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New Drugs Could Help Treat Obesity. Could They End the Stigma, Too?  The New York Times

New tests for respiratory illnesses can look for more than 20 pathogens at a time.

Cecil Lockhart died last week and his liver was donated to a woman in her sixties.

Recent conservative legislation has targeted a class of drugs used to treat transgender adolescents. But what do these drugs actually do?

In recent weeks and months, as people have ventured out more often, business has jumped for companies that sell plans to help lose weight.

“I am sitting in a room,” Alvin Lucier’s classic work of sound art, will be performed by 90 artists in honor of his 90th birthday.

More than a half century has elapsed since the murder of Martin Luther King. How did the nation react to his killing? The answer is easy. There was an immediate outpouring of near universal grief and outrage. And it was not limited to any particular race or political persuasion. Americans everywhere were horrified by what […]

The Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund put more than half its assets into risky alternative investments. The math didn’t work out, spurring an investigation.

With remote work more common now, tax apps that track your location have become relevant for professionals who want to work wherever they want to live.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on turning someone in for attempted marriage fraud, telling a friend about his cheating wife — and more.

Will the revised child tax credit get extended to 2025? When will the IRS portal open? Do you need to file taxes to qualify? We have answers to your biggest questions.

The liberal wing of Roman Catholicism tests how far a liberalizing pope will let them go.

My memoir could teach teenagers how to exit an abusive relationship. So why don't some parents want their children to read it?

“Letters to Camondo,” by Edmund de Waal, is addressed to a wealthy fin-de-siècle French Jew whose elegant Parisian home is filled with priceless objets d’art — and memories of the family that once lived there.

“How Iceland Changed the World,” by Egill Bjarnason, offers a jaunty history of a small country with an outsize influence on global affairs.

“Out of the Shadows,” by Emily Midorikawa, features six 19th-century women Spiritualists who defied gender norms to command public attention.

“The Holly,” by Julian Rubinstein, explores the history of gang violence in a historically Black Denver neighborhood, and the often misguided efforts of law enforcement agencies to reduce it.

A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets; this is mine.

THE GOVERNMENT of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has unveiled an action plan with dozens of measures to weed out human trafficking in Finland.

In “While Justice Sleeps,” the veteran author and voting rights activist takes on the Supreme Court, biotech and blackmail — among other topics.