California narrowly averted rolling blackouts Sunday night to relieve strain on its electric grid as parts of the state suffered record-breaking temperatures. The California Independent System Operator, which operates much of the state’s electric grid,…

The new coronavirus is a killer with a crowbar, breaking and entering human cells with impunity. It hitchhikes across continents carried on coughs and careless hands, driven by its own urgent necessity to survive. It…

Production problems at a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner factory have prompted air-safety regulators to review quality-control lapses potentially stretching back almost a decade, according to an internal government memo and people familiar with the matter.…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi court reduced the death sentences of five men convicted in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi to 20-year prison terms and handed shorter sentences to three other nationals, in a…

Amazon.com Inc. is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S.–-and e-commerce company Wish will ban the sale of seeds—after thousands of suspicious packets, many postmarked from China, arrived at households around the world this…

BERLIN—Germany signaled it is prepared to reconsider its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project with Russia in light of the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who was roused from an induced coma on Monday.…

A search by U.S. authorities for Chinese researchers with ties to China’s military is leading to intensifying cat-and-mouse tactics involving what prosecutors say are foiled escapes, evidence tossed into a dumpster and a chase through…

Investors returning from the Labor Day weekend are keeping an eye out for signs that a dizzying rally in technology stocks—and the market recovery it fueled—are losing steam. The Nasdaq Composite slid more than 6%…