Destroyed cars in Kerrville, Texas.

Steel pipes await export in Lianyungang, China. The country’s trade surplus reached nearly $1.2 trillion last year as exports continued to outpace imports.

For Dr. Alister Martin, New York City’s new health commissioner, keeping New Yorkers insured could prove to be the main challenge of his tenure.

An undated photo of Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department.

Yankees and Red Sox fans entering Yankee Stadium yesterday before the first American League Wild Card game in the Bronx.

To keep the government open past Oct. 1, lawmakers in Congress have to agree on a spending bill.

The BYD Explorer No. 1, carrying 5,000 electric cars, at a stop in Singapore last year on its way to the Netherlands.

The temperature on Tuesday reached 99 degrees in Central Park, where the city’s official weather station is. A thermometer there last reached that temperature in 2012.

Fans attending a watch party outside Madison Square Garden erupted in cheers after the Knicks took the lead late in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is the largest shareholder of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent of the social media platform Truth Social.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to push a “patriotic” curriculum.

As lawmakers raced to secure a funding deal that would keep the U.S. government open, Washington and its federal work force braced for a potentially disruptive holiday season.

Bird flu has not been transmitted between people, but health care officials are getting ready, just in case.

The deal, initially floated by Speaker Mike Johnson, would extend funding for some government agencies for a week, through March 8, and the rest for another two weeks, until March 22.