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A new book argues that many of the world’s oldest people aren’t so old after all.

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“The Infinity Machine,” “If This Be Magic,” “While We Were Waiting,” and “Coyoteland.”

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From its new galleries off the museum’s Great Hall, the Costume Institute seeks to put clothing at the center of art history.

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Creatures underfoot.

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In an idyllic setting, Leila Josefowicz and Esa-Pekka Salonen delivered an explosive performance of Ligeti’s Violin Concerto.

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How a nutritional trend brought bathroom talk into the realm of food culture.

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From The Hill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has an ambitious legislative agenda this week, but it’s unclear whether he can move those priorities forward as a group of conservative hard-liners demand action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. President Trump urged House Republicans last week to fall in line after conservative rebels brought most House…

As America celebrates 250 years, we size up how it’s been portrayed in, and has shaped, what we watch, listen to and read.

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The U.S. men’s national team’s clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina this week will mark a major moment for soccer in the United States, which has exploded in popularity since the World Cup was last played on North American soil more than two decades ago. The U.S. team shocked many when it handily won its first two games…

Family and sisterhood were on display at the 2026 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater with wins for Cardi B, SZA and Doechii, and tributes to D’Angelo and Lauryn Hill.

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President Trump and his Republican colleagues are in a race against time, hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections. Seen through one lens, the picture is bleak. New data released late last week on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) showed inflation above 4 percent. Even excluding food…

The Times critics discuss the final season of the lauded FX series, its overall legacy and how its lead character, Carmy, laid the foundation for the Bear, even if he could not stay.