This sport is a ‘way of life.’ In a pandemic, it’s also high risk.
On a recent Sunday at a cavernous ice skating complex in suburban New Jersey, locker rooms sat empty while hockey players slipped into their uniforms in the parking lot.
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A referee pursues her calling in the men’s game
There are nearly 900 officials working in the top tier of men's college basketball, keeping order at thousands of games. They wear black-and-white striped shirts and try to keep a...
‘Small town, no hospital’: COVID-19 is overwhelming rural West Texas
It is one of the fastest-growing coronavirus hot spots in the nation, but there are no long lines of cars piled up for drive-thru testing and no rush of appointments...
The new abortion rights advocates are on TikTok
After Roe v. Wade became federal law in 1973, the anti-abortion movement began to coalesce, adopting the tactics the abortion-rights proponents had once used. You can't talk about one group...
Iran is moving key facility at nuclear site underground, satellite images show
The Visual Investigations team of The New York Times has tracked construction at the site using the new imagery. For the first time, new tunnel entrances for underground construction are...
Childhood without other children: A generation is raised in quarantine
It is too early for published research about the effects of the pandemic lockdowns on very young children, but childhood development specialists say that most children will likely be OK...
US leaves behind Afghan bases — and a legacy of land disputes
Despite the drawdown of American forces in Afghanistan from more than 100,000 in 2011 to fewer than 5,000, some of the property they occupied has not been returned. Instead, the...
Etsy was a twee culture punchline. Now it’s a Wall Street darling.
Tens of millions of masks have been sold on Etsy this year. The demand has created business opportunities for the likes of Panchal but has also turned Etsy into something...
Airlines gear up to transport vaccines that could revive travel
Over the summer, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines spoke with government officials, pharmaceutical companies and experts to understand where vaccines might be produced, how they would be...
Coronavirus apps show promise but prove a tough sell
The software could play an important role in helping curb outbreaks, new data shows, but as the pandemic's winter wave engulfs the United States, the technology remains largely unused. It...