New York Times

What I wish kids growing up in West Baltimore like me knew about “zi,” “zer,” and being gender non-binary.

Mr. Hatch, the longest-serving Senate Republican, announced that he would retire at the end of the year, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to run.

When hatchling turtles tackled a treadmill, their stop-and-go style of crawling kept them fresh enough for a big swim to the Gulf Stream.

The window for legislative action to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children will close by the middle of January, three former officials said in a letter.

Lean people were especially responsive to exercise’s effects on the bacterial makeup of our guts.

Wednesday: The governor’s annual address, the continuing cold, and health care enrollment.

The president’s tweet that he has a “much bigger” arsenal of nuclear weapons was met with dread and humor, of both the gallows and locker-room varieties.

If the 2012 Republican presidential nominee returns to politics, will he grasp his own role in what happened in 2016?

An experimental court in Buffalo steers opioid users into treatment instead of jail. The judge uses his own recovery story as an example.

The bus was carrying 57 passengers to Lima, the capital, when it was hit by a truck and tumbled down a slope to a rocky beach, the police said.

A growing number of Chinese pharmaceutical companies are trying to break into the United States, seeking regulatory approval to offer their treatments for cancer and other ailments.

Can we teach a computer to predict when it’s time to say goodbye?

Instead of revealing unseen order and predictability in the world, technology has made the world more volatile.

Igor Levit, known for bringing together music old and new — and for his outspoken political views — has been given the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award.

Court papers offer a detailed look into the radicalization of Akhror Saidakhmetov, who was sentenced for providing material support to ISIS.

Ian Black’s “Enemies and Neighbors” sees no clear solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Two new books by Kate Cole-Adams and Henry Jay Przybylo look at the mysteries of anesthesia.

The journalist on alternative facts, what Putin thinks of Trump and whether the Mueller investigation will be able to prove collusion.

A unique chronicle written from the Gulag emerged after 70 years, requiring dogged detective work to unearth the author’s identity.

Mr. Hall turned small-town Alabama into a crucible of music, recording the likes of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, the Osmonds and Mac Davis.