Few are as delighted by the pending market debut as the vibrant community of space enthusiasts who want to push discovery of the final frontier.

Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer, is the adult-in-the-room foil to Mr. Musk as SpaceX prepares for a blockbuster initial public offering.

Watching Game 1 of the Knicks-Spurs series, Bill Bradley, the two-time N.B.A. champion and former U.S. senator, spoke reverently of teamwork — and had a few choice words for the refs.

The National Capital Planning Commission received nearly 1,700 comments about President Trump’s plans to build a 250-foot arch in the nation’s capital. Almost all opposed the idea.

Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education.

Priest’s Ebola Death Stirs Fear an Doubt in Congolese Town

The Lebanese militant group’s attacks have caught Israelis off guard, forcing its political and military leaders to scramble for solutions.

You spend your whole childhood trying to look different from your dad, only to wake up and see his forehead in the mirror.

A.I. wants to help you start the day. Its suggestions? Drink coffee and get dressed.

As Republicans break up majority-Black House districts, Democrats must decide whether to preserve seats concentrated in urban areas or push them into white suburbs to target G.O.P. seats.

When you turn A.I. agents loose on your finances, email and customers, what could possibly go wrong?

Faith and science are coming together to reduce stigma and improve care in the African American community.

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.

In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.

Bird helped usher in bebop and transformed the alto saxophone into an instrument of startling possibility. Here’s an 11-song primer on his enduring legacy.

A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time.