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Telehealth Technology Taught Me to Be a Better Doctor
I was once intensely skeptical that telehealth could offer good medicine. I was wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesEPA Promotes Fertilizer Carrying PFAS, Long After 3M Shared Risks
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
New York Times Top StoriesResidents Turn to Home Lifting In Response to the Threat of Flooding
As climate change intensifies, flooding is emerging as a threat for homes not previously seen as high-risk. Some residents are responding creatively by lifting up their homes.
New York Times Top StoriesSome African Leaders Are Optimistic About Trump
In his first term, Donald Trump denigrated African nations, but leaders there are hopeful his return will bring more investment and less pressure to uphold democracy and human rights.
New York Times Top StoriesWall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong?
Everyone from Jamie Dimon to the International Monetary Fund is ringing alarms about the shadowy world of private credit. But the money keeps rolling in.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Pick the Right Safari Trip
Choosing an operator that is conservation-minded, with ties to the local community and well-trained guides can add up to the trip of a lifetime and also nurture nature.
New York Times Top StoriesSyria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ouster of Syria’s dictator.
New York Times Top StoriesA Century of Human Detritus, Visualized
“Technostuff” built in the last 100 years outweighs all the living matter on Earth.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Eight-Day Space Mission Turned Into Six Months. Astronauts Are Built Different.
Astronauts are made of different stuff from you and me.
New York Times Top StoriesN.F.L. Christmas Games on Netflix Break Streaming Records, With Beyoncé’s Help
The two games had more than 24 million viewers on average in the United States, Netflix said. Viewership peaked when Beyoncé performed.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Sailors Die in Separate Incidents in Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The men were hit in the head by booms on their yachts in separate episodes, as participants faced challenging weather conditions, the police said.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Korean Opposition Party Moves to Impeach Acting President
As the nation’s president awaits an impeachment trial over an ill-fated martial law bid, its prime minister and interim leader may face an ousting of his own.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Are the Houthis and Why Is the U.S. and Israel Attacking Them?
The Iranian-backed militia has launched attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and against Israel.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Bald Eagle Is (Finally) the National Bird of the United States
The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this week did a law make it official.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Best Photos From the NYT Styles Desk in 2024
The best, most delightful and most shocking images from the Styles desk this year.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Sidney Awards
A revelatory portrait, an “American Vulcan,” a sober take on DOGE and more.
New York Times Top StoriesHow NASA Astronauts Celebrated Christmas 250 Miles Above Earth
The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two who were scheduled to return months ago — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating contest and built a reindeer from storage bags.
New York Times Top StoriesPlane Crash Investigators Look at Russian Antiaircraft Systems
Also, Israel bombed an airport and ports in Yemen. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesDorthy Moxley, Who Pursued Justice in Her Daughter’s Murder, Dies at 92
For decades after Martha Moxley’s gruesome death, Mrs. Moxley remained a compelling figure in a roller-coaster case that captured the world’s attention.
New York Times Top StoriesRichard Parsons, Serial Fixer of Media and Finance Giants, Dies at 76
Mr. Parsons’s lengthy résumé is a catalog of corporate emergencies at Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants U.S. Control of the Panama Canal. Here’s Three Things to Know.
Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.
New York Times Top StoriesA Look at Presidential Christmas Messages After Trump’s Holiday Post
Past U.S. presidents have used their holiday messages to inspire the nation to overlook their differences and face hard times by coming together. President-elect Donald J. Trump had his own idea.
New York Times Top StoriesMozambique Unrest: What to Know
More than 250 people have died in this southern African nation as protesters disputing the results of the presidential election clash with the police and military.
New York Times Top StoriesManmohan Singh, Indian Premier Who Spurred Economic Boom, Dies at 92
The country’s first Sikh prime minister, he introduced free-market reforms that turned India into an economic powerhouse and sought reconciliation with Pakistan.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrian Government Forces Hunt for Senior Assad Official
Syria’s new government is searching for a senior official from the Assad dictatorship and for military forces loyal to the ousted president.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
New York Times Top StoriesCalifornia Economy Feels the Pain of Hollywood Studio Troubles
Film production has failed to bounce back after major strikes last year, and competition from other locales has gotten stiffer.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden and Aides Courted Allies Who Undermined U.S. Goals
The Biden administration has been caught by surprise when partners like South Korea and Israel have acted against U.S. interests and principles.
New York Times Top StoriesBest Arts Photos of 2024
A look back at the year’s signature performers, including Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, Paul Mescal, Post Malone, Cynthia Erivo, Cindy Sherman and many more.
New York Times Top StoriesFinland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut
The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.