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Sometimes a potential Good List item ends up scrapped because it turns out not to be that good. Such was the case with a bit of trivia I was intrigued to learn...

Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Bunia, a bustling city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, global alarms have gone off. Borders have slammed shut, flights have been diverted as far...

new video loaded: How Profit-Seeking Autism Clinics Can Harm KidsProfit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah...

To grasp the difficulties South Sudan would face if the Ebola virus took hold, it helps to look at the town of Akobo.The center of the town is a collection of one-story...

The Trump administration said on Thursday that it would impose new entry restrictions for U.S. citizens who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan, citing the...

Our girl Tanya is on vacation, so I get to do the honors of announcing: SUMMER’S HERE!Every summer, I write a to-do list. It started as a joke on a Memorial Day...

People did not always look down their noses at pigeons. Over the centuries, the domesticated birds played important roles as sources of food and fertilizer, as messengers and even as beloved companions.Exactly...

This itinerary accompanies the main feature from T’s Travel issue, which traces the spread of Buddhism across Asia. In his three-part cover story, Aatish Taseer follows Buddhism’s journey through Nepal, Thailand and...

I’ve worked at The Times’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters for several years, but I had never thought to ask after the welfare of the birch trees in the building’s atrium, never mind suspected...

new video loaded: Original Plum TortetranscriptBacktranscriptOriginal Plum TorteFirst published in 1983, Marian Burros’s plum torte has become one of the most popular recipes in the history of The Times, and it’s no...