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Trilobites: Chimps Tailor Alarms to What Other Chimps Know
Experiments show that the animals change their communications depending on how much their audience knows.
Editorial: Mr. Trump Casts a Shadow Over the AT&T-Time Warner Deal
He politicizes everything he touches, so unless his appointees act with utmost integrity they will be tainted as his henchmen.
Editorial: The Senate Questions the President’s Power to Launch Nukes
Mr. Trump has brought on himself this examination of his authority to order the launch of the world’s most deadly weapons.
Full Video: Senators Discuss Bipartisanship in Politics
Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mark Warner, the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, assess the dissolution of compromise in politics at a TimesTalks event.
As Power Grid Sputters in Puerto Rico, Business Does Too
The catastrophe of the storm has been followed by an economic disaster with no end in sight.
The Neediest Cases Fund: A Young Poet Loses His Rhythm and Finds His Voice
Hermes Rosa Jr. dropped out of high school and fell into a depression, abandoning his writing. Now, he’s going to college and performing his poems on YouTube.
Under Trump, Banking Watchdog Trades Its Bite for a Tamer Stance
A change in course has made the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees the nation’s biggest banks, part of a campaign to roll back regulations.
New York Public Library Unveils $317 Million Master Plan
The plan improves circulation and opens up underused spaces, while also announcing a study on the hotly contested issue of the library’s stacks.
Republicans May Use Cuts in Entitlement Programs to Reduce Deficit
The possibility appeared more likely after the Congressional Budget Office warned that the tax bill could set off a rule that would make cuts to Medicare over the next decade.
Album Review: Sharon Jones Says Farewell With ‘Soul of a Woman’
The final album by the soul singer, who died in 2016, had every bit of her energy and spirit.
Iranians Are Outraged Over Shoddy Construction in Earthquake Zone
The largest hospital in the earthquake zone nearly collapsed. Iran’s president wants to investigate.
A Deli Where Rye Comes in Slices and in a Glass
A branch of the Second Avenue Deli is opening an upstairs bar where you can raise a toast (using a Dr. Brown’s) to Jewish culture.
Russia May Make All Outside News Media Register as ‘Foreign Agents’
The measure is said to be a response to a U.S. requirement imposed on the state-owned RT television network, but it is far broader in scope.
My Fellow Americans … I’m Thirsty
Delivering a summation of his foreign policy, President Trump interrupted himself — setting off hilarity on Twitter — by stopping for a swig of water.
Northern California Gunman Killed Wife Before Shooting Rampage
The death toll could have been much worse had an elementary school not ordered a lockdown, the authorities said.
Asia and Australia Edition: Rohingya, Zimbabwe, Same-Sex Marriage: Your Thursday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Feature: Three Gorgeous Cakes for the Holidays
A cranberry-lemon stripe cake, a devil’s-food cake with toasted-marshmallow frosting or a sugarplum gingerbread cake for your next special occasion.
Could a Democrat Actually Win a Senate Seat in Alabama? Precedents Are Few, but Telling
The Roy Moore race tests the limits of what might be the most Republican state in the country.
Review: ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Lives Up to Its Title, in More Ways Than One
Facing a lover’s death and a society’s intolerance, in a film by Sebastián Lelio.
Disability: Explaining Our Bodies, Finding Ourselves
We discovered we shared a common language, and a way of being in the world.