New York Times

Wednesday: Honoring a model citizen, preparing for extreme cold, and goings-on around town.

The human body makes tens of thousands of cellular proteins, each for a particular task. Now researchers have learned to create custom versions not found in nature.

Michael de la Merced, a DealBook reporter in London, discussed his favorite tech tool — an iPhone X — and British norms for using the gadget socially.

First Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist, was blocked from running for president. Then he was warned not to organize a boycott of the election.

When it comes to fancy things for the face, does leaving a natural aroma lend a certain authenticity?

Some of the most vibrant images of 2017 include a fiery orange and marigold dim sum parlor, and floral Balenciaga dresses photographed at the fashion house’s archives.

Wednesday: Wildfire price gouging, library books, $42,750 football tickets and Tony Bennett’s heart.

Most chefs work a lifetime for a Michelin star. Jérôme Brochot is giving his back. Why? He can’t afford it. Neither can his declining old mining town.

The conclusions threaten the 2015 agreement over so-called comfort women, forced to work in brothels for the Japanese military from the 1930s until 1945.

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

There may be something unique about pushing yourself at least a little extra that alters and ramps up the benefits of exercise, beginning deep within our cells.

The first year of President Trump’s administration provided considerable fodder for hosts.

With the Jan. 1 rollout of New York State’s paid family leave law, domestic workers can take eight weeks off at 50 percent of their salary.

People understand different things by this term, and the arguments don’t divide along predictable partisan lines, either.

It’s true what they ask about rescue animals: Who saved whom?

Set up to defend the United States, the Homeland Security Department is going beyond American borders to fight foreign threats from abroad.

The hosts of New Year’s Eve on CNN banter about Panda Express, gay nightclubs, Mr. Cooper’s angry silences and Mr. Cohen’s advice about Hurricane Katrina.

In “The Great Quake,” Henry Fountain recounts what we learned from North America’s biggest temblor. In “Quakeland,” Kathryn Miles takes a fault-eye view of the continent.

Three books examine our fascination with the ancient pachyderms and their extinction.

Walt and Aline Zerrenner have found a range of coping mechanisms to deal with her memory loss. Join them as they tackle a typical day.