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PORT BLAIR, India — For G. Chitra, an officer in India’s overburdened police forces, pretty much everything in her life is bad for her health. Working irregular hours is a source of stress. Standing guard for long periods hurts her knees. Caring for a toddler late at night and rising…

Excitement hit a peak in April last year when Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, went public at an $85 billion valuation, a coming-out party for the industry. Bitcoin topped $60,000 for the first time. Last summer, El Salvador announced that it would become the first country to classify Bitcoin as legal…

The police Thursday night arrested seven people at the United States Capitol, saying they were unaccompanied and lacked proper identification at a time when the building was closed to visitors. The group was part of a production team that was at the Capitol building Wednesday and Thursday to record interviews…

The stakes in Thursday’s Democratic debate for governor of New York State were relatively low for Gov. Kathy Hochul, the race’s front-runner. She had to withstand an onslaught of attacks from her rival candidates, while making no major errors. She appeared to achieve those modest aims. The stakes for her…

The Food and Drug Administration authorized on Friday both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines for the nation’s youngest children, a relief to many parents anxious to protect their children 18 months after shots were first made available to adults. Regulators followed the recommendation of independent experts on an advisory…

BOLTON, Miss.— It was here, in this majority-Black town of 441 people, that Representative Bennie G. Thompson attended a segregated junior high school. It was where his father spent a lifetime working as a mechanic and paying taxes, but never enjoying the right to vote. And it was where the…

Despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pleas for Ukraine’s admittance into the European Union, the process requires a serious overhaul of a country’s political, judiciary and economic systems.Credit…Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times It was an impassioned plea: As war raged in his country, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine asked in…

Vince McMahon, a longtime executive for World Wrestling Entertainment who led professional wrestling from a sideshow curiosity into a mainstream phenomenon, has stepped down as chairman and chief executive while the company’s board investigates allegations of misconduct against him, the company said on Friday. Stephanie McMahon, his daughter, will take…

After months of delays, children under 5 are set to get vaccines next week. The F.D.A. and the C.D.C. are expected to clear Moderna’s and Pfizer’s vaccines for young children in the next few days. An F.D.A. panel recommended authorization of both vaccines on Wednesday. Vaccines for young children were…

GARDINER, Mont. — The ominous gray clouds have vanished after deluging Yellowstone National Park with floodwaters over the weekend, leaving sunshine and blue skies as the park’s eponymous river and its tributaries recede. The weather would have been perfect for the tens of thousands of tourists who normally kick off…