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Thousands of police officers throughout Southern California and Nevada hunted Thursday for a former Los Angeles officer who was angry over his firing and began a deadly shooting rampage that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who wronged him, authorities...

Humankind's common ancestor with other mammals may have been an animal the size of a rat that weighed no more than half a pound, had a long furry tail and lived on insects. An artist's rendering of a placental ancestor. Researchers say the small, insect-eating...

The nation's top transportation safety official said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration accepted test results from Boeing in 2007 that failed to properly assess the risks of smoke or fire leaking from the batteries on Boeing's new 787 jets.   Deborah Hersman, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board,...

A New York City man who was sentenced to be executed for the murder of two undercover police officers in 2003 — and who made headlines once again this week after it was revealed he impregnated one of his prison guards — was found by a judge on Thursday not to be mentally retarded and therefore eligible to be put to death. The ...

An ex-Marine who was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008 went on what he pledged would be a murderous rampage aimed at police officers and their families, the authorities said, killing at least three people – including one police officer – and setting off a huge...

A Bangladeshi man who tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York remotely only to find that the bomb was fake and his plot had been under the constant surveillance of federal agents pleaded guilty on Thursday to terrorism charges. The plea of the man, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, brought a quick resolution...

Penny Pritzker, an heiress to the Hyatt hotel fortune, is a leading candidate to become President Obama's next commerce secretary as the president slowly moves to complete his second-term economic team. Ms. Pritzker, who led the groundbreaking fund-raising effort for Mr. Obama's first presidential campaign, withdrew from consideration...

Photograph by François Halard. Styled by Carolina Irving.Lee Radziwill in the living room of her apartment in Paris, which she designed herself. See the interactive slideshow While she has long captivated the public as one of Truman Capote's swans, the sister of Jackie Kennedy...

Los Angeles police say officers guarding a target in an ex-officer's manifesto shot and wounded multiple people in Torrance who were in a pickup. LA police Lt. Andrew Neiman says the officers were deployed in response to Christopher Dorner's written threats to department officials in a rambling 14-page manifesto. The Daily Breeze...

Chinese authorities have detained 70 people in a crackdown on self-immolations in ethnic Tibetan regions, state media said on Thursday, the largest single reported sweep of suspects to date as the government tries to stop the unrest. Nearly 100 Tibetans have...

The European Central Bank left its main interest rate unchanged at its current record low Thursday, as expected, amid signs that the euro zone economy could be crawling out of recession. The E.C.B. left its main rate at 0.75 percent, where it has been since July. Recent surveys of business sentiment have raised expectations that...

Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times "I move about like an ordinary person — that's my style," said Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. "My fate is in the hands of God, not America." LAHORE, Pakistan — Ten million dollars does not seem to buy much in this bustling...

The New York Times Company reported a big jump in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, largely because of gains from asset sales. Net income was $176.9 million, or $1.14 a share, a 200 percent increase from $58.9 million, or 39 cents a share, in the period a year earlier. The results were aided by a $164.6 million gain on the...

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress on Thursday that it would take two to three years to add the 35 new Marine security guard detachments that the United States plans to deploy to improve the security of American diplomatic compounds abroad. Defense ...

Amine Landoulsi/Associated Press People placed flowers at the site outside his home where opposition leader Chokri Belaid was killed the day before on Thursday in Tunis. TUNIS — New political uncertainties surfaced on Thursday in Tunisia, a day after officials...