January 1, 2021

The best bet to see other people continues to be in the outdoors. But now the real test is here.

The workouts are real, even if the impossibly beautiful scenery is not.

No visitors. No friends at the dining table. Neighbors dying without notice. But many older adults have proved resilient during the pandemic, a phenomenon known as “crisis competence.”

G.E.’s giant machine, which can light up a small town, is stoking a renewable-energy arms race.

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers left the city when the pandemic struck and spent months living elsewhere. What did they learn?

Mr. Perdue, who faces one of two runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the Senate, built a business record that shifted manufacturing and jobs overseas.

A crisis looms in the pandemic’s wake: Evictions that threaten to overwhelm schools, homeless shelters and food pantries.

An artist straddling jazz and classical styles had perhaps the most exciting fall in new music.

States and counties are finding it hard to keep jails and prisons open as the virus ravages both prisoners and staff members. But transferring inmates can spur new outbreaks.

Republicans joined Democrats to deliver President Trump the first veto override of his presidency in the last days of his term in an overwhelming, bipartisan vote.

After weeks of escalation and threatening language, the Defense Department is sending mixed messages as the anniversary of the death of an Iranian general nears.

Maybe at another time in human history I would have cared about the health benefits, but at this point, I’m like, what does “good for you” even mean?