White House jitters and Barcelona terror attack expected to weigh on Asian shares

Back in Asia, futures pointed to a lower open for Japanese equities. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were down 1.16 percent at 19,475 and Osaka futures fell 1.13 percent to 19,480. Those were firmly below the Nikkei 225’s Thursday close of 19,702.63. Meanwhile,...

Rammed by Car in Charlottesville, but Seeing a Sign of Hope

Two black sisters were admiring a counterdemonstration — “so many white people, more than our race,” one said — when a car drove into the crowd and smashed into their Camry.

How Do Trump’s Black Friends Feel? It’s Complicated

As questions of racism increasingly dog the president, his past, from dating a biracial model to efforts to hang out publicly with African-American celebrities, paints a complex picture.