Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer presented his legislative plan for Democrats under a Donald Trump presidency saying that Democrats will not be a "rubber stamp" for the new president's policies. Photo: AP | Continue reading
A Utah couple is publicizing a scary incident recorded on their baby monitor to urge people to secure their furniture. | Continue reading
A car fell off the back of a ferry barge heading to Fraser Island, Australia on New Year's Eve, footage shows. No one was in the car, nor injured in the incident. Photo: Chlöe Swift | Continue reading
A leopard ran through homes and attacked several people on the streets of Raiganj, West Bengal, on Monday before it was finally caught by wildlife officials, according to the Indian Express. | Continue reading
Thousands of Cuban soldiers and Communist Party members marched through Havana on Monday, in honor of former president Fidel Castro, who died in November. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack in Istanbul that claimed the lives of at least 39 people, characterizing the attacker as a “soldier of the caliphate.” Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
Transit planners say it's only a matter of time and money until self-driving cars travel on "smart-roads" that communicate directly with vehicles to help them move as quickly and safely as possible. Photo: VDOT | Continue reading
At least three people were killed on New Year's Eve after two small planes collided midair near McKinney, Texas. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
From Sydney to Moscow, here are New Year's Eve celebrations from some of the first cities around the globe to ring in 2017. New Year Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Turkish authorities detained Wall Street Journal staff reporter Dion Nissenbaum for 2 1/2 days this week, denying him contact with his family or attorneys. The reporter was released from a detention center outside of Istanbul on Friday morning. Photo: Dion Nissenbaum | Continue reading
WSJ brings you the most powerful photos that recount some of the year's major events. Photo: David Goldman/AP | Continue reading
Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. on the significance of social media giant Snap’s upcoming public stock offering. Photo: EPA | Continue reading
U.S. stocks and big banks were solid winners in 2016, but what should investors watch for in 2017? WSJ Ahead of the Tape columnist Steven Russolillo discusses on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
For the past 37 years, the Droz family has taken a picture in front of a numbered highway sign for their annual holiday card. Happy New Year! Photo: The Droz Family | Continue reading
From Taiwan electing its first female president to Nintendo's global-hit smartphone game Pokémon Go, here's a look at some of the major events in the Asia-Pacific region this year. | Continue reading
Brad Grossman, CEO and founder of Zeitguide, and a WSJ Leadership Expert, joins Lunch Break to explain technology innovations we're likely to see in 2017 as well as how privacy will be a prevailing issue. Photo: AP | Continue reading
A daily parade of ducks has become a major attraction at the Vergenoegd Wine Estate near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Alexandra Wexler/The Wall Street Journal. | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump gave his longest question-and-answer session to reporters, since winning the election, at his Mar-a-Lago resort. He appeared with boxing entrepreneur Don King. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on Wednesday "disappointing" and said he looks forward to working with President-elect Trump. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Secretary of State John Kerry defended the Obama administration's commitment to Israel, in the wake of its decision to not block a U.N. resolution critical of Israeli settlements. Kerry warned that a two-state solution with Israel and Palestinians is "in jeopardy." Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Some of the best ads in 2016 succeeded by embracing new social-media tools or by being just weird enough to get consumers chatting about a Puppy-Monkey-Baby. Photo: PepsiCo | Continue reading
Fans of “Star Wars” paid tribute to Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the sci-fi movies, after she died on Tuesday at the age of 60. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Cheetahs have been pushed out of 91% of their historic habitat and their population now numbers just 7,100 globally, according to a new study published by the National Academy of Sciences. The scientists recommended that the cats now be classified as "endangered." Photo: AP | Continue reading
Every week, The Wall Street Journal publishes “My Ride,” a column that shines a spotlight on a love affair between a human being and their vehicle. Here are some of our favorites from 2016. Photo: Della Moyer | Continue reading
Rescue workers recovered the flight-data recorder, on Tuesday, from the Russian military plane that crashed on Sunday killing all 92 people on board. Photo: Rossiya One TV Channel photo via AP | Continue reading
Is your workspace filthy? WSJ's Michael Hsu has three simple fixes give your monitor, keyboard and mouse a quick but deep cleaning. Photo/Video: Carly Marsh/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
