In Luxury Student Housing, Gym, Tan — and Study

By JOHN ELIGON

As developers try to outdo the amenities that their competitors offer in college towns, concern is growing about the academic and social consequences of upscale off-campus student housing.

Detroit’s Creditors Asked to Accept Pennies on the Dollar

By STEVEN YACCINO

The city’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said sacrifices “from Wall Street and Main Street” were necessary to save Detroit.

Senator Carl Levin at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.

Complex Fight in Senate Over Curbing Military Sex Assaults

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

The search for legislation is being driven by competition, policy differences and the limits of identity politics in a chamber where women’s numbers are increasing.

A mongoose lemur strolled in an elevated trail at the Philadelphia Zoo, part of an expanding system to provide more stimulation.

With Treetop Trail, Philadelphia Zoo Opens Grounds to Prowlers

By JON HURDLE

An expanding network of trails will let creatures great and small roam around to bring them closer to visitors and raise conservation awareness.

Ronald Brown, 45, says that before the invasion he was in top physical condition, but that he began experiencing headaches, nausea and shortness of breath upon his return from Kuwait in 1991. Many veterans, like Mr. Brown, say their problems were not taken seriously.

Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illnesses

By JAMES DAO

New findings are bolstering the view that mysterious symptoms in Persian Gulf war veterans are fundamentally biological in nature, as opposed to psychological, the result of combat stress.

Secret Watch

Snowden’s Leaks on China Could Affect Its Role in His Fate

By KEITH BRADSHER

New revelations by Edward J. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor believed to be in Hong Kong, may make China more apt to help him.

Filmmaker Linked to Leaks Has Her Own Stories to Tell

By NOAM COHEN

The documentarian Laura Poitras says her role in the leaking of American surveillance programs was “not something I was seeking out.”

A copy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order requiring Verizon to give the government information on landline and mobile telephone calls.

Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

In 2008, a ruling by a surveillance court said to be against Yahoo discouraged technology firms from fighting data requests from the government.

Secret Surveillance Court May Reveal Some Secrets

Immigration Divide

Senator John Cornyn spoke with reporters about an immigration bill in Washington on Tuesday.

In Senate, an Immigration Bill Savior or Saboteur?

By ASHLEY PARKER

With his border security plan, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, has emerged as the most polarizing figure on the issue.

Bits Blog

Steve Case, co-founder of America Online and now chief executive of the investment firm Revolution, spoke about immigration reform outside the White House on Tuesday.

Tech Pushes to Keep Its Spoils in Immigration Bill

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

The technology industry this week dispatched executives and entrepreneurs to buttonhole lawmakers and rallied people to mount a digital campaign on Congress.

Javier Santos got a job as a full-time designer at a luxury kitchen-manufacturing company within weeks of receiving a temporary reprieve from deportation.

In Reprieves, a Preview of Immigration Bill’s Effect

By KIRK SEMPLE

A program that lifted the threat of deportation for young people offers insights on efforts toward a broader overhaul.

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Obama Seeks to Expand Airwaves for Wireless Use

By EDWARD WYATT

The Obama administration said it would invest $100 million to free more of the nation’s airwaves for use by consumers in wireless broadband networks.

Future of an Industry and a Tribe Hinges on a Coal Export Battle

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Environmental concerns complicate a plan to ship coal from the western United States to Asia.

Judge Rejects Fort Hood Shooting Suspect’s Defense Strategy

By MANNY FERNANDEZ

A military judge said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s claim — that he had carried out the shooting rampage at Fort Hood to protect Taliban leaders from American soldiers — had no merit.

U.S. to Develop Voluntary Standards for Bed Rail Safety

By RON NIXON

The move for voluntary guidelines disappointed advocates for regulation of the product, which has been linked to the deaths of elderly patients.

Women Are at the Table, So Now What?

By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS

If the first wave of the women's movement sought to secure women seats at the table, the latest wave attempts to reimagine what goes on at the table, now that some women are sitting there.