Want to know how few students pay full price, or the odds of getting merit aid? The so-called Common Data Set can help, but some schools don’t post it.

The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish

Their fund-raising dwarfed by their Democratic rivals, Republican nominees including Blake Masters and Mehmet Oz have been in Washington gathering cash from lobbyists.

G.O.P. Senate Hopefuls Leave Campaign Trail for Beltway Money Circuit

A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.

LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years

Kyle and Lauren Petry made an offer on a former high school gym that had been renovated into living space. Then social media caught wind of the listing.

An Indiana Family Lives in the Gym (Literally)

With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care.

They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Andreessen show how the tech industry’s insular culture remains largely unchanged.

Silicon Valley Slides Back Into ‘Bro’ Culture

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.

How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

In Katy, outside Houston, many men have taken up F3, a no-frills fitness group where members push themselves physically but also bond emotionally.

For Suburban Texas Men, a Workout Craze With a Side of Faith

The offensive in the south was the most highly anticipated military action of the summer. Ukraine is making gains, but the fighting is grinding, grueling and steep in casualties.

In Ukraine’s South, Fierce Fighting and Deadly Costs

The AOL co-founder Steve Case sees a need for entrepreneurial hubs beyond the coasts. “Let’s have it be a few dozen cities,” he says.

Silicon Valley Had Its Heyday. Can Tech Ecosystems Now Grow Inland?

Amid growing repression, a sickly economy and bleak prospects, the death of one young woman was all it took.

‘They Have Nothing to Lose’: Why Young Iranians Are Rising Up Once Again

The law requires every building owner to provide residents with gas or electricity for cooking. Financial remedies are a more complicated matter.

My Condo Has No Gas. Can I Get a Discount?

What gets this best-selling novelist going? Cappuccinos, movies with her grandchildren and her go-to notebook.

How Erica Jong, Writer, Spends Her Sundays

Fitness apps and the power of live satellite tracking have allowed runners, cyclists and others to draw hearts, animals, birthday wishes — and even homages to Vermeer — across their local landscapes.

Runners and Cyclists Use GPS Mapping to Make Art

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: Grief and Fury in Myanmar As Children’s Blood Is Spilled

In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in court.

Arbitration Has Come to Senior Living. You Don’t Have to Sign Up.

A tech-savvy artist unearthed video footage of people working hard to capture the perfect shot for Instagram. It is a lesson in the artifice of social media and the ubiquity of surveillance.

This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo

Putin and Trump, dragging the world down with them.

Solo Soulless Saboteurs

Russia is flailing and losing. The nuclear threat is growing.

How Seriously Should We Take Putin’s Nuclear Threat in Ukraine?

Dreams of stopping work, or doing only fulfilling work, 15 years before their parents did are colliding with the realities of amassing enough money to do so.

Millennials Want to Retire at 50. How to Afford It Is Another Matter.

When a cache of weapons was found in a tiny Canadian village that has become a symbol of the far right, it didn’t take long for new conspiracy theories to start circulating.

‘Somebody Planted the Guns’: In Canada, a Raided, Distrusting Village Blames the Police

This congressional race in Washington State shows the November elections in microcosm.

The Midterm Race That Has It All

N.F.L. players who wear dreadlocks risk being tackled by their hair and face helmet-fitting challenges. But they say expressing their identities and showing off their style is worth it.

For Dreadlocked N.F.L. Players, Hair Is a Point of Pride

The hostilities that flared again last week reflect decades of animosity over a mountain region, but the consequences could be far wider. Here’s a guide.

Understanding the Fight Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Ukraine’s president has urged citizens to resist the Russians in occupied territories, where voting is underway in what Western officials have called “sham” referendums on joining Russia.

September 24, 2022

Headlines from September 24, 2022

The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish

G.O.P. Senate Hopefuls Leave Campaign Trail for Beltway Money Circuit

LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years

An Indiana Family Lives in the Gym (Literally)

They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.

Billboard 200

Un Verano Sin Ti

Demons Protected By Angels

Patient Number 9

Dangerous: The Double Album

Different Man

Historical Context for September 24, 2022