Supreme Court Seems Ready to Throw Out Race-Based College Admissions

The court’s conservative majority was wary of plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that take account of race to foster educational diversity.

Intruder Wanted to Break Speaker Pelosi’s Kneecaps, Federal Complaint Says

Federal prosecutors filed charges on Monday against the man the police said broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and struck her husband with a hammer.

How a Festive Stroll Over a Historic Bridge Turned to Carnage in India

After the deaths of at least 134 pedestrians, the country is asking why its infrastructure has failed so calamitously once again.