This Sledding Team Trained Hard for Gold in 2010. Some Members Regret It.
In skeleton, the headfirst Olympic sledding sport, the opportunity for unlimited training on the track can be a huge advantage. But Canadia...
Why a Data Breach at a Genealogy Site Has Privacy Experts Worried
Nearly two-thirds of GEDmatch’s users opt out of helping law enforcement. For a brief window this month, that didn’t matter.
On the First Day of School, an Indiana Student Tests Positive for Coronavirus
As more schools abandon plans for in-person classes, one that opened in Indiana this week had to quarantine students within hours.
Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race
The world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute, announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculatio...
Overcrowded Housing Invites Covid-19, Even in Silicon Valley
Overcrowding, not density, has defined many coronavirus hot spots. Service workers’ quarters skirting Silicon Valley are no exception.
Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’
Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state inst...
Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden
Despite their disparate backgrounds, the Illinois Democrat has carved out a public life most evocative of the man she could join on the pre...
Trump’s Approval Rating, Biden V.P. Search: The Latest in the 2020 Race
President Trump’s more sober messaging on the coronavirus crisis didn’t last long. For Joe Biden, the search for a running mate may last a ...
11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Mourning John Lewis. Advances in Alzheimer’s research. Sheep in Senegal. Ben & Jerry. And more.
Why Protest Tactics Spread Like Memes
When items like umbrellas and leaf blowers are subverted into objects of resistance, they become very shareable.
The Strange Lives of Objects in the Coronavirus Era
The pandemic has inspired a flurry of new and novel items — and given ordinary ones new meanings.
Edmonton, ‘City of Champions,’ Readies for a Hockey Marathon
The N.H.L. chose the small-market, hockey-mad city as one of two “hub cities” — along with Toronto — to host its playoffs.
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