In its fantastic second season, NBC’s “The Good Place” found empathy within the devil. Michael (Ted Danson), an immortal bureaucrat charged with torturing four souls in The Bad Place — a version of hell where his prisoners are meant to inflict their neuroses on one another — develops a conscience and helps them escape. While […]

A federal securities regulator on Thursday struck down the proposed $20 million acquisition of a Chicago-based trading hub, the Chicago Stock Exchange, by a Chinese-owned company. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it blocked the deal because of a lack of transparency in the details, including an inability to identify who exactly would control the […]

WASHINGTON — Four months after President Trump rescinded an Obama-era program shielding young unauthorized immigrants, the White House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a deal that would restore the protections, while also beefing up border security. But Democrats and Republicans remain divided over the shape and scope of the package — and especially over […]

So what is left when the striving and the building and the fighting are done? What is the life that continues when human life is over? Such questions tend to surface whenever we’re confronted with the fact of our mortality, whether in specific or collective terms. And if you, like many people I know these […]

Q. My office uses the business version of Gmail and Google Calendar. Can other people see my appointments on Google Calendar even if I haven’t sent a sharing invitation? A. Google’s G Suite is the paid version of its mail, calendar, office software and file-sharing applications, and is designed for businesses. The company’s designated administrator […]

In hyper-partisan Washington, Danielle Pletka of the conservative American Enterprise Institute and Brian Katulis of the liberal Center for American Progress are an anomaly. Despite working for think tanks at opposite ends of the political spectrum, the two foreign policy experts not only talk to each other, they like each other and respect each other. […]

The faces of Quebec are as eclectic as the province itself. I recently spent 10 days on the road rediscovering Quebec, where I was born, after nearly three decades living away. Here are some of the people I met along the way, including an Algonquin D.J., the doorman at Quebec City’s grandest hotel, a 27-year-old […]

Diane Butrus, a business executive from St. Louis, wandered the streets of Zurich, looking for a bank that would help her keep $1.5 million hidden from America tax collectors. One bank after another turned her down on that afternoon in 2009. They were worried about a United States crackdown on tax evasion and were no […]

LONDON — The Old Vic theater here has begun an initiative to address inappropriate behavior following allegations of misconduct by the actor Kevin Spacey during his time as the theater’s artistic director. The plan, known as the Guardians Programme, is an alternate channel for employees to report instances of harassment outside of the formal structure […]