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Overseas Stimulus Moves Drive Yen, Euro and Renminbi Down Against Dollar
As the Federal Reserve winds down its own stimulus campaign, central banks elsewhere are moving in the other direction, a trend likely to intensify.Opinion
Care at the End of Life
All too often, such care for Americans is shoddy or contrary to a patient’s wishes.Automobiles
The Names and Faces of the Incoming Class of 2015
The new model year brings changes for vehicles of all types and sizes.Another year not to buy a new car.
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Opinion
The Walrus and the Politicians
You’d think that lawmakers in places where ice is melting and the sea levels are rising, like Alaska and Louisiana and Florida, would be on the forefront of climate science, right?
U.S.
F.A.A. to Focus on Contractors for Air Traffic System After Damage to Cables
An attack on aircraft equipment near Chicago has led to a review of who has access to vital points in the system.Opinion
Keeping the Pressure on Mr. Putin
The United States and the European Union need to support Kiev unwaveringly and maintain demands on Russia.The Upshot
Uber Improves Life, Economists Agree
Ride-sharing services’ competition with taxi firms is good for consumer welfare, leading experts unanimously answered in a survey.
Opinion
A Perilous Dependence on Contractors
The lack of vetting and accountability makes us less secure, not more.Opinion
Getting Beyond the 2-Degree Threshold on Global Warming
An author of a commentary questioning the value of a hard danger threshold for planetary temperature defends his views.Science
First Carbon Capture Plant Opens in Canada
The world’s first large-scale project to capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from a coal-burning power plant opened on Wednesday in Saskatchewan.World
London Phone Booths Find New Lives
Two entrepreneurs are transforming some of the city’s decommissioned red kiosks into green Solarboxes, which they say can charge up to 100 phones or tablets a day.Opinion
Filipino Peacekeepers
The Philippine representative at the United Nations writes that the decision to withdraw peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights was made by the United Nations, not Manila.World
Libya: Islamist Militias Batter Soldiers Near Benghazi
At least 13 Libyan soldiers were killed and more than 70 were wounded Thursday in car bombings and clashes with Islamists near the airport in the eastern city of Benghazi, military officials said.N.Y. / Region
Bratton Says New York Police Dept. Must Dismiss Bad Officers
Commissioner William J. Bratton told police commanders that while the vast majority of officers did their jobs well, those who did not were “not the right fit” for the department.Automobiles
G.M. Expands Crossover Recall in Canada to the U.S.
G.M. is recalling about 290,000 Cadillac SRX and Saab 9-4X crossovers in the United States for a suspension problem that had also prompted a recall in Canada.Opinion
The Problem With Pragmatism
Our dominant political mind-set (pragmatism) tends dangerously toward rationalism uninformed by moral emotion.
U.S.
Texas Women Forced to Reassess After New Ruling on Abortions
Thirteen clinics across Texas were forced to stop performing abortions because they did not meet the standards of a hospital-style surgery center, as now mandated by law.The women of Texas should remember to vote
and why they need to vote.
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