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Mr. Fairchild is playing Frankenstein’s monster — and making choreography that reveals the monster’s inner life.

We followed up with subjects whose stories stuck with us this year.

After dropping out of rabbinical seminary, I was directionless. I spent a lot of time on the internet.

My friend and teacher Hubert Dreyfus, who died this year, left me a message about life’s purpose I am still learning from.

If you missed the preholiday rush, fret not. There is still time for festive theater.

How James Baldwin’s incendiary work illuminated his era, as well as ours.

Rimur are Icelandic epic poems. Step into the living room of Bára Grímsdóttir, one of Iceland's most prominent rimur singers, to experience rimur how they have been traditionally performed.

A film about an abduction case was banned by Pakistan’s censors, but a public outcry, fueled by a social media campaign, helped overturn the ruling.

Even Donald Trump’s erratic leadership is unlikely to damage the United States’ standing as the world’s financial superpower.

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Hopes for civilian leadership fade as the army uses the threat of terrorism to assert dominance.

The ads, and the list of side effects most feature, have been around for decades. But now they aim at a different audience and discuss more serious diseases.

Mr. Hariri, Lebanon’s prime minister, expected the royal treatment when he was summoned to Riyadh. Instead, he was told to resign. Here is the back story.

Three American sisters born in Cameroon can articulate the American ethos better than our president.

Mr. Fujimori, who was president from 1990 to 2000, was serving a 25-year term for human rights abuses.

The nation is the first to follow President Trump in deciding to change the site of its embassy from Tel Aviv.

How we should talk about numbers.

We asked readers to tell us how far they (or a parent) had gone to get a popular toy. Tales of determination, ingenuity and luck poured in.

... including the house where Virginia wrote the letter that inspired what is ranked as America’s most “unforgettable” editorial.

A movie offers a reminder that leaking to the press can be a patriotic act at a time when the president delights in attacking journalists.