There's confusion surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's tax plan even before he takes office, namely the major differences that exist compared to the House GOP's plan. WSJ tax guru Richard Rubin puts it all in simple terms on Lunch Break. Photo: AP | Continue reading
As part of a tradition, President Obama visited a Marine Corps base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Sunday, making one final address there as Commander in Chief. Photo: AP | Continue reading
George Michael, the British pop music superstar who wrote and performed a string of hit songs in the duo Wham! and as a solo artist, died at the age of 53. Photo: EPA | Continue reading
No survivors are expected after a Russian military plane carrying at least 92 people crashed minutes after takeoff near Sochi early Sunday. The cause is still being investigated. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Donald Trump has continued to inject himself into national security and foreign affairs, something typical presidents-elect refrain from, sending mixed signals to the international community. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
A domestic Libyan flight was hijacked and diverted to Malta. The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane on the runway, a person familiar with the matter said. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri arrived in Europe in 2011. Since then, authorities in Italy and Germany have tried multiple times to send him back to Tunisia. They failed. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. Photo: AP | Continue reading
The Tunisian man suspected of carrying out the Berlin truck attack has been killed in a shootout with police in Milan. Anis Amri shot at police during a routine police stop at 3 a.m. Friday morning. Photo: EPA | Continue reading
Alibaba is back on a U.S. government list of 'notorious markets' for fakes. Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
German authorities have issued a wanted notice for Anis Amri, a 23-year-old Tunisian. It warns that the suspect in the terrorist attack at a Berlin Christmas market may be armed and violent. Photo: Federal Police/Zuma Press | Continue reading
Strange Music, whose shows have featured artists like Kendrick Lamar and Wiz Khalifa, employs some of the industry's most stringent and, well, strangest tour rules. That no-nonsense approach helped the company bring in nearly $22 million this year amid a boom in the concert busin … | Continue reading
Swept up in a massive Chinese anti-corruption campaign, Liu Chongfu, a pig farmer, says he was accused of paying kickbacks and coerced into giving fabricated evidence that sent four officials to prison. He spent seven months in detention and recanted soon after his release. | Continue reading
German authorities have a suspect in custody after the deadly truck attack that killed at least 12 at a Berlin Christmas market on Monday. He is believed to be a Pakistani man and, according to media reports, arrived in Germany as a refugee. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is "shocked, shaken and deeply saddened" by the attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed at least 12 people Monday. Ms. Merkel said that it would be "particularly sickening" if it turns out the attacker was an asylum-seeker who s … | Continue reading
China has in the past taken pains to anchor its challenge to the U.S. in the South China Sea within a broad framework of legality. The seizure of a U.S. drone was different. Photo: CCTV | Continue reading
Merriam-Webster has chosen “surreal” as the word of year—after seeing spikes in the number of people searching for the term in 2016. Even Donald Trump used it to describe the first time he was called “Mr. President.” WSJ's Jason Bellini reports. | Continue reading
A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters | Continue reading
Pop any bottle of champagne to celebrate the holidays? Not so fast. Bollinger U.S. Director Cyril Delarue joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to discuss ideal food/champagne pairings as well as industry trends to watch for in 2017. Photo: iStock | Continue reading
It’s ok to eat chocolate, as long as it's the fancy stuff with high cocoa content. WSJ’s Ellen Byron and Lunch Break’s Tanya Rivero discuss the allure of premium and dark chocolate and how clever packaging has contributed to a jump-start in sales. Photo: F. Martin Ramin/The Wall … | Continue reading
China and the U.S. are negotiating the return of a U.S. undersea drone seized in the South China Sea last week. WSJ's Paul Sonne has the latest details on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: European Pressphoto Agency | Continue reading
For years, coffee savants have been pursuing the consummate cup of joe. Experts recently offered a "cupping lab" at Counter Culture Coffee in New York City to evaluate the aroma and flavor of different coffees. Video/Photo: Rob Alcaraz/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
Styled as an animated pen-and-ink sketch from the early nineteenth century, "Neverending Nightmares" is a videogame which aims to give players a sense of what it’s like to live with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Infinitap Games | Continue reading