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Ms. Summer was a five-time Grammy winner who became a superstar in the 1970s with hits like “Last Dance.”

Years of foot-dragging and brinkmanship have prepared the currency union for life without Greece.

Word that Joe Ricketts had considered bankrolling advertisements invoking the incendiary race-infused statements of President Obama’s former pastor drew wide denunciation.

Residents of the isolated Mosquito Coast of Honduras have burned down government buildings and are demanding that American drug agents leave the area immediately.

Col. Michael D. Wirt’s database of injuries and treatment in his corner of the Afghan war could be a model for improving care, but the military has yet to follow his example.

The Obama administration will give American businesses far greater license to make investments in Myanmar, responding to the country’s political and economic opening over the last year.

An autopsy on Mary Kennedy, whose body was found in a barn behind the family home in Bedford, N.Y., concluded that she had died from asphyxiation by hanging.

The oddities and eccentricities of New York life in the early 20th century are revealed in a new collection of archival photographs.

Documents made public by the special prosecutor in the Florida case describe an attempt to revive the 17-year-old victim and injuries to George Zimmerman, the gunman.

The tech giant will refocus on product development and sales, executives say, and operations in China will most likely be spared.

Nik Wallenda, who has marveled at Niagara Falls since he first visited at age 6, plans to walk across the falls on a two-inch-diameter cable on June 15.

The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve Board of Governors to full strength for the first time since 2006.

Mitt Romney said plans by Republican strategists and a billionaire investor for a campaign linking President Obama to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright were “the wrong course.”

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly unveiled new measures to reduce the frequency of illegitimate stops, a day after a federal judge faulted their broad use, but critics were not moved.

The sale of the duplex penthouse at One57 for more than $90 million broke the city’s previous record of $88 million.

The initial public offering, priced at $38 a share, values Facebook at $104 billion, putting the social networking company on par with McDonald's, Citigroup and Amazon.com.

Florida teenage shooting victim Trayvon Martin had traces of marijuana in his system when he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, according to case documents released on Thursday.

If history offers any lesson, average investors may find they face steep odds if they hope to make big money in a much-hyped stock like Facebook.

The United States Commerce Department concluded that Chinese producers had “dumped” their products on the American market.

Pinterest, which allows users to share photographs, recipes and other media on custom "pinboards," raised $100 million in a funding round led by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten.