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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio gets a warm welcome at a pipe manufacturing firm in New Hampshire, where workers applauded his declaration in a recent debate that "the world needs less philosophers and more welders.”

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton with an update on the investigation into the democratic front-runner's private server. Photo credit: Getty Images.

Assistant Editorial Features Editor Kate Bachelder on the the government failure in Michigan. Photo credit: Jake May/The Flint Journal.

Hundreds of people showed up in India’s capital for an hourslong debate over whether Facebook and others are undermining freedom of the Internet by offering free services that give people limited access to the web.

Currently on tour with Bruce Springsteen, Mr. Weinberg plans to do a soup-to-nuts renovation of the fieldstone home.

Touro Institute Professor Anne Bayefsky on the Iran prisoner exchange. Photo credit: Getty Images.

“Simpsons” executive producer Al Jean, producer Mike Reiss, animator and consulting producer David Silverman, writer Reid Harrison, and “X-Files” creator Chris Carter look back at “The Springfield Files.”

A spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization says discussions under way over a Security Council resolution that would declare Jewish settlements in the West Bank illegal.

The "Concussion" and "Suicide Squad" star joined his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, in calling for more diversity in Hollywood and deciding to skip the Oscars ceremony.

Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma, shared with students lessons he learned as a private equity investor.

With chunky soles on the rise again, two style writers take sides.

Dutch supermarket giant Royal Ahold has posted strong Christmas numbers, but the U.S. is what really matters.

Chinese officials are trying to allay growing concerns around the globe about their shifting and often inscrutable foreign-exchange regime, which has been a key cause of financial market turbulence in recent months.

In addition to a roughly 13,500-square-foot home, the Miami Beach property also includes a separate building housing a half-basketball court.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled that the governing council may provide more stimulus at its next meeting in March, noting that the outlook for inflation had weakened “significantly.”

J.P. Morgan Chase launched a new effort to encourage its investment bankers to take their weekends off—as long as there isn’t a live deal in the works.

A roundup of private equity-related news.

Just as European banks were making progress stabilizing their businesses after years of crises, China fears, sliding oil prices and problems at Italian banks threaten to derail their efforts.

The Clinton Presidential Library plans to release later this year a trove of records relating to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his business, according to the National Archives.

Facebook is creating a new avenue inside the social network for sports fans to congregate and follow contests together.

In a bid to expand its portfolio of cloud-based computing services, International Business Machines Corp. has acquired Ustream Inc., a seller of video streaming services, in a deal valued at $130 million.

If Mario Draghi was at all troubled by the mostly negative reviews investors gave his last performance, he didn't show it during his first news conference of 2016. Offering a signal that further stimulus may be provided in March, Mr. Draghi fell back on phrasing he last employed in October, as if to underline the fact that as far as he is concerned, he still has it. And markets responded as intended, with share prices rising and the euro falling. Just as they always have. Except, of course, in December. Читать дальше...

In Soledad Twombly’s Buenos Aires flat, paintings took center stage, then triggered design decisions that made the apartment a home.

Planning a trip? The best price to buy a ticket is now, as fares have dropped significantly. Photo: AP