia Search and Rescue Chief Says Fifth Object Found From AirAsia Jet Crash
Huckabee Leaves Fox News Show to Consider 2016 Run
Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz Are Named in Suit Alleging Sex With Minor
In New York City, a Toll Is Newly Felt as Asians Rise in the Police Ranks
Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin
Her Task Is to Wean the White House Off Floppy Disks
Condition of British Ebola Patient Worsens
Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent
The Economics (and Nostalgia) of Dead Malls
Qaeda Suspect Facing Trial in New York Over Africa Embassy Bombings Dies
Tensions Mount as Israel Freezes Revenue Meant for Palestinians
Stanislaw Baranczak, 68, Polish Underground Poet, Dies
F.B.I. Employees With Ties Abroad See Security Bias
Turkey’s President Traces a New Internal Threat: The Way He’s Drawn
Obama Is the Nation’s Private Golfer in Chief
Indian and Pakistani Guards Trade Fire on Disputed Border
After Killing of Gaza Teenager, Calls for Egyptian Inquiry
Victoria Azarenka Aims to Return to Tennis’s Ruling Class
Obama Plans 3-Day Tour to Preview State of the Union
Katherine Waterston of ‘Inherent Vice’ Shyly Captivates the Fashion World

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 08:54 PM PST

Indonesia search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have located a fifth large object on the seabed, agency chief Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo told reporters on Sunday.

Huckabee Leaves Fox News Show to Consider 2016 Run

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 07:13 PM PST

Mr. Huckabee, a Republican, used his weekly Fox News program to reveal that he was leaving the network as he weighs a second campaign for the White House.

Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz Are Named in Suit Alleging Sex With Minor

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 05:01 PM PST

Both men have denied the allegations, which claim that Jeffrey E. Epstein, a businessman, forced an underage woman to have sexual relations with several men.

In New York City, a Toll Is Newly Felt as Asians Rise in the Police Ranks

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST

Asian-American officers have recently been in the middle of a series of wrenching incidents involving the New York Police Department, testifying to a significant surge in their ranks.

Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 03:26 PM PST

Over the past decade, poppy cultivation and the opium it produces have flourished as poor farmers turn to the profitable crop.

Her Task Is to Wean the White House Off Floppy Disks

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 03:06 PM PST

Megan J. Smith, an M.I.T.-trained mechanical engineer and former Google executive, is trying to bring her Silicon Valley sensibility to the Obama administration.

Condition of British Ebola Patient Worsens

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 02:59 PM PST

Doctors treating Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish nurse who was found to have Ebola after returning from volunteer work in Sierra Leone, say that her condition has deteriorated to critical.

Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 02:39 PM PST

Months after her husband was hit by a truck, Anita Chanko watched him die again on "NY Med," a medical series. But she hadn't given permission for those moments to be aired.

The Economics (and Nostalgia) of Dead Malls

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST

High-end shopping malls are thriving across the country, but as midtier retailers like Sears and J. C. Penney flounder, they are also dragging down their malls.

Qaeda Suspect Facing Trial in New York Over Africa Embassy Bombings Dies

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 01:15 PM PST

Prosecutors said Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, who had liver cancer, died Friday night, nine days before he was to be tried in connection with the 1998 bombings of two American Embassies in East Africa.

Tensions Mount as Israel Freezes Revenue Meant for Palestinians

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 01:10 PM PST

It is the first of an expected series of punitive measures in response to a push by the Palestinians to prosecute Israeli officials for war crimes during the battle with militants in the Gaza Strip last summer.

Stanislaw Baranczak, 68, Polish Underground Poet, Dies

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 12:10 PM PST

Mr. Baranczak defied state censors to write about living under Communist oppression and later emigrated to the United States, where he taught at Harvard.

F.B.I. Employees With Ties Abroad See Security Bias

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST

An F.B.I. program aimed at reducing internal threats is said to be penalizing employees hired for their foreign language skills by subjecting them to higher scrutiny.

Turkey’s President Traces a New Internal Threat: The Way He’s Drawn

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:45 AM PST

Editorial cartoonists have long been a staple of Turkish politics, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not amused, and is using the courts to crack down on them.

Obama Is the Nation’s Private Golfer in Chief

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:26 AM PST

While little is known about President Obama's game, his own hints (and golfers who have played with him) describe a dedicated and gradually improving player.

Indian and Pakistani Guards Trade Fire on Disputed Border

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:23 AM PST

The exchange of fire across the northern border in the state of Jammu and Kashmir left at least two people dead and at least one other wounded, officials said Saturday.

After Killing of Gaza Teenager, Calls for Egyptian Inquiry

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:21 AM PST

Palestinian officials are demanding that the Egyptian government investigate the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy from Gaza who they say was killed by Egyptian soldiers.

Victoria Azarenka Aims to Return to Tennis’s Ruling Class

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 10:14 AM PST

After a period of pain and reflection, Victoria Azarenka, the former No. 1 player in the world, is primed for the opening of a new season.

Obama Plans 3-Day Tour to Preview State of the Union

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST

President Obama plans a three-day, three-state tour promoting different themes as a prelude to his State of the Union speech, White House officials said.