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An election over the future of a United Nations-affiliated organization could determine whether the Pacific Ocean floor will soon be mined for metals used in electric vehicles.

With coronavirus cases on the rise, summer travelers are once again facing difficult questions. Here’s the latest travel guidance from health experts.

Democrats and donors are pondering who could be the best alternative to take on Donald Trump after faltering attempts to calm nerves following last week’s debate.

Group size, participants’ age range, style of travel and budget are among the factors you should consider when selecting an itinerary.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order.

Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.

As multinational brands shift factory production from China, Indian women — long shut out of the work force — could be prime beneficiaries.

Just weeks after the Paramount’s controlling shareholder and Skydance scuttled their talks about a potential deal, the two media companies have tentatively agreed to a merger.

Biden administration officials hope the money will help propel technological innovation in areas that have historically received less government funding.

The far-right National Rally party and the left-wing New Popular Front are focusing on a cost-of-living crisis to woo voters, but their plans risk worsening France’s soaring deficit.

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.

Many conservative commentators have said President Biden’s performance during the debate was a sweeping validation of the alarm bells they’d been ringing for years about his age.

The Nordic country’s generous social services system now allows parents to transfer a portion of paid leave days to other non-parent caregivers.

When Chet Hanks first used the phrase “white boy summer,” it was meant to be fun and playful, he said. Now it has been appropriated around the world by white supremacists and other hate groups.

The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease but also carry safety risks.

Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, and Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank chief, sounded optimistic about recent inflation data but reiterated the need for more confidence for rate cuts.

Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.

Liberal outlets criticized the ruling as a biased move from a conservative Supreme Court. Conservative commentators admonished Democrats for opposing it.

High interest rates, economic uncertainty and a cyberattack appear to have dampened sales in the three months through June.

The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

President Biden’s campaign said it had raised $127 million last month, but big donors are still anxious after his debate performance.

Glamping tents, decked-out tree houses, vintage R.V.s: A handful of new or updated U.S. accommodations puts you in the middle of nature without stinting on comfort.

Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.

Four passengers were in intensive care after the flight from Spain to Uruguay hit turbulence that injured dozens. The plane made an emergency landing in Brazil.

Carlos Watson was questioned after Ozy investors, former employees and bankers testified for the prosecution in his trial.

Mr. Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run at its parent company.

Federal appellate judges ruled that the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan could continue to operate as legal challenges to the program work their way through the courts.

The president’s son has argued that the network violated a New York law by showing the explicit images without his permission.

The residential high-rise tower in Jeddah is the latest of several developments that the former president’s company has planned for the Middle East.

Terence Samuel, a veteran journalist, had been in the role for a year.

The ruling could amplify the impact of a separate decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, which had required courts to defer to executive agencies’ interpretations of statutes.

Regulators said the subscription service introduced last year is a “pay or consent” method to collect personal data and bolster advertising.

Some wealthy supporters have offered positive assessments of the president after his disastrous debate, but others worry that the ticket is on the path to defeat.

Netflix and Amazon are driving a small bump in the market for TV shows after a major slowdown.

The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors’ Equity. In an interview, she explained what she’s doing there.

Enormous pay packages are popping up for top lawyers, especially those favored by well-heeled private equity clients.

The multibillion-dollar deal will reverse a decision the plane maker made two decades ago to outsource production of key parts to independent suppliers.

China’s leaders vowed to kick-start spending by offering subsidies for households to buy cars and appliances. But many consumers aren’t biting.

The first woman to serve as the paper’s national editor, she focused on issues of race, class and poverty, drawing prizes, and rose to the newsroom’s top echelon.

The parent company of Redbox, which rents movies through kiosks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday.

The Justice Department told victims’ families that it would propose a nearly $244 million fine and three years of company oversight to settle a fraud charge.

“Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” was a distant third at theaters in North America this weekend, as “Inside Out 2” dominated, reaching $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

The journalist Richard Behar communicated extensively with the disgraced financier. His rigorous if irreverent book acknowledges his subject’s humanity.

A former hippie who chafed at wealth, she married a Chicago real estate titan and, after his death, donated hundreds of millions in her adopted city and beyond.

