‘Absolutely Devastating’: Colorado Wildfire Destroys Hundreds of Homes, Businesses
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes in Boulder County, Colo., as the Marshall Fire, fanned by strong winds, burned through 1,600 acres of land on Thursday. The governor has declared a state of emergency and authorities say there could be casualties. Photo: Marc Piscotty/Getty Imagesfrom WSJ.com Video - Most Viewed WSJ Videos https://ift.tt/3EIYv0k
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For nearly a week, more than 1,000 flights in the U.S. have been canceled each day, according to data tracker FlightAware. Bad weather and staffing shortages due to the surge in Covid-19 cases continue to cut into carriers’ schedules. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press
Ten years after taking power, Kim Jong Un faces what could be his toughest challenge yet. WSJ looks at how the North Korean leader is addressing the economic fallout from the pandemic, which has overshadowed weapons tests and affected relations with the U.S. Photo: STR/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
As the new year approaches, an increase in Covid-19 cases and the fast-spreading Omicron variant are forcing cities around the world to alter New Year’s Eve plans. Meanwhile, some health officials are updating quarantine guidelines to mitigate staffing shortages in key industries. Photo: Seth Wenig/Associated Press
Its front door opens to a stone-tiled hallway that leads to a great room with 30-foot ceilings. Large picture windows offer dramatic mountain views. Design flourishes like a wrought-iron candelabra and carved-stone artwork offset rustic touches like rough-hewn rock walls and distressed wooden columns.
WSJ higher-education reporter Melissa Korn breaks down the select groups of borrowers who are currently eligible for student debt relief and what borrowers can expect next year. Photo: Getty Images
Conservation experts on Tuesday pulled books, letters, coins and other artifacts from a second time capsule found underneath the Robert E. Lee statue formerly standing in Richmond, Va. Photo: Bob Brown/Associated Press
Known as Kilmurry House, this grand country manor house set on 90 acres was the lifelong home of Irish watercolorist Mildred Anne Butler and most recently by owners who fully renovated the historic home from top to bottom.
A major storm dumped 6 inches of snow in Seattle while icy conditions forced many roads across the Western U.S. to close. Hundreds of flights were canceled over the weekend and Monday due to weather issues and Omicron-driven staff shortages. Photo: Elaine Thompson/Associated Press
The makeup giant Sephora played an outsized role in creating the modern cosmetics industry. WSJ reporter Khadeeja Safdar unpacks the unconventional business strategies that led to Sephora’s early success and the retailer’s more recent moves to adapt to the pandemic market. Photo: Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg
Named for the "thickets of hardwoods" that dotted the land, Los Chamizal Vineyard was first planted in 1976-78 by vintner Peter Haywood, who still runs the vineyard today, and it quickly became one of the most respected producers of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Malbec in Sonoma Valley.
The archbishop, known for his role in ending apartheid in South Africa, died Sunday following a more than two-decade-long fight with cancer. Photo: Rodger Bosch/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
This year, billionaire CEO Elon Musk reached several milestones across Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink. WSJ reporters Rebecca Elliott and Micah Maidenberg break down some of his biggest moments in 2021 and what’s to come in 2022. Illustration: Tom Grillo
Tour the five luxury homes featured in our Listing of the Day series this week
Built in 1898, the Nantucket-style home received a renovation and addition in 2011 by noted local architect Michael Smith who, according to Ms. Kraus, "kept all the charm of the vintage structure while updating it with all modern conveniences and top-of-the-line details, making it both sophisticated and very liveable."
Scientists are using automation, real-time analysis and pooling data from around the world to rapidly identify and understand new coronavirus variants before the next one spreads widely. Photo Illustration: Sharon Shi
Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April, was found guilty on charges of first and second degree manslaughter on Thursday. Photo: Court TV/Associated Press
The FDA has cleared Merck’s new Covid-19 therapy molnupiravir, the latest antiviral that adults can take at home to avoid severe disease. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the science behind the new drug. Photo: Merck
The home was first built in 1999 and has modern amenities to pique every interest. There is a main house with six bedrooms and a detached guest house, which can be used for family and friends or as staff quarters, with two bedrooms. There are 13 outdoor terraces in the front and back of the house boasting water views over the gulf or the bay.
A statue in Hong Kong commemorating victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre was shielded from public view as workers took it down early Thursday morning. The “Pillar of Shame” stood in the city’s oldest university for 24 years. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
China got out ahead of the U.S. in shipping its Covid-19 vaccines around the world, but the Biden administration said it has donated more doses. WSJ examines how Omicron challenges both as they push for global influence. Photo: Rodrigo Sura/Esteban Biba/Shutterstock
President Biden outlined plans to expand Covid-19 testing sites, distribute a half-billion free at-home test kits and deploy emergency medical personnel to hospitals, as cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant surge in the U.S. Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
The Omicron variant of coronavirus caused more than 70% of new cases in the U.S. registered the week ending Dec. 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The surge comes as the holidays approach and some people reconsider their travel plans.
