The Times’s Ariel Kaminer on how far high school seniors (and their parents) will go to get themselves off a college waiting list and into the school of their dreams.    

In a White House ceremony, President Obama honored 43 officers from across the country named as this year’s Top Cops.    

At a forum on Saturday, several candidates said they would scrap signature policies of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, including his A-through-F grading system for schools.    

Many companies, especially some retailers, use an applicant’s credit report in making hiring decisions.    

The transmission on nearly 470,000 Jeeps could shift by itself from park into neutral, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.    

Senior American and Afghan officials met in Kabul to iron out details of a pact that defines relations after 2014, when foreign combat troops are to withdraw from Afghanistan.    

In California and beyond, using fruit trees to reclaim public spaces and expand the notion of what constitutes art.    

David A. Patterson, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has firsthand knowledge of the cultural disconnect, substance abuse and other problems facing American Indian communities.