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Government officials are moving to curb a new generation of businesses that make personal loans online, amid concerns about privacy and rising debt.

A New Orleans family is ready to buy the annual gathering of the bar and spirits world, after its founders resigned amid accusations of racism.

After decades of mutual wariness, the two titans now have a close relationship — just in time for Disney’s proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

When sheriff’s deputies shot at a suspect on Thursday, a bullet made its way into a mobile home and killed Kameron Prescott, a first-grader.

India is “sitting on a volcano” of diabetes. A father’s effort to ban junk food sales in and near schools aims to change what children eat.

Museums tend to get a bad reputation. They come across as stuffy, boring, and reserved only for those getting a degree in art history.

The dominant sound this year was dark, traumatized and defensive, led by artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Future and Taylor Swift.

Can you name the four Most Valuable Player Award winners, other than Babe Ruth, who have four-letter first and last names? If so, that’s one question down and 49 to go.

Mr. Schmidt, who has been in a top position at Google and then its parent company, Alphabet, since 2001, will become a technical adviser to the company.

The police said the man who drove an S.U.V. into a crowd, injuring 19 people, was mentally ill and had a history of drug abuse.