With three exposures, 14 new windows and five skylights, this loft penthouse owned by Steve Gold, a star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing New York," is flooded with bright natural light.
As the U.S. and other countries fight Omicron, scientists in South Africa are starting to get a clearer picture. WSJ visited a leading lab studying the coronavirus strain, which appears to partially evade vaccines, is more infectious, and might cause milder symptoms. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
In a video interview, Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai denied accusing anyone of sexual assault. She stirred global concern following a sexual-assault accusation against a retired senior Chinese official and her disappearance from pubic view in early November. Photo: str/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Take a video tour of the recent real estate deals from celebrity sellers
In the high-profile criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the jury has begun deliberating over whether she intended to defraud investors and patients. WSJ’s Sara Randazzo shares highlights from Holmes’s testimony. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The video of Jordan Baize playing his piano, filmed by his sister Saturday after a tornado blew the roof off his home. VIDEO: WHITNEY BROWN
Images show the extent of damage at an Amazon warehouse and a candle factory after tornadoes tore through six states. As search operations continue, residents comb through debris for belongings and recovery teams face weeks of clearing. Photo: Tannen Maury/Shutterstock
A military buildup along the Ukrainian border is further straining ties between Russia and the U.S., after clashes over cybercrime, expulsions of diplomats and a migrant crisis in Belarus. WSJ explains what is deepening the rift between Washington and Moscow. Photo Composite/Video: Michelle Inez Simon
The villa is divided into different areas, including luxurious en-suite bedrooms, staff accommodations, a professional kitchen with a large dining area, and a 700-square-meter spa with a Bali-inspired roof and bamboo columns, a hot tub, massage and treatment areas, a hammam, a sauna, a cinema room and changing rooms.
Terms like “nonfungible token,” “minting,” “gas fees” and more sound like a foreign language to you? To better understand it—and explain it—WSJ’s Joanna Stern turned her son’s art into an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. Photo illustration: Jacob Reynolds
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Rescue operations are underway in states like Kentucky and Illinois after a series of tornadoes tore through parts of at least five states overnight Friday and early Saturday morning. PHOTO: Mark Humphrey/Associated Press
Rescue operations are underway in Kentucky after a series of tornadoes tore through parts of at least five states overnight Friday and early Saturday morning. PHOTO: Mark Humphrey/Associated Press
On Friday evening, a wave of tornadoes tore through Kentucky, hitting multiple states in the Central U.S., killing at least six people overnight, with dozens more feared dead. Photo: Reuters/Cheney Orr
After Merck’s Covid-19 vaccine candidates failed, the drugmaker partnered with rival Johnson & Johnson. WSJ reporter Jared Hopkins takes us behind the scenes, as the first Merck-made shots are released for distribution. Photo: Hannah Yoon/WSJ
Footage showed rescue crews at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois that had collapsed during a storm on Friday evening. A wave of tornadoes hit several states in the Central U.S. and the governor of Kentucky said he expected dozens of fatalities. Photo: AP/Jeff Roberson
Ray Dalio speaks with Jack Hough on the "Streetwise" podcast and unpacks the outlook for inflation, debt and deficits facing the U.S. economy.
Instagram’s top executive Adam Mosseri pushed back against some lawmakers’ assertions that social-media products are designed to be addictive, during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
At WSJ CEO Council Summit, the senator reflects on federal spending over the past year as Congress deliberates on President Biden's Build Back Better bill. Photo: Ralph Alswang for The Wall Street Journal
President Biden held a secure video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to address what U.S. officials have called a buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border, which has raised concerns of a potential 2022 invasion. Photo: The White House via Reuters
In WSJ. Magazine’s “The One” interview series, the supermodel and philanthropist reveals the phone call that launched her career, her most memorable photoshoots and what she’s learned as a first-time mom. Directed by Barbara Anastacio.
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met virtually Tuesday amid rising tensions over what U.S. officials have called a buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border, which has raised concerns of a potential 2022 invasion. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik via Reuters
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell discusses the debt ceiling, inflation, his strategy for retaining Republican control in Congress and other key policy concerns.
The Tesla chief executive tells WSJ's Joanna Stern that many corporate titles "don't mean anything," at the WSJ CEO Council summit. Photo: Ralph Alswang for the Wall Street Journal