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Is it time for Americans to worry about bird flu?

H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 dairy-cattle herds across 15 states.

The race to reform a country at a crossroads

DHAKA LOOKS REBORN AFTER A FRESH LICK OF PAINT, but this is not your typical municipal spruce-up.

Inside Capitol Hill's latest UFO hearings

AMERICANS HAD A PANDEMIC ON THEIR MINDS IN 2020 when then President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Let's embrace vulnerability in dating

AS A DATING COACH AND THE DIRECTOR OF RELATIONship science at Hinge, I often hear from people who feel like there's something big they need to disclose on early dates-chronic illness, mental-health struggles, college debt, family estrangement, lack of romantic experience, or trauma.

The Kingmaker

Elon Musk's partnership with the President-elect

The D.C. Brief

INSIDE DONALD TRUMP'S ORBIT, it's become a given that the former and future President can bypass Congress to magically fill his Cabinet with the loyalists of his choosing.

Shopping under the influence

LTK CO-FOUNDER AMBER VENZ BOX SAW THE FUTURE OF RETAIL. IT TOOK YEARS FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO CATCH UP

The Power of the Peer

WITH MENTAL-HEALTH CARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, CAN REGULAR PEOPLE FILL THE GAP?

An exuberant ode to human possibility

VERY RARELY DOES THE RIGHT MOVIE ARRIVE AT precisely the right time, at a moment when compassion is in short supply and the collective human imagination has come to feel shrunken and desiccated.

A timely thriller for a mad, mad world

A’70s-style paranoid thriller grounded in the partisan polarization of today

Broadcasting a crisis for the world to see

ON SEPT. 5, 1972, A 32-YEAR-OLD PRODUCER NAMED Geoffrey S. Mason was working in a control room for ABC Sports in Munich while 12 hostages, including several members of the Israeli Olympic delegation, were being held in a building nearby.

QUEERING THE STORY

Luca Guadagnino directs Daniel Craig in an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' 1985 novella Queer

Why maiden names matter in the age of AI and identity

IN THE DIGITAL AGE, A NAME IS MORE THAN JUST A label. It's tied to our professional history and social media presence.

Turkey's Erdogan plots his next power grab

RECEP TAYYIP Erdogan is a political survivor.

MAKE ROOM AT YOUR TABLE

Thanksgiving is a time for celebration with our families and communities— but for the millions of Americans who are living with hunger, it can be an intensely difficult reminder of their daily challenges.

5 ways to embrace winter-even if you usually dread it

WHEN KARI LEIBOWITZ MOVED TO the Arctic in 2014, she braced herself for the impact of long, dark, cold winters.

Freshwater reserves

A troubling dip

New guidance for teens and screens

SCREENS ARE PART OF MODERN TEENage life but there are almost no guardrails around what they see.

THE CLIMATE VACUUM

A U.S. retreat won't stop global climate efforts, but even the leaders who met at COP29 don't know what's coming next

'I Was Struck by How Humbled and Insignificant I Felt'

An explorer says coming face-to-face in the wild with a grizzly and her cubs changed his perspective on life

Has AI Turned On Health Care?

Hospitals hoped artificial intelligence would lighten their staff's workload, but the same tech could be to blame as insurance firms increasingly deny Medicare Advantage claims

SOLVING THE PLASTIC PROBLEM

PLASTIC WASTE IS HARMING ANIMALS AND OUR PLANET. CAN THE DAMAGE BE UNDONE?

Philomena Cunk

PHILOMENA CUNK IS JUST AS SURPRISED AS anyone else at her own popularity.

A Walk in the Parks

Jim O'Heir shares his memories of the hit NBC mockumentary and its cast's hopes of a reunion

John David Washington

FOR JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, BRINGING NETFLIX'S THE PIANO LESSON (November 22) from stage to screen was a family affair.

Saying No to Trump and Men

The election has led some women to boycott relationships and sex

NEW WORLD ORDER

HOW LEADERS ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE REACTING TO DONALD TRUMP'S REELECTION AS U.S. PRESIDENT

Hey, Don't Be So SAD

Seasonal affective disorder affects millions of people. Here’s how you can prep your body and mind for darker days

My Fight for Equality and Justice

It will take more than just science to end AIDS. Inclusion, empathy and compassion are essential, too

America's Best CONTINUING CARE

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, RESTAURANTstyle dining, unlimited pickleball-an impressive number of amenities are becoming standard at Continuing Care Retirement Communities.