Bill Hayes, Enduring Soap Star With a ‘Davy Crockett’ Hit, Is Dead at 98
Bill Hayes, an actor and singer whose 2,141 episodes of “Days of Our Lives” over five and a half decades constituted the daytime drama version of an ultramarathon, and whose…
‘Tired of Being Quiet,’ Sarah Jarosz Tests the Mainstream
The primary sound of “Polaroid Lovers” is rich and glossy, hinting at 1970s Laurel Canyon folk-pop and the commercial peak of Fleetwood Mac, who placed sparkling acoustic instruments in the…
‘Every Politician Has Got to Have Somebody That’s the Hit Man’
Back in Ohio, Neil Clark went by many names: “most powerful lobbyist in Ohio,” “bully,” “superlobbyist,” “godfather of lobbyists.” Clark blamed his “dark Sicilian features and demeanor” for the last…
It’s Boom Times for Obamacare. Will They Last?
Carley Calvi came to the second floor of a public library in suburban Milwaukee one morning this month without health insurance to cover the vertigo medication she needed. Worse, she…
An Unlikely New Threat to Haiti’s Stability: An Armed Environmental Group
In Haiti, as the number of murders soar and kidnappings rise, even the police are fleeing. With no elected president in office and a prime minister widely seen as illegitimate,…
Feeling Stuck? Here Are 5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Life.
From the outside, it looked as though Adam Alter was gliding along. At 28, he had earned a doctorate in psychology from Princeton and soon afterward landed a job as…
UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban
Talks aimed at extending a rolled-over EU-era deal broke down over Britain’s ban on hormone-treated meat.
US economy surprises with faster than expected growth
The world’s largest economy has continued to grow robustly, even as inflation subsides.
Ingenuity: Damage puts end to ground-breaking Mars helicopter mission
The first vehicle to achieve powered flight on another planet suffers rotor damage three years into tour.
Microsoft video games division lays off 1,900 staff
The announcement comes three months after the firm closed its huge merger with Activision-Blizzard.