Can Turkey Unify the Arabs?

By ANTHONY SHADID

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WISPS OF THE PAST Beyond Istanbul's landmarks, a legacy of cosmopolitan interchange of goods and ideas.

As the Arab world struggles with the traumas of its revolutions, something else is at work along connections from the Ottoman Empire, bent but never broken.

TORNADO ALLEY A twister sweeps across the southern plains of the central United States, where thunderstorms can produce violent whirlwinds.

When Warnings Don’t Work

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

Experts say there will always be deaths when a strong tornado scores a direct hit on a heavily populated area. The question has been how low casualty figures can go.

A Psychological Twister

By ADAM BUCKLEY COHEN

A family confronts its own Judgment Day in the path of a tornado.

The Polite Way to Say ‘No Way’

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

During testimony last week, Elizabeth Warren violated a cardinal rule of the Capitol Hill etiquette book: the Congressman Is Always Right.

A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

Today’s cohort of young people has been accused of being the laziest, most narcissistic generation ever. But are these charges fair?

The Altima (top) typically sells in the mid-$20,000 range, while the Leaf costs $33,000 or more. But federal tax incentives could put the Leaf in the same ballpark as the Altima.

The Great Kilowatt vs. Gallon Face-Off

By TOM KUNTZ

With Memorial Day upon us, and with it a summer driving season marked by high prices at the gas pump, it seems a fitting time to look at the electric car.