US leader escalates rhetoric against Communist-ruled island Meanwhile US and Cuba have opened talks aimed at resolving disputes US oil blockade taking its toll as Cuba's electric grid collapses New ...

Why do humans have chins? Scientists have long puzzled over this question, since no other living primate species boasts this bony facial protrusion and chins serve no apparent purpose. Even our ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Far fewer people who could ...

As interactions between federal immigration enforcement agents and protesters have turned increasingly heated and even violent in cities across the country, many wonder what the law says about the ...

A manager assigns a team member to an unglamorous task. A senior colleague hands off a notoriously difficult client to a junior colleague. Someone must assume extra ...

Most gadgets and small appliances in U.S. homes have either a Type A or Type B electrical plug, perhaps with a cover to hide cords. Whether they're two-pronged or three-pronged, their purpose is ...

As often happens, Stephen Miller gave the locker-room talk, which was, more or less: No one can stop us. Back in October, when Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker objected to having more federal ...

Debt collection activity has been surging over the last year, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, this uptick is occurring at a time when many borrowers' finances are already stretched thin. Higher interest ...

According to a new article by 'The New York Times,' parents do have favorite kids — but that favoritism may be detrimental Getty According to a new article by The New York Times, parents do have ...

He knows I started seeing someone as my marriage was deteriorating, but I have not admitted the full truth. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist ...