Debt dispute boils: Capitol's hot, inside and out Gridlock stubbornly held the high ground Friday in the steaming capital despite the threat of a government default in 11 days' time. Talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John B...

Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 9 Dead, With Dozens Missing A building teetered Wednesday after its first floor collapsed in an earthquake in Hualien, in Taiwan’s east.

‘Fightin’ to Keep Slavery’ The base of a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, that was removed by the city of Memphis in December.

Japanese Gutai in the 1950s: Fast and Fearless Entering the Fergus McCaffrey gallery requires an act of Gutai participation: You step through a jagged hole in gold paper stretched across the doorway. This is a remake of

Saburo Murakami’s famous “Entrance” (“Iriguchi”) of 1955 — a collision of mind, body and art.

Weeks After Matt Lauer Is Ousted, ‘Today’ Changes Show’s Top Producer Don Nash, right, took over as the executive producer of “Today” in 2012 and had a close working relationship with Matt Lauer, center.