DealBook: British Telecommunications Giant BT to Buy EE for $19 Billion

DealBook: British Telecommunications Giant BT to Buy EE for $19 Billion
Claims Against Saudis Cast New Light on Secret Pages of 9/11 Report
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
After Metro-North Train Crash, Investigators Piece Through ‘Utter Chaos’
Machine Learning: Led by Tinder, the Mobile Dating Game Surges
Iran’s President Accuses West of Distorting Atomic Plans
Brian Williams Admits He Wasn’t on Copter Shot Down in Iraq
Man Behind Silk Road Website Is Convicted on All Counts
Picasso’s Granddaughter Plans to Sell Art, Worrying the Market
Militants’ Killing of Jordanian Pilot Unites the Arab World in Anger
Recalling Victims of the Metro-North Crash
The Bruce Jenner Story Goes From Gossip to News
Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash
Charlie Sifford, Who Shattered a Barrier of Race in Golf, Dies at 92
Ebola Drug Aids Some in a Study in West Africa
A Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test H.I.V. Drugs
Croatia Forgiving Debt of Some of Its Poorest Citizens
Out There: Living With a Star
DealBook: Staples to Buy Office Depot for $6.3 Billion
Phys Ed: Slow Runners Come Out Ahead

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 12:01 AM PST

Under the terms of the cash-and-stock deal, BT said Deutsche Telekom would hold a 12 percent stake in the former British monopoly, and that Orange would retain a 4 percent holding once the takeover was complete.

Claims Against Saudis Cast New Light on Secret Pages of 9/11 Report

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:53 PM PST

Accusations by the former Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui have fueled calls for President Obama to declassify a section of the 2002 report.

Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:52 PM PST

American officials have praised the Saudi government for cracking down on terrorism, but suspicions of a past, tacit alliance with Al Qaeda burst into the open again this week.

After Metro-North Train Crash, Investigators Piece Through ‘Utter Chaos’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

The question persisted 24 hours after an inferno had engulfed the first car of a Metro-North train in Westchester County, N.Y., killing six people: What was an S.U.V. doing on the tracks?

Machine Learning: Led by Tinder, the Mobile Dating Game Surges

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:54 PM PST

Many app makers are trying to capitalize on the Tinder method of simple, smartphone-based dating. Of course, they add a twist to the swipe.

Iran’s President Accuses West of Distorting Atomic Plans

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:52 PM PST

President Hassan Rouhani, in a speech aimed at domestic critics, denounced the United States and Israel for what he called false and hypocritical warnings about Iran's atomic ambitions.

Brian Williams Admits He Wasn’t on Copter Shot Down in Iraq

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:43 PM PST

The NBC anchorman said he was on a helicopter behind one that was hit in 2003 and that he had conflated the two.

Man Behind Silk Road Website Is Convicted on All Counts

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:18 PM PST

The most serious counts carry potential life sentences for Ross W. Ulbricht, who operated an online black market for the sale of drugs and illicit goods.

Picasso’s Granddaughter Plans to Sell Art, Worrying the Market

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:03 PM PST

A decision by a granddaughter of Picasso to sell many of his works privately has led to speculation that she could flood the market and depress prices.

Militants’ Killing of Jordanian Pilot Unites the Arab World in Anger

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST

There was one feeling that many of the Middle East's clerics, competing ethnic groups and warring sects could agree on: a sense of revulsion at the Islamic State's latest video.

Recalling Victims of the Metro-North Crash

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:35 PM PST

Friends and co-workers remembered some of those who died in the accident, including the driver of the S.U.V. stuck on the tracks and two passengers on the train.

The Bruce Jenner Story Goes From Gossip to News

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:07 PM PST

Trans advocates respond to the media attention Mr. Jenner has received as a member of a family that has put everything about itself up for public consumption.

Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:01 PM PST

Federal officials said the impact between the train and a vehicle on the tracks dislodged an electrified rail, which, mixed with gasoline, created an inferno.

Charlie Sifford, Who Shattered a Barrier of Race in Golf, Dies at 92

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:43 PM PST

By the time Mr. Sifford was allowed to compete against the world's best golfers, he was almost 40. But he won the PGA Tour's Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and its Los Angeles Open in 1969.

Ebola Drug Aids Some in a Study in West Africa

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:13 PM PST

Favipiravir has shown preliminary signs of effectiveness in a study, raising questions about its wider use and the testing of another therapy.

A Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test H.I.V. Drugs

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:00 PM PST

Scientists are arguing about the extent to which it is ethical to pay participants, and whether results of trials that do so can be trusted.

Croatia Forgiving Debt of Some of Its Poorest Citizens

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:42 PM PST

The government is offering a debt write-off to Croats who have blocked bank accounts, owe less than the equivalent of about $5,000 and currently receive some sort of welfare benefits.

Out There: Living With a Star

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:13 PM PST

Even a slight change in the precariously controlled violence of the sun, an enormous thermonuclear furnace, can have drastic consequences on Earth.

DealBook: Staples to Buy Office Depot for $6.3 Billion

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:11 PM PST

The deal to unite the two biggest providers of office supplies is likely to face antitrust scrutiny — regulators shot down a similar deal in 1997, but the competitive landscape has since changed.