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Fear is typically not effective in getting people to adopt healthier habits. A more likely outcome is overtreatment.

What do our readers care about? Some like to construct characters and recreate imaginary worlds, while others like to crochet mildly offensive sayings onto a quilt.

Simon Schama’s “Belonging: 1492-1900” recounts the history of a people who never seemed to belong anywhere.

This spring, Britain’s Supreme Court will consider whether a bakery could refuse to create a cake celebrating same-sex marriage.

He has been wiretapped by the F.B.I. and grilled by congressional investigators over his suspected Russia connections. But the Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser can’t seem to stop talking.

The U.S. Coast Guard is working to retrieve boats that were displaced during Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Ralph Evey's vessel was rescued in a two-day process involving cranes and buoys.

The vivid tale of how two bodies were retrieved from near the summit of Mount Everest required networking in India and training an impromptu photographer.

Tropical Storm Kai-Tak unleashed floods and landslides, and stranded thousands of holiday travelers.

Questions and answers about the world’s highest mountain, and the people who try to get to the top of it.

President Trump’s lawyers and supporters have significantly increased their attacks on the special counsel as the investigation has reached deeper into the president’s inner circle.

For two decades in the N.B.A., Bryant was almost singular in his intensity. And on Monday night, the numbers he wore — No. 8 and 24 — will be retired.

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The response from the O.A.S., arguing that the vote was riddled with irregularities, was likely to escalate the political crisis in Honduras.

Female employees at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, Harvey Weinstein’s de facto headquarters, say the hotel deferred to powerful customers ahead of their well-being.

A Republican research group has requested the emails of E.P.A. employees critical of the agency. Now the E.P.A. has hired an affiliated company.

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A promising vaccine for dengue fever is in limbo after the Philippines suspended its use amid widespread public anger and fears about its safety.

In a statement that made no reference to the accusations he faces, Richardson said he would sell the team after this season.

More than 1,150 flights into or out of Atlanta were canceled, and passengers were left in the dark at the world’s busiest airport for passenger traffic.

Using “True Detective,” “The Walking Dead” and other shows as travel agents is a decent way to see things that give an area its character.