New York Times

Other industrialized countries offer an example, providing better wages and conditions for retail workers while employers still profit.

The Thai capital has always been rich in reptiles, but wet weather and urban growth are creating more snake-on-human encounters of an unpleasant kind.

The Italian holiday bread is revered among serious bread bakers for its extraordinary texture and flavor, but getting it right is a challenge.

Kenya’s protracted presidential election badly hit the economy, affecting people across the social spectrum.

The trader, who was arrested in 2016, is cooperating with American investigators, a prosecutor said at the trial of a co-defendant in a New York federal case that has already strained relations between the United States and Turkey.

Harry, fifth in line to the throne, may never be king. But his mere choice of bride may give Britain a strong shove into the future.

Human consumption — not seasonal fluctuations or climate change — is primarily to blame for the Great Salt Lake’s desiccation, according to a recent analysis.

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “Shelter,” about homelessness, may be the work in this Ailey season that speaks most strongly to the anxieties of the moment.

A new Thai restaurant in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, cooks dishes rarely seen in New York, and a few standards.

New cookbooks to make you feel good, along with books of cakes and cookies to make you feel happy. And, for the brave, recipes for not-so-awful offal.

With all major awards shows under scrutiny for how they incorporate diversity, hip-hop and R&B dominate the major categories.

A woman told Washington Post reporters that Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her when she was 15. But the newspaper said it rejected her assertions.

A young Frenchwoman has made an internet plea to clear her name and counter threats, opening a debate about sexual assault in the Arab world.

Bent Sorensen, a Danish composer, has claimed the $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his triple concerto “L’Isola della Città.”

She had taught economics at Queens College and written a groundbreaking book when she refused to say if she was a Communist. An apology came years later.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” finds its inspiration in the eccentric figures of the 1950s — and celebrates fashion’s enduring sense of fantasy.

A decade after the financial crisis, bank regulators are starting to ease up and lawmakers are considering paring back on restrictions.

President Trump has endorsed Roy Moore’s embattled campaign for a Senate seat. But even Republicans are skeptical of how much influence the president has.

I’m a black British woman who never cared about the royal family — until now.

The powerful slogan can be exploited to hurt us. Exhibit A: Roy Moore’s false accuser.