Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A runner passes in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Republicans are considering a gradual lowering of the corporate tax rate in its reform plan, according to a Bloomberg News report. The report sent the Dow Jones industrial average down more …

New York is a city of landmarks: world famous skyscrapers, grand monuments and cultural icons. But many of its must-see places each came shockingly close to becoming something completely different, some for better, some for worse. Visiting the sites of these remarkable unbuilt schemes can heighten the enjoyment of touring …

Alexandria Sage | AP Customer employees receive some of the first Model 3 cars off the Fremont factory’s production line during an event at the company’s facilities in Fremont, California, July 28, 2017. Tesla’s disappointing Model 3 production ramp is a troubling sign, according to one Wall Street firm. UBS …

Getty Images President Donald Trump kisses his son Eric Trump after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Less than two hours after President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager was indicted, the Trump re-election campaign decided to send out a …

Brooks Kraft LLC | Corbis | Getty Images A commencement ceremony for Strayer University, a private, for-profit educational institution. Strayer Education will merge with smaller peer Capella Education in a $1.9 billion all-stock deal that will offer doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs, mainly for working adults across the United States. …

Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the new iPhone X during a media event at Apple’s new headquarters in Cupertino, California on September 12, 2017. Apple component suppliers have witnessed a surge in their stock price after the tech giant claimed pre-orders for …

Getty Images SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the International Astronautical Congress on September 29, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Musk detailed the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved in order to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. Billionaire Elon Musk has shared the …

Robert Gauthier | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A cannabis farmer applies fertilizer to a crop of plants in Humboldt County, California. U.S. drinks company Constellation Brands has agreed to buy a near 10 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corporation, the world’s largest publicly traded cannabis company. Constellation, a …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An attendee takes a photograph of the Apple Inc. iPhone X during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Shares of Apple traded higher in premarket trading Monday on speculation of strong demand …

The Stanford Literary Lab, founded in 2010 by Franco Moretti and Matthew Jockers, uses computer analysis to detect hidden patterns in literary texts by “reading” hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of them at a time. Here are a few findings from the new book “Canon/Archive,” which collects 10 of the lab’s …