Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting

Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting
The Victims: Where They Shared Their Working Hours, and Their Dying Moments
Donald Trump and Ben Carson Face a Foreign Policy Test Before a Republican Jewish Group
F.B.I. Treats San Bernardino Attack as Possible Terrorism Case
Mixed Verdict for Former Chief of Massey Energy After Coal Mine Blast
All Combat Roles Now Open to Women, Defense Secretary Says
Lyft Joins With Asian Rivals to Compete With Uber
Germany May Offer Model for Reining In Fossil Fuel Use
Ryan Throws Down Republican Gauntlet in Outlining House Agenda for ’16
Weapons in San Bernardino Shootings Were Legally Obtained
Scientists Seek Moratorium on Edits to Human Genome That Could Be Inherited
Marcus Klingberg, Highest-Ranking Soviet Spy Caught in Israel, Dies at 97
First Draft: Ben Carson, Mispronouncing ‘Hamas,’ Fails to Impress Republican Jewish Group
More Charges as FIFA Inquiry Widens
Israel Arrests Young Jews Suspected of Terrorism Against Palestinians
Going to the Paris Climate Talks? You May Need a Decoder Ring
Egyptian Officials on Defensive Amid Uproar Over Police Brutality Cases
Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed Takedown of Gang Wars, With Sex as the Weapon
Congressional Memo: Mass Shootings Stoke Ideological Fighting in Congress
Draghi Announces Further E.C.B. Stimulus Measures, but Investors Are Unimpressed

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:40 PM PST

The brother-in-law of Syed Rizwan Farook, who carried out the rampage with his wife, expressed sorrow for the victims and bafflement at what had driven the couple.

The Victims: Where They Shared Their Working Hours, and Their Dying Moments

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 07:56 PM PST

A day after 14 colleagues in a county health department were murdered at their office, family and friends tried to make sense of a devastating loss.

Donald Trump and Ben Carson Face a Foreign Policy Test Before a Republican Jewish Group

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 07:05 PM PST

Mr. Trump and Mr. Carson gave meandering speeches to the Republican Jewish Coalition on Thursday.

F.B.I. Treats San Bernardino Attack as Possible Terrorism Case

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 06:07 PM PST

Officials pointed to materials the suspects stockpiled, including explosives; their Middle East travels; and evidence of contacts with people with Islamist extremist views.

Mixed Verdict for Former Chief of Massey Energy After Coal Mine Blast

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 05:51 PM PST

Donald L. Blankenship, whose leadership was criticized after the deaths of 29 miners in 2010, was convicted of conspiring to break safety rules but exonerated of three felony charges.

All Combat Roles Now Open to Women, Defense Secretary Says

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 05:07 PM PST

The groundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts women from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles.

Lyft Joins With Asian Rivals to Compete With Uber

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 05:04 PM PST

An alliance with GrabTaxi, Ola and Didi Kauidi will give the smaller American ride-hailing company a base in India, China and Southeast Asia.

Germany May Offer Model for Reining In Fossil Fuel Use

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 04:51 PM PST

Germany reached a milestone last year by reducing its overall energy consumption while still recording modest economic growth of 1.5 percent.

Ryan Throws Down Republican Gauntlet in Outlining House Agenda for ’16

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 04:42 PM PST

Drawing a vivid contrast with Democrats and the Obama administration, Paul Ryan, the new speaker of the House, vowed to pursue legislation that will frame a stark choice for voters next year.

Weapons in San Bernardino Shootings Were Legally Obtained

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 03:04 PM PST

California laws are relatively tough, but they cannot stop all the ways a semiautomatic rifle can be made more deadly.

Scientists Seek Moratorium on Edits to Human Genome That Could Be Inherited

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 03:02 PM PST

The call for a moratorium by China, Britain and the United States comes after the invention of a new technique that eases editing of the human genome.

Marcus Klingberg, Highest-Ranking Soviet Spy Caught in Israel, Dies at 97

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:07 PM PST

Mr. Klingberg, an Israeli scientist, was a Soviet spy whose activities were regarded as so damaging that he was imprisoned in secret for years under a false identity.

First Draft: Ben Carson, Mispronouncing ‘Hamas,’ Fails to Impress Republican Jewish Group

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 01:39 PM PST

Ben Carson, whose presidential campaign has been stymied with questions about his depth on foreign policy, addressed the influential Republican Jewish Coalition but probably left few there with much confidence that his knowledge is growing.

More Charges as FIFA Inquiry Widens

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 01:27 PM PST

Charges against 16 new defendants on Thursday nearly doubled the size of the case that has upended FIFA, soccer's multibillion-dollar governing body.

Israel Arrests Young Jews Suspected of Terrorism Against Palestinians

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 11:50 AM PST

Israeli officials said there were "concrete suspicions" that the people arrested, whose names it did not release, were involved in an arson attack in July.

Going to the Paris Climate Talks? You May Need a Decoder Ring

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 11:40 AM PST

Egyptian Officials on Defensive Amid Uproar Over Police Brutality Cases

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 11:26 AM PST

Allegations of torture by the police have spurred protests and criticism in the media, including from loyalists in a country where officials have been impervious to such criticism.

Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed Takedown of Gang Wars, With Sex as the Weapon

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 10:56 AM PST

Set in contemporary Chicago, this film is inspired by Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," in which women organize a sex strike to force men to end the bloodshed.

Congressional Memo: Mass Shootings Stoke Ideological Fighting in Congress

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:57 AM PST

The angry back-and-forth highlighted how violence at home and abroad, rather than uniting the country, is escalating the fights over gun control, immigration, foreign policy and religion.

Draghi Announces Further E.C.B. Stimulus Measures, but Investors Are Unimpressed

Posted: 03 Dec 2015 07:54 AM PST

The central bank, facing a sluggish eurozone economy, said it would extend the length of its asset purchases and push banks to lend by charging them more to park money.