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From priceless artwork to “Star Wars” memorabilia, you can tell a lot about a chief executive by how they decorate their office. Their high salaries, and even higher net worths,...

In the first half of the 20th century, there was a strange, quixotic paradox at the heart of the Communist Party of the United States. On the one hand, the...

In 2009, the botanist Naomi Fraga was hunting a flower without a name near Carson City, Nev. Ms. Fraga saw that the plant was going extinct in real time as...

President Biden faces a problem with no solution. No interview or speech will convince a doubtful public that he is still fit to serve. Perceptions of him had years to...

Women’s climbing is having an incredible moment. Built on the shoulders of 30-plus years of accomplishments, women are making ever more first ascents and pushing against the limits of technical...

What if a preposterous failed treatment for Covid-19 — the arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine — could successfully treat another dreaded disease, Alzheimer’s? Dr. Madhav Thambisetty, a neurologist at the National Institute...

Hurricane warnings have been issued across parts of the Texas coast as the storm Beryl is forecast to become a hurricane once more and make landfall. Earlier in the week,...

When I read the majority opinion on Monday in Trump v. United States, which held that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for official acts within their “conclusive and preclusive” constitutional authority...

Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight...

Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer and longtime collaborator of the director James Cameron who helped bring to life three of the highest-grossing films of all time, “Titanic” and the two...