One Man’s Dream of Fusing A.I. With Common Sense
David Ferrucci, who led the team that built IBM’s famed Watson computer, was elated when it beat the best-ever human “Jeopardy!” players in 2011 …
Trying to Keep Americans Camping With Treehouses and Yurts
Some families plan annual summer trips in a quest to eventually visit every major-league ballpark across America. Over the past two years, Patty …
Judge Recommends Rejecting Bid by Sept. 11 Families to Seize Frozen Afghan Funds
WASHINGTON — A federal magistrate judge has recommended rejecting the effort by relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to seize $3.5 …
‘I Often Wish the Morning Hour Would Last Longer’
The Morning Hour Dear Diary: I like waking up before the chain-smoker who lives two floors below me. Sipping coffee, I hear birds planning their …
‘We’ll Teach Out of Anywhere’: In Flooded Kentucky, Schools Race to Rebuild
COMBS, Ky. — Robin Combs has been teaching math for more than three decades, muscle memory guiding her as she reaches for the right lesson plans …
In Track and Field, Money Flows to the Flashy and Stylish
Raven Saunders watched Usain Bolt’s rise closely. The shot-putter knew that she could never be like Bolt — one of the most popular and …
‘Wood Is Life’: A Hong Kong Sawmill’s Last Days
HONG KONG — From the brine-soaked docks of a ferry pier to the red-painted pillars of a Buddhist temple, many an aging wooden structure in Hong …
Referendum Seeks to Mend the Open Wound at Australia’s Heart
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Capt. James Cook sailed to Australia in 1788, he did so with instructions that he should “show every kind of civility …
Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian officials have worried for years that other nations have been depriving them of one of their vital …