ZHENGZHOU, China — The heaviest hour of rainfall ever reliably recorded in China crashed like a miles-wide waterfall over the city of Zhengzhou on July 20, killing at least 300 people, including 14 who drowned in a subway tunnel. In the aftermath, regional and national officials initially suggested that little could have been done in […]

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. In late May, when the New York Times journalists Keith Collins and Matthew Haag sent their first email to the company that owns the Empire State Building, New York was expected to fully reopen within […]

Britney Spears’s father and the security firm he hired to protect her ran an intense surveillance apparatus that monitored her communications and secretly captured audio recordings from her bedroom, including her interactions and conversations with her boyfriend and children, according to a former employee of the security firm. Alex Vlasov, the employee, supported his claims […]

3 hours ago Erin Griffith Initially Mattis thought the problem was fixable — the company simply messed up its messaging and could come clean. Soon after, he began to question whether or not the Edison machine worked. “There just came a point when I didn’t know what to believe about Theranos anymore.” 3 hours ago […]

President Biden has chosen Saule Omarova, a Cornell Law School professor, to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulator overseeing the largest U.S. banks, the White House announced on Thursday. If confirmed, Ms. Omarova, who grew up in what is now Kazakhstan, will be the first woman and the first nonwhite […]

Daily Business Briefing Sept. 23, 2021Updated  Sept. 23, 2021, 2:10 p.m. ET Sept. 23, 2021, 2:10 p.m. ET U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 set to extend its rebound to a second day after sharp losses earlier in the week. The index rose more than 1 percent, while the Nasdaq composite gained […]

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday approved legislation to keep the government funded through early December, lift the limit on federal borrowing through the end of 2022 and provide emergency money for Afghan refugees and natural disaster recovery, setting up a fiscal showdown as Republicans warn they will block the measure in the Senate. The […]

China, the world’s second-biggest economy, was forecast to grow 8.5 percent this year, before slowing to a 5.8 percent pace in 2022. Asked about the impact from the potential collapse of the debt-riddled property giant Evergrande, Ms. Boone said the agency expected China to cope with any fallout. And despite a terrible outbreak of the […]

The changes have involved Facebook executives from its marketing, communications, policy and integrity teams. Alex Schultz, a 14-year company veteran who was named chief marketing officer last year, has also been influential in the image reshaping effort, said five people who worked with him. But at least one of the decisions was driven by Mr. […]

Daily Business Briefing Sept. 21, 2021Updated  Sept. 21, 2021, 1:27 p.m. ET Sept. 21, 2021, 1:27 p.m. ET Wall Street began to recover on Tuesday from its worst decline in months, posting a small gain in a day of turbulent trading. The S&P 500 rose about half a percent, after swinging between gains and losses […]