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One of the world’s most technologically advanced nations has held on to some of the most outmoded devices.

Vice President Kamala Harris has spent the past year trying to quiet her doubters. Now, with President Biden’s candidacy on the line, Democrats are assessing whether she is up to being the nominee.

The Democratic Party seems to be playing the wait-and-see game, hoping polls give it permission to pull the emergency brake.

Blockbuster decisions by the Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed supermajority — expanding one kind of executive branch authority while undercutting another — were no contradiction.

Israel and the U.S. have made a boogeyman out of the U.N. group that’s providing critical services in Gaza.

British Columbia recognized the Haida’s aboriginal title to their islands decades after the Indigenous group launched a battle on the ground and in the courts.

Gretchen Whitmer, Kamala Harris, President Biden — who is best positioned to beat Donald Trump in November?

A new law in the West African country of Sierra Leone allows child brides to annul their marriages and be financially compensated.

The powerful storm, which devastated communities in the eastern Caribbean earlier this week, was headed next to the Cayman Islands.

The president’s conversations are the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating debate performance. The White House said he had not spoken about leaving the race.

The deal, a vote in favor of the future of brick-and-mortar retail on the high end, could reshape the retail landscape.

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

President Biden is said to be weighing his political future after his halting debate performance. Here’s a roster of some possible backup candidates.

“Freedom of Speech,” the World War II-era painting by Norman Rockwell, has taken on a new life online.

Kevin Roberts, president of the group that has coordinated the Project 2025 policy plan, said it could be “bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Celebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts of “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Godfather.”

Trump fears that Biden will demonstrate the difference between a leader who puts the country first and a leader who put himself first.

The crush happened in hot and crowded conditions in Uttar Pradesh State, in northern India, and a medical official said the death toll could rise.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers want to argue that a Supreme Court decision giving presidents immunity for official acts should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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