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As the pandemic forced most players online, the problem of cheating consumed the game’s highest levels. Top players say a tight-lipped culture is finally changing.

The torturous path to marriage for Princess Mako of Japan, who gave up her title to marry a commoner, leads to a registry office in Tokyo and most likely a life abroad.

Protesters demanding civilian rule flooded the streets of major cities a day after a military takeover. Many offices and businesses shut, answering a call for civil disobediences.

Federal officials hope the pediatric dose can help close a major gap in the nation’s vaccine campaign. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

House Democrats huddled Tuesday morning, seeking to resolve critical disputes in budget negotiations. An emerging compromise could spend around $1.75 trillion over 10 years.

A busway in the heart of Manhattan is now uncertain after a major real estate developer expressed opposition to the plans to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Thanks to Martín Maldonado’s guidance of a pitching staff in flux, his status as one of the game’s worst hitters is irrelevant.

A flash flood watch will be in effect all day as a storm system moves through New York and New Jersey.

Supply chain disruptions, a worker shortage and pain at the gasoline pump have made inflation an economic and political problem for the White House.

The Fourteenth Amendment shouldn’t just be about the Civil War.

Why the Build Back Better plan has backers in coal country.

Young children should get the Covid-19 vaccine. Here’s why. 

Ahead of a major climate summit in Glasgow, many countries have vowed to do more to curb their emissions. But those plans still put the world on path for dangerous warming.

A legal battle is raging over manuscripts written by the antisemitic writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline that disappeared almost eight decades ago.

After a series of homicides involving children, New York City said it would make changes to improve coordination between the police and the child welfare agency.

The United Nations has described the charges against the former leader as politically motivated. If convicted, she could face a maximum of 102 years in prison.

What brought the teenager and so many others to the streets of Kenosha, Wis., equipped for war?

Europe Is Headed for One Thing

Covid cases have been falling in every region of the U.S., offering hope.

Legislative compromises could complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to expand the social safety net.

The journalist Meghan O’Rourke discusses America’s chronic illness epidemic and what it reveals about our health care, culture and society.

What does it take to scare the candy corn out of someone? Performers at two of New York’s hallowed haunted attractions explain the secrets behind the shocks.

Terry McAuliffe attacks Trump, but avoids talking about his Democratic ally in the White House — pointing up a vulnerability for the party next Tuesday, and beyond.

The divestment campaign has taken much of the shine off what was once the planet’s dominant industry.

Trypanophobia, or the fear of needles, is common among young children. But there are ways to make vaccination as painless as possible.

It’s not necessarily a theological affinity for Jesus Christ. Many Americans are being drawn to the evangelical label because of its association with the G.O.P.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on confidentiality and our claims to know our biological ancestry.

The party has to do a few things well, rather than a bunch of things poorly.

“Churchill’s Shadow,” by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, may be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written.

One of the most pressing questions is whether the Securities and Exchange Commission will significantly add to the company’s woes.

The police force, dependent on an increasingly depleted state, is finding itself underfunded, underequipped and severely underpaid, even as it faces stronger opponents.

“It’s a real ‘Ocean’s 11’ of people who can’t count to 10,” Stephen Colbert said.

An unheralded pickup at the trading deadline, Rosario has been on a tear, powering Atlanta through the playoffs. Can the M.V.P. of the N.L.C.S. keep it going?

Court papers did not specify what kind of ammunition detectives recovered from a movie set where the actor had fatally shot a cinematographer with a gun he was told did not contain live rounds.

The roots of this special relationship stretch back to the Cold War. It’s a story of bravery, blood bonds and, of course, betrayal.

Nearly everything about how Americans “care” for their lawns is deadly, but these machines exist in a category of environmental hell all their own.

Democrats’ plans aren’t “Marxism.” They’re as American as apple pie.

Readers discuss the fatal shooting on a movie set. Also: How disabled people should be treated; exhaustion after Trump.

To restore stability in Haiti, the government must get the gangs under control. International actors also have an important role to play.

A “moral calm” is holding parents back from vaccinating their kids.

We’ve had two light years in a row, which some experts worry could mean we’ll be in for a rough few months.

A publisher and editor who has worked with Sally Rooney, Garth Greenwell and Amia Srinivasan, she will be the first woman to lead the 75-year-old publishing house.

The artist, who died last year, used collage and fabric to break out of painting’s confines. Now her works are on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

On the heels of America’s longest war, a new PBS documentary series sits down with nearly 50 veterans in hopes of helping to bridge a growing gap.

Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.

The playwright Keenan Scott II, the director Steve H. Broadnax III and others discuss how “a timeless piece” for Black actors has evolved over 15 years.

No longer just for the Kennedys and Astors: The great-granddaughter of a legendary decorator wants to make interior design more accessible.

While the vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death, the risk of developing post-Covid health problems after a breakthrough infection isn’t known.

People can, and often do, get infected with multiple germs. Sometimes it helps; sometimes it hurts.