New York Times

Tuesday: Transgender surgery at Cedars-Sinai, an assemblyman accused of sexual harassment resigns and the rebel state of Jefferson.

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

How the tax plan’s defenders are selling it.

Andreas Hollstein, who won plaudits for taking in extra asylum seekers, was wounded in the neck, but he vowed not to alter his policy of openness.

In acquiring the meeting-organization company, WeWork is seeking to again extend its business beyond office space into more facets of customers’ lives.

A South Korean official said his government was closely monitoring recent missile-related activities in the North for a possible resumption of weapons tests.

We look at the messy public fight for control of the government’s top consumer financial watchdog and at the deregulatory pressures it faces.

In certain fields, it’s like an arms race for companies to provide the best parental leave benefits for fathers as well as mothers.

Tuesday: Meditation tips for a stressful time of year, free ice skating and the library’s top books for kids.

How much blame does the whiz-kid defense secretary deserve for Vietnam?

Some airports are testing “Robirds” to help protect both humans and birds in the air.

The actress is to marry Prince Harry in the spring, and all of fashion is already watching. Who will make the wedding gown and what will it mean?

Mr. Noah said that President Trump might be less likely to support a bill that benefits the rich if he were reminded that former President Barack Obama is among them.

African-American history is the subject of new museums, memorials and routes like the US Civil Rights Trail.

The music critic David Yaffe pays tribute to the singer-songwriter in his new book.

One of the pioneers of so-called computer vision is working on ways to deal with issues his old ideas could not solve.

Jonathan Eig’s “Ali: A Life” is the first major biography to include the fighter’s final years, Parkinson’s and all.

An experienced Muay Thai teacher is training his 16 children in the martial art to keep them off the streets and to help pay for their education.

The painter of Barack Obama’s National Gallery portrait talks about representing young black men — and the man who was once the most powerful in the world.

Tremors and ash from Mount Agung force evacuations and keep the Indonesian island’s international airport shut down.