Ravi Somaiya New York Times

The program will begin with a few articles but is expected to expand quickly.

News articles on Facebook are currently linked to the publisher's website, and open in a browser, typically taking about eight seconds to load.

Amazon's new app will deliver the Washington Post to some Amazon Kindle tablet owners for free.

Facebook is increasingly becoming to the news business what Amazon is to book publishing - a behemoth that provides access to hundreds of millions of consumers and wields enormous power.

The move is the latest in a battle between the company and sites that try to use the Facebook algorithm that ranks articles to their advantage.

Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Mass., Thursday night, police and residents said.

A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year. He will seek a final appeal to the Britain's highest court, according to a person close to Mr. Assange.

Outside a London court last week, as those accused of looting and rioting in the most destructive and widespread violence in recent British history faced justice, a mother turned to her 11-year-old son, accused of theft, and asked simply, "Why?"

What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player and a reality TV star has quickly become another test over how far the rights to privacy and free speech extend online, where social media operate in countries with vastly different laws. The soccer player has been granted a so-called super-injunction, a stringent and...

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most- watched events here in decades -- an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy. (In Pics: Kate & William, Just Married...

As last-minute preparations drew to a close, London braced Friday for a royal wedding that promises to be one of the largest and most widely watched events here in recent memory. The police expect that hundreds of thousands will throng the city's streets for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday morning, craning for a glimpse o...

A British court on Thursday ordered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. His lawyers have seven days to appeal the ruling and immediately indicated that they would so. Mr. Assange, dressed in the blue suit he has worn to previous hearings, sat impassively as the decision was read. He...

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, arrived at a London court on Thursday to find out if he is to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. The verdict will mark a turning point in the three-month battle in the British courts and the media against what Mr. Assange, his legal team and his celebrity supporters say is a conspirac...

Facing his most crucial legal battle so far, Julian Assange, the founder of the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks, appeared on Monday at a hearing to decide whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. The two-day hearing, which began with detailed procedural arguments at Woolwich Crown Court, was the culmination of...

The online group Anonymous said Wednesday that it had paralyzed the Egyptian government's Web sites in support of the anti-government protests.Anonymous, a loosely defined group of hackers from all over the world, gathered about 500 supporters in online forums and used software tools to bring down the sites of the Ministry of Information and Presid...

The program will begin with a few articles but is expected to expand quickly.

News articles on Facebook are currently linked to the publisher's website, and open in a browser, typically taking about eight seconds to load.

Amazon's new app will deliver the Washington Post to some Amazon Kindle tablet owners for free.

Facebook is increasingly becoming to the news business what Amazon is to book publishing - a behemoth that provides access to hundreds of millions of consumers and wields enormous power.

The move is the latest in a battle between the company and sites that try to use the Facebook algorithm that ranks articles to their advantage.

Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Mass., Thursday night, police and residents said.

A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year. He will seek a final appeal to the Britain's highest court, according to a person close to Mr. Assange.

Outside a London court last week, as those accused of looting and rioting in the most destructive and widespread violence in recent British history faced justice, a mother turned to her 11-year-old son, accused of theft, and asked simply, "Why?"

What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player and a reality TV star has quickly become another test over how far the rights to privacy and free speech extend online, where social media operate in countries with vastly different laws. The soccer player has been granted a so-called super-injunction, a stringent and...

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most- watched events here in decades -- an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy. (In Pics: Kate & William, Just Married...

As last-minute preparations drew to a close, London braced Friday for a royal wedding that promises to be one of the largest and most widely watched events here in recent memory. The police expect that hundreds of thousands will throng the city's streets for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday morning, craning for a glimpse o...

A British court on Thursday ordered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. His lawyers have seven days to appeal the ruling and immediately indicated that they would so. Mr. Assange, dressed in the blue suit he has worn to previous hearings, sat impassively as the decision was read. He...

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, arrived at a London court on Thursday to find out if he is to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. The verdict will mark a turning point in the three-month battle in the British courts and the media against what Mr. Assange, his legal team and his celebrity supporters say is a conspirac...

Facing his most crucial legal battle so far, Julian Assange, the founder of the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks, appeared on Monday at a hearing to decide whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. The two-day hearing, which began with detailed procedural arguments at Woolwich Crown Court, was the culmination of...

The online group Anonymous said Wednesday that it had paralyzed the Egyptian government's Web sites in support of the anti-government protests.Anonymous, a loosely defined group of hackers from all over the world, gathered about 500 supporters in online forums and used software tools to bring down the sites of the Ministry of Information and Presid...