New York Times

We can’t know what’s in his heart. We can accurately describe his behavior.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could miss the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics as tensions with Seoul flare anew over World War II-era sex slaves.

In a meeting with lawmakers, President Trump said the United States needed more immigrants from places like Norway and fewer from Haiti and African countries.

When people we knew who had cancer said our dog came to them in their dreams, I was jealous. Why didn’t he visit us?

Republicans would rather defend Donald Trump than find the truth.

Simone de Beauvoir viewed America’s war between the sexes as unproductive and alien. She’s still shaping Frenchwomen’s views today.

Francis must confront the crimes of a Chilean priest, Fernando Karadima, who was protected from punishment for decades.

Late-night hosts had a hard time making light of President Trump’s derogatory characterization of immigrants from Haiti and Africa.

A photographer captures a colorful world of craft and complexity.

Philadelphia was once a Super Bowl favorite, but Nick Foles’ poor play at quarterback has them expected to lose at home in the divisional round.

Richard Wilbur’s capacity for wonder wasn’t always fashionable. But it was always urgently necessary — and still is, perhaps now more than ever.

In “Supernormal,” the psychologist Meg Jay derives lessons from the lives of her troubled patients.

Edward L. Ayers’s “The Thin Light of Freedom” presents the War Between the States as experienced by ordinary people.

J.M. Coetzee reinvents the rules of fiction, but his “Late Essays” about other writers infuse traditional formulas with brilliant psychologizing.

Start with a clear-glass bottle. Expect exasperation.

In New York, treatment is sharply segregated by income, as those with money can avoid methadone clinics and use an alternate treatment.

Paramilitary officers used explosives and heavy machinery to destroy the church, reflecting tensions between Christians and the Communist Party.

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

It will be the third time President Trump has given a reprieve to the nuclear agreement brokered by President Barack Obama, despite having labeled it “the worst deal ever.”

Federal officials said they would support state efforts to require able-bodied adults to work as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid.