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Tobacco use is hazardous at any age, but older smokers are particularly vulnerable to the health effects. More of them are exploring an alternative: e-cigarettes.

A villain’s demise, a parent’s absence. That’s how death used to figure in animated movies for children. Thanks to Pixar and now “Coco,” that’s changing.

Army quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw has come a long way: 1,472 yards this season, and much further off the field.

The week's most notable new songs, from Migos to Johnny Mathis.

Laundry, luggage, logistics ... there are 48 minutes in an N.B.A. game and about 20 hours in Eric Housen’s workday as he guides the team from one city to the next.

Buzz Aldrin has attached his name to a line of street wear — just one sign that space is exerting an outsize influence on pop culture.

Amid the simmering racial tensions of the time, a family in Illinois made a wrenching decision that sent a black girl and a white girl on diverging paths.

As fires rage in Southern California, airborne reporters have become guiding lights in the chaos.

Former graduate students say over decades the same professor made sexual advances toward them, and their reactions illustrate changing norms on campus.

Time-consuming but magnificent, this is a lasagna fancy enough for holiday dinners.

Critics say the new legislation threatens judicial independence, and is little different from similar measures that were rejected last summer.

The agreement would cover more than a quarter of the world’s economy. Leaders on both sides said it carried strategic as well as economic importance.

In the aftermath of the death of our son, we felt sad, and proud — and empty. So, as a family, we tried to find ourselves on the open road.

Science has revealed how arbitrary racial categories are. Perhaps medicine will abandon them, too.

Starter bacteria used in salami made by industrial manufacturers are safer, but result in less flavorful dried sausage than the artisanal process.

Stephen Marche addresses comments from readers about the male libido.

Numbers are not always reliable, and politics get in the way. Here is advice from an expert on the most solid sources for tracking the economic debate.

A noticeable backlash has hyper-energized the Republican senate candidate’s volunteers and Alabamians who hate Washington and its ways.

The days of getting squeezed under the mistletoe after Bob in accounting had a few too many? They’re over, my friends.

Scientists leveraged machine learning techniques to sift through recordings of dolphin clicks, which could help with monitoring the health of the sea mammals.