She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most…

A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire l…

Some professionals in the food writing business are spent before Turkey Day arrives. Others feel they can finally cook …

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat an…

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stripped his appointee of plea deal authority in a memo on Monday, which the Pent…

Daniel Khalife also pleaded guilty to an escape from a London jail, strapped underneath a truck with a sling made of tr…

The short answer: tradition.

Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue was recently selected to lead the U.S. Army’s Europe Command as the war in Ukraine head…

Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are examining an organization founded by the Rev. Alfred Cockfield II, according to people w…

A federal judge ruled that the player, who is at the center of a controversy over transgender athletes, can participate…

Large, negative movements in the finances of the young and the working class are going to make his second term much tou…

His dozens of songs included “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” a powerful anthem of redemptive love that became one of Piaf’s…

For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people…

The troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orland…

The state’s board of education narrowly voted to allow schools to start using the reading and language arts curriculum …

The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words w…

Experts are puzzling over which interventions are saving lives. The evolving illicit supply itself may hold important c…

I love that for them.

In the aftermath of the presidential election, voters are reaching for merchandise and political symbols either to cele…

An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.

School districts serving more than two million elementary school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draw…

A suspect was arrested Monday morning in connection with the stabbings, which occurred across a broad swath of the boro…

Gov. Kathy Hochul is letting the paused tolling program move forward in January. Her critics have jumped on the chance …

The U.S. Postal Service announced it would honor the actress known for her comedic work on shows such as “The Golden Gi…

The Justice Department notified Sangamon County, Ill., that it had opened a civil rights investigation after reports ab…

Tell us about your experience for a New York Times Magazine article about how we communicate in our dating lives and re…

In an unrelated case also in Missouri, a former state trooper was charged with searching the phones of female drivers t…

A New York Times reporter tested a handful of chatbots to see if they could help improve his dating life. The results w…

The government said the music mogul had been attempting to obstruct federal prosecutors by instructing others to make t…

Ms. Swift is performing six shows in Toronto before heading to Vancouver, the final stop in her blockbuster Eras Tour.�…

Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summon…

President Biden will attend global summits in Peru and Brazil as world leaders prepare for the return of Donald Trump’s…

Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement, pro-Netanyah…

At least 15 people were killed in Damascus, according to Syrian state media. The Israeli military said it had “inflicte…

In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifferenc…

A woman whose family had to sell a painting in the Holocaust and a museum have struck a deal. The museum will keep the …

The court ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must take the stand on Dec. 2 in a trial that has stretched out …

Millions of visitors are expected at the cathedral after it reopens in December for the first time since the devastatin…

Eric Gonzalez, who helped Daniel Penny pin Mr. Neely to the floor of a subway car, also said he had lied when he told i…

Michael Grimm, a Republican who resigned in 2015 after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion, was paralyzed from the ch…

The widespread orders across southern Lebanon came amid what appeared to be intensifying efforts to reach a cease-fire.…

A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a s…

The kingdom, which has been accused of trying to “sportswash” its human rights record, hosted the WTA Finals, part of i…

What should be expected of an intimate partner when a companion suffers a health crisis? Seniors and their families inc…

Prosecutors plan to appeal the trial judge’s ruling that the defense secretary had not lawfully rescinded the governmen…

The agency said it was investigating the incident in the aftermath of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Florida in Octo…

Dr. Richard Pazdur for 25 years has overseen innovations in the treatment of deadly diseases at the agency.

The president-elect says that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” You may be hearing it a lot.

It’s hard to understand why so many people loved the crudest insults.

A state ballot measure was the first of its kind in the United States, but labor advocates worry it could lock Uber and…

Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction o…

Voters hate inflation — Democrats should be breathing a sigh of relief to be heading into a coin-flip election.

Patients and medical staff were wounded at Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few in northern Gaza still providing limite…

Two runners with injuries ended the New York City Marathon on their own two feet — and a pair of crutches.

Saudi Arabia, which leads the group, appears wary of unsettling markets just before the U.S. presidential election on T…

Employers are predicting an increase of as much as 9 percent, on average, but are generally avoiding passing along much…

Ms. Godley said she believed there were “funny sides” to terrible experiences, including some that she drew from her ow…

It appeared to be the deepest Israeli operation by sea and ground inside Lebanon during the current war.

Accused of conspiring to funnel illegal contributions from Turkey into his campaign coffers, Mr. Adams has pleaded not …

A battle over a new rule to limit credit card late fees has spiraled into a larger skirmish about how much power litiga…

It went far beyond a chicken-hawk accusation.

“It’s about being prepared, but also being able to pivot,” said Justin O’Neill, one of the editors who programs the hom…

British data shows that children conceived and born during a period of sugar rationing were less likely to develop diab…