A Texas hospital is experimenting with hologram technology for doctors to see patients. Some health care experts wonder if it’s beneficial.

Some companies have banned political discussions at work, but that might be easier said than done.

Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained.

In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret is safe and no institution trusted.

With one big caveat, our columnist says most people are likely to be better off if they forget about politics when it comes to investing for the long haul.

Los Angeles lifted restrictions that had forced street vendors, mostly immigrants, on Hollywood Boulevard to dodge citations. Other challenges remain.

What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.

Mine is the first generation that has corporate benefits for a technology with the potential to slow the biological clock. Is it feminist dream or Silicon Valley fantasy?

Roberta Kaplan’s work as a lawyer made her a hero to the left. But behind the scenes, she was known for her poor treatment of colleagues.

It was the smallest TV audience for a presidential debate since 2004, but CNN’s telecast was still among the highest-rated programs of the year.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend additional weeks in orbit as teams on the ground study malfunctioning thrusters on the Starliner spacecraft.

Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials.

The Education Department said it would put the borrowers in forbearance while it recalculated their payments to comply with recent court rulings.

Jackson owed about $40 million to the tour promoter A.E.G. in 2009, his estate’s executors said in a court filing. They said all the debts have been eliminated.

The amount Volkswagen said it planned to invest in the electric vehicle maker Rivian.

His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.

A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

A new report finds that people stressed about their finances are often worried that discussing it will lead to an argument. But experts say conversations can help.

The economy appears to be downshifting and price gains are moderating, as Federal Reserve officials creep closer to beating inflation.

An unsteady debate performance by President Biden has scrambled the thinking among some donors about whether the party needs to find an alternative.

The case, involving a supplement intended to reduce cholesterol, has put attention on how companies are allowed to self-report claims about their products.

The S&P 500 has climbed sharply this year, with few big swings. Below the surface, though, there’s a great deal of turmoil

A nagging insecurity about one’s finances — even when one is on solid footing — that is most prevalent among Gen Z and millennials.

The anchors mostly receded into the background on Thursday night. That was exactly what CNN leadership had in mind.

The case, which cut to the heart of the league’s media strategy, centered on a subscription service that aired out-of-market games for roughly $300 a year.

With an emphasis on younger viewers, he established the networks as serious rivals to ABC, CBS and NBC, which had ruled television for nearly 40 years.

As the virus continues to mutate, the C.D.C. urged Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

“The Apprentice,” a dramatized origin story about Donald J. Trump, has faced fierce criticism from the former president and his allies.

The disruption affected mostly visitors with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon service, cutting them off data networks across the continent for 24 hours or more.

The pharmacy giant told investors that shaky consumer spending was affecting its retail operations. But some said the company’s strategy was also to blame.

Plaintiffs and the company vowed to renegotiate but the talks will be challenging after the court struck down a provision the Sacklers had insisted on in exchange for $6 billion.

The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.

Common in executive agencies, such tribunals hear enforcement actions without juries — a practice the court’s conservative supermajority said violated the Constitution.

The justices rejected a bankruptcy settlement maneuver that would have protected members of the Sackler family from civil claims related to the opioid epidemic.

Peter Copping will become the artistic director in September.

He joins after leading The Texas Tribune for three years.

Tax policy, inflation, the economy and markets will be some key issues for corporate America and Wall Street in tonight’s showdown between President Biden and Donald Trump.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing had improperly released information about the blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines flight.

Partisan media outlets this week are already fixating on Thursday night’s first presidential debate — and how their preferred candidate could prevail.

The former president’s past tariffs raised prices for consumers and businesses, economists say. His next plan could tax 10 times as many imports.

What you need to know about the economy before Thursday’s showdown between President Biden and Donald J. Trump.

A woman and her Chinese-born son were set to return to China for the first time since the pandemic, but their airline would not let them fly without filling out a health form they could not access.

A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter.

As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame for price increases. How did we get here?

The well-connected attorney, who founded a powerhouse firm at the dawn of the #MeToo era, has faced complaints that she mistreated and insulted other lawyers.

The Federal Reserve for the first time tested major banks’ ability to withstand crisis scenarios — and the largest U.S. lenders stood tall.