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10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017
Trump versus Hollywood. Echoes of the Confederacy. Taylor Swift and the alt-right. Here’s a not-so-nostalgic look back at some of the year’s fiercest fights.
Johnny Bower, Oldest Full-Time N.H.L. Goalie, Dies at 93
Bower was 45 when he played his last game in the National Hockey League. He won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs in a Hall of Fame career.
Books of The Times: On the Lam With Timothy Leary
“The Most Dangerous Man in America,” by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis, recounts the LSD advocate’s globe-trotting attempt to outrun Richard Nixon and the American law.
When Harry Met Barry: The BBC Obama Interview
The former president said he was adjusting to life outside the White House, and expressed concern, without naming names, about the possible corrosive effects of social media.
The Avalanche of Rock ’n’ Roll Death
Want to feel old? Everyone — well, every man — died.
Tel Aviv’s Toy-Block Tower Measures Up for a Record
Half a million toy bricks were used for the community project, carried out in memory of an 8-year-old who died of cancer.
Make Mine the Burlap Wrap
Whether a horticultural necessity or an off-season display of wealth, the now-ubiquitous custom of burlapping has had the unexpected effect of transforming the Hamptons into an enormous art park.
The Pop Charts Were Crazy This Year. Here’s Why.
As streaming continues to remake the music industry, artists and record labels schemed and scrambled, remixed and bundled to get their songs into fans’ ears.
Modern Love: 10 Ways to Love Better
This year’s most-read Modern Love columns delivered unexpected kernels of wisdom.
Air Pollution Contributes to More Than 20,000 Deaths a Year
Soot causes more deaths than AIDS each year in the United States.
A Sudanese Refugee Brings a Taste of Home to the U.S.
Violence forced Kaltum Mohamed and her family to flee Darfur and later Libya. Now she has her own catering business that specializes in Sudanese cuisine.
New York Today: New York Today: Kelly Hall-Tompkins, a New Yorker of the Year
Wednesday: Honoring a model citizen, preparing for extreme cold, and goings-on around town.
Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
The human body makes tens of thousands of cellular proteins, each for a particular task. Now researchers have learned to create custom versions not found in nature.
Tech We’re Using: A World of Deal Making, Gleaned With an iPhone X
Michael de la Merced, a DealBook reporter in London, discussed his favorite tech tool — an iPhone X — and British norms for using the gadget socially.
Putin May Be Re-Election Shoo-in, but He’s Taking No Chances
First Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist, was blocked from running for president. Then he was warned not to organize a boycott of the election.
On Beauty: When Good Beauty Products Smell Downright Bad
When it comes to fancy things for the face, does leaving a natural aroma lend a certain authenticity?
The Best Uses of Color in T This Year
Some of the most vibrant images of 2017 include a fiery orange and marigold dim sum parlor, and floral Balenciaga dresses photographed at the fashion house’s archives.
California Today: California Today: Price Gouging Complaints After the Wildfires
Wednesday: Wildfire price gouging, library books, $42,750 football tickets and Tony Bennett’s heart.
Chef Gives Up a Star, Reflecting Hardship of ‘the Other France’
Most chefs work a lifetime for a Michelin star. Jérôme Brochot is giving his back. Why? He can’t afford it. Neither can his declining old mining town.
Deal With Japan on Former Sex Slaves Failed Victims, South Korean Panel Says
The conclusions threaten the 2015 agreement over so-called comfort women, forced to work in brothels for the Japanese military from the 1930s until 1945.