New York Archdiocese Close to Settling Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million

The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders.St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan. The Archdiocese of New York includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and several Huds

M Maya King and Jeffery C. Mays

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges

Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.Oil drilling rigs in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Polar LNG plan called for the company to tap into the giant load of natural gas available in the state’s nort

A Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton

Two Former F.B.I. Officials Charged With False Statements About Hunter Biden

The charges intensified the administration’s efforts to go after the law enforcement and intelligence personnel who cast doubt on unsubstantiated claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. engaged in corrupt dealings in Ukraine.The two officials served on the F.B.I.’s Foreign Influence Task Force, a group crea

A Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Zach Montague

Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Srpska to His Library

The donations from James Blair and Chris LaCivita were revealed after the president expressed pique over their consulting work for Republika Srpska.James Blair, a political operative, donated the fees he earned for advising a pro-Russian Balkan government to President Trump’s library fund.

K Kenneth P. Vogel

Judge Denies Medical Release for N.Y.C. Man Shot by ICE

Oscar Belgal, a Dominican immigrant, was shot in the neck on Oct. 8 and detained at a federal prison. His lawyers had said he needed outside medical care.Immigration agents descended upon Oscar Belgal, an undocumented Dominican immigrant, as he drove with his son along a strip of small stores in New

L Luis Ferré-Sadurní

How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy

Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.Security personnel detaining protesters demanding the resignation of the head of India’s election commission this month in New Delhi.

S Somini Sengupta