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Why school districts have decided to bring only younger children back

December 1, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

After a summer of uncertainty and fear about how schools across the globe would operate in a pandemic, a consensus has emerged in more and more districts: In-person teaching with...

The White House Christmas decorations look strikingly normal

December 1, 2020 at 9:56 a.m.

This is Trump's last Christmas at the White House as first lady, and if her tree trimmings seem unimpeachable by design, that may be the point. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/style/christmas-decorations-melania-trump-white-house.html

The college athletes who are allowed to make big bucks: Cheerleaders

November 30, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

Long-held rules governing amateurism among college athletes do not apply to cheerleaders, meaning they can sell autographs, appear in commercials and wear their cheer uniforms while promoting products as social...

The lost days that made Bergamo a coronavirus tragedy

November 30, 2020 at 10:46 a.m.

When Franco Orlandi, a usually hale former truck driver, arrived in mid-February with a cough and fever at an emergency room in the northern Italian province of Bergamo, doctors determined...

When the White House was full of claws, scales, stripes and tails

November 30, 2020 at 10:04 a.m.

More often than not, presidential pets have been dogs and cats. But many less traditional pets have also lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., their quantity and variety depending on each...

Nice to meet you, mom. Now let’s go into quarantine.

November 24, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

It was the first time since she was 7 months old that Guy, 33, had been in the country where she was born. It was also her first time seeing...

The pomegranate harvest is life here. The Taliban shattered it.

November 24, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.

Crack a pomegranate in half and its blood-red seed-filled chambers make it look almost like a broken heart. In Arghandab district, which in Afghanistan is almost synonymous with the fruit,...

A record of horseback riding, written in bone and teeth

November 24, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

The advent of horseback riding transformed our ancestors' lives, irrevocably changing how they migrated, fought wars and traded. Now, researchers have found the oldest direct evidence of horseback riding in...

How archaeologists are using deep learning to dig deeper

November 24, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

Finding the tomb of an ancient king full of golden artifacts, weapons and elaborate clothing seems like any archaeologist's fantasy. But searching for them, Gino Caspari can tell you, is...

Why undocumented women are afraid to get prenatal care

November 24, 2020 at 10:27 a.m.

When President Donald Trump unleashed his crackdown on immigration, people without legal status scrambled to erase the traces of their existence to avoid being swept up. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/undocumented-immigrants-pregnant-prenatal.html

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