Today we look at the state of American inertia.

Faced with an affordability crisis and rising energy demands, Gov. Kathy Hochul has slowed progress on New York’s efforts to fight climate change.

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New York is a city of hustlers, of odds makers and shot takers. For 54 years, Jimmy’s Corner has been their bar.

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Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing.

A grass-roots coalition is trying to push New York State to use eminent domain to buy out Central Hudson Gas & Electric and replace it with a public authority.

“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.

In Gaza and the West Bank, human rights work is starting to mean something new.

Readers discuss the aftermath of a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean. Also: Fixing Penn Station; Trumpism after Trump.

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies.

China’s fast-food and beverage brands have an opportunity to expand in the United States and escape cutthroat competition at home.

Artificial intelligence is unpopular and uncool — so A.I. companies are making ads that don’t even bother to show their own products. Will it pay off?