China’s Top Taxi-Hailing Apps Say They Will Merge

China’s Top Taxi-Hailing Apps Say They Will Merge
Canada: Attack Plot Is Foiled, Police Say
Official: At Least 16 Dead in Mexico Bus-Train Crash
Ted Ligety Knifes His Way to a 3rd Straight Title
CCTV, China’s Propaganda Tool, Finds Itself at Center of Antigraft Drive
Multicolored Snow in Russia? No Worries, Officials Say
Gene-Altered Apples Get U.S. Approval
Beliefs: Conservative Politicians Abroad Seem More Accepting of Evolution
Most Alabama Judges Begin to Issue Licenses For Same-Sex Marriages
Jordanians See U.S. Reporting Bias in Coverage of Student Killings
Bits Blog: Love in the Time of Twitter
T Magazine: Inside T’s Spring Women’s Fashion Issue
Obama Calls for New Cooperation To Wrangle the ‘Wild West’ Internet
U.S. Faults Russia as Combat Spikes in East Ukraine
In New York, Uzbek Immigrants Invigorate High School Wrestling
Prosecutor Puts Leader of Argentina on Defensive
Hollywood Gets Its Groove Back
Oil Prices Up 3% on News of Economic Growth in Europe, but Supplies Rise
Signs of a Push Against ISIS, Amid Doubts on Iraqi Troops

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:33 AM PST

The merger of Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, announced Saturday, will create a company with a combined market share well above 90 percent.

Canada: Attack Plot Is Foiled, Police Say

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 07:45 PM PST

The police said Friday that they had disrupted a plot by four people to kill a "large number of individual citizens" in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.

Official: At Least 16 Dead in Mexico Bus-Train Crash

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 07:24 PM PST

A passenger bus and a freight train collided at a grade crossing in northern Mexico on Friday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 22, a Mexican official said.

Ted Ligety Knifes His Way to a 3rd Straight Title

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:07 PM PST

Ligety had a dominant second run to become the first skier to win three consecutive world titles in giant slalom.

CCTV, China’s Propaganda Tool, Finds Itself at Center of Antigraft Drive

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:03 PM PST

An inquiry into corruption at CCTV has shaken up the nation's most influential news organization, with reports involving a seamy mix of celebrities, sex and bribery.

Multicolored Snow in Russia? No Worries, Officials Say

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:21 PM PST

In Chelyabinsk, which was hit by a meteor in 2013, snow on the ground turned blue. But residents were reassured that there was no cause for alarm.

Gene-Altered Apples Get U.S. Approval

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:08 PM PST

It will probably be several years before the fruit, which resists browning when sliced or bruised, shows up in grocery stores.

Beliefs: Conservative Politicians Abroad Seem More Accepting of Evolution

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:53 PM PST

Unlike American evangelicals who can reside in their own church and schools, the English have a more unified national culture that makes it easier to teach and accept the science.

Most Alabama Judges Begin to Issue Licenses For Same-Sex Marriages

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:42 PM PST

The state's probate judges saw a federal district court judge's order that the licenses be issued in Mobile County as a signal for them to issue the licenses, too.

Jordanians See U.S. Reporting Bias in Coverage of Student Killings

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:30 PM PST

On social media, many in Jordan and elsewhere said the news media's reluctance to treat the shooting in North Carolina as a hate crime was evidence of anti-Muslim bias.

Bits Blog: Love in the Time of Twitter

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:58 PM PST

Computer scientists study Twitter to try to understand how people change their use of social media as they make major life changes, like getting engaged or divorced.

T Magazine: Inside T’s Spring Women’s Fashion Issue

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:30 PM PST

Our latest issue, in the New York Times on Sunday, celebrates the free thinkers whose distinct visions shape our culture today.

Obama Calls for New Cooperation To Wrangle the ‘Wild West’ Internet

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:09 PM PST

The president signed an executive order urging companies to join information-sharing hubs to exchange data on cyberthreats — and, in some cases, to receive classified information from the government.

U.S. Faults Russia as Combat Spikes in East Ukraine

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:08 PM PST

The accusation from the State Department said the Russian military had massed artillery and rocket systems near a contested town in eastern Ukraine.

In New York, Uzbek Immigrants Invigorate High School Wrestling

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 02:28 PM PST

An influx of immigrants from Uzbekistan, which has a long history of success in fight sports, have transformed New York's high school wrestling competition.

Prosecutor Puts Leader of Argentina on Defensive

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 02:18 PM PST

A prosecutor revived the explosive accusations leveled against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner by Alberto Nisman, whose mysterious death has gripped the country.