The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.

A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers.

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy.

All policy decisions have trade-offs, and cannabis legalization is no exception.

They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.

There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.

The agency’s high-level turnover and conflicting policy decisions on drug oversight have fueled concerns about the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary.

Wall Street stock gurus are making predictions again. Our columnist got into the game with a number he doesn’t believe.

John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.

The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.

The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.

Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.

A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.