New York Times

Trump takes on McCain. Or tries to. It’s no contest. McCain is a man of character.

Confronted with a surplus of an amino acid found in many plants, beets evolved the ability to transform it into the scarlet hue found on your dinner table.

Tuesday: The trial opens in the killing of Kate Steinle, looking for answers in the Aliso Canyon gas leak, and more hot weather on the way.

Researchers who documented a head-size reduction of as much as 20 percent say it may be a survival strategy to reduce energy use in the colder months.

Extreme weather is making olive oil production far more erratic just as global demand is growing. A summer heat wave in Europe was the latest calamity.

Amy Sherald has yet to start the Obama portrait, due by year’s end. If she seems calm, it’s likely because she has faced tougher challenges.

Mr. Morris’s staging of the Azerbaijani opera about star-crossed lovers arrives in New York. “It’s not about sex,” he says. “It’s about infinity.”

I am grateful to have been present at the creation of the book of scientific essays he would not live to see.

Put away those Halloween masks and holiday decorations. It’s still swimsuit weather from the Northeast to the Great Plains.

A new study confirms early research by Jane Goodall, who first attributed such traits to chimps about 60 years ago.

Tuesday: Why New York lost its place as the home of baseball talent, shows at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, and MetroCard memories.

Political liberation has yet to translate into material gains for blacks. As one woman said, “I’ve gone from a shack to a shack.”

A secret meeting between Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and the Afghan president was said to take place in Kabul. Photographs told another story.

Novels from the frolicking to the infernal that fuse the natural world with supernatural phenomena.

Seavey, a four-time champion and part of the sport’s most well-known family, had four dogs test positive for a banned opioid pain reliever in this year’s dog-sled race.

People “do not lose their constitutional protection from warrantless search and seizure simply because ICE believes they may be immigrants,” lawmakers said.

The university’s team holds the record for the longest losing streak and hasn’t had a winning season in more than 30 years, and many alumni prefer it that way.

The candidates on President Trump’s short list for Federal Reserve chairman have very different views about the best way to manage the economy.

The hit play will open at Melbourne’s Princess Theater after setting records in London.

Suspending or expelling young students for behavior they can’t control makes matters worse. There is a better way.