Protests by opponents of the prime minister appeared to delay the announcement of the preliminary results and could undermine public
acceptance of the outcome.

Despite efforts to get drivers to stop texting and talking on the phone, police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk.

The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s motley current checkerboard of locally written standards.

Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch will unveil a plan that includes borrowing billions and imposing curbs on future spending.

Right-leaning legal scholars have bristled at a video, produced by a group that Liz Cheney runs, that questions the loyalty of lawyers who worked for terror detainees.

Even as big companies are moving their pension funds out of stocks, state governments are chasing higher returns for their plans by making riskier investments.

A concerted wave of attacks struck across the country on Sunday as Iraqis began voting, killing at least 24 people and wounding at least 55 others.

A Times analysis shows that the U.S. has awarded companies with more than $107 billion in contracts and other benefits while they were doing business with Iran, despite efforts to block investment there.

The economy in February shed 36,000 nonfarm jobs, fewer than forecast, as the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday.

Ethics cases have opened the party to the same lines of criticism used against Republicans in winning control of the House and Senate four years ago.