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Kate Winslet plays an unhappily married woman whose affair with a local Romeo is derailed when he falls for her stepdaughter.

In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.

Thursday: Jerry Brown confronts Detroit, Harvey Weinstein’s long shadow, Californians brace for higher taxes

In the new Amazon show “Jean-Claude Van Johnson,” the seemingly washed-up Muscles from Brussels gleefully sends up his action star image.

Within hours of firing the “Today’’ co-anchor, the network was said to have gotten more complaints, including one involving a 2001 encounter in his office.

We look at President Trump’s role in the Republican tax plan and at the furor he set off by sharing extremist videos.

Thursday: Tips for less congested holidays, an exhibition of more than 150 menorahs, and nostalgic train rides.

Researchers estimate that 118,009 low-weight births were prevented from 2003 to 2014, resulting in $13.7 billion in savings.

The Trump doctrine is white supremacy.

Right now, investment returns go to the few. Here’s how everyone could have a fair share.

Ride down the East River from Astoria to Wall Street, and find out why New York’s new ferry service has been filled beyond early projections.

Follow the arrows to discover the best reading to give as a gift this season.

A range of new books offering advice to gardeners, hikers and amateur naturalists, with detours back to colonial America and even Middle-earth.

Half a dozen books on sports range from champion athletes to the fans who adore them.

The generation of people born 1962 to 1971, now in what are typically peak earning years, are finding they are not doing as well as they might have expected.

Sam Wasson’s “Improv Nation” examines one of the most important stories in American popular culture.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

We look back at the impact of the performer’s classic album.

The 1988 death of Scott Johnson, an American mathematician, was initially ruled a suicide. But it later emerged that gangs had been pushing gay men to their deaths.

Rodin celebrations in New York and Philadelphia include a bold new view of his work through the eyes and hands of Anselm Kiefer.