As Donald J. Trump continues his stream of outrageous and disquieting statements, journalists must grapple with how to cover him — and if, or when, to abandon the rules of traditional reporting.
In the face of a growing epidemic in Indiana, Mike Pence put aside his own moral opposition to giving syringes to drug users and initiated a needle-exchange program.
Black, middle-class voters appeared more concerned with mundane matters like good governance and taxes than with the party’s heroic liberation past.
Another day, another milestone for Katie Ledecky, who won her second medal, and first gold, of the Rio Games on Sunday night in the 400-meter freestyle.
Venus and Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic were upset in tennis, while Simone Biles was dominant in gymnastics.
This group of recipes collected by the editors of NYT Cooking contains such classics as marinara sauce and sausage ragù.
Nervous business students at American University give their presentations to pooches.
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In 2010, Shahram Amiri, a scientist, claimed on YouTube that the C.I.A. had kidnapped him. A subsequent video changed the narrative. Missing his son, he returned to Iran and disappeared.
Alex Rodriguez talked of being “at peace” in stepping aside as a player, but the allure of records so close could tug at the achievement-obsessed Yankee.
To provide high-speed internet to remote areas, local power companies are borrowing techniques that were used to electrify towns in the United States nearly a century ago.
A man threatened to kill two New York police captains over restricted airwaves, revealing how easily someone can hack a store-bought radio and communicate with the police.
The diaries of the original head of the K.G.B. — found secreted inside the wall of a dacha — have shed light on the fate of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who vanished in 1945.
Children of the 1980s will remember the sizzling egg equated to a brain on drugs. It is coming back to help those same people talk to their own children.
President Obama’s 55th birthday party — which, like other private White House celebrations, was kept mostly secret — reflected his embrace of a glamorous stratum of American life.
President Obama still can and should take steps to advance his vision of a safer world.
It’s a moment of reckoning for a legendary former guerrilla leader, and new prime minister.
Is hypertension a defect, or a normal response to social circumstances?
Readers discuss the lifesaving benefits of naloxone versus the risk that it may encourage addiction.
Despite a building boom, some residential buildings haven’t gotten off the ground.
