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As diagnoses of autism rise, Microsoft and other large companies are working to better support autistic workers so they can thrive without “masking.”

Spurred by social media, attractions where visitors interact with animals have surged. Advocates are sounding alarms.

In tiny Wymore, Neb., a sleek new battery-powered school bus became a Rorschach test for the future.

The team behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship is betting big on Power Slap, a new and extremely dangerous competition with many detractors.

Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach “the Singularity” and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking.

These titans of caloric consumption aren’t signing deals or getting specials, but they form the backbone of an American tradition.

Christine Fields’s family was tight-knit. But after she died in childbirth, grief and the prospect of a multimillion-dollar settlement threatened to tear it apart.

After a weekend camping in the woods, a small group of guys — many of them former prisoners — hoped to leave healed.

After disasters and unexpected deaths, Maria Maclennan examines necklaces, rings and other items to aid investigators and families looking for answers.

The singer’s over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” they have become her superpowers.

A new study showed people real restaurant reviews and ones produced by A.I. They couldn’t tell the difference.

Social media and websites have become a valuable resource to some women who have come out in their later years or after marriages to men.

Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up.

For years he wowed ’em in the clubs with his drag-king lounge act. Now, against all odds, he’s breaking out.

The decades-long friendship of two men who never especially changed.

Demand for the fruit, known for its rich taste and intense smell, has reshaped parts of Southeast Asia, where it has long been a staple.

The league has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to cultivate an immense potential fan base in Africa and develop future stars.

A popular term captures the condition of being terminally online, with humor and pathos.

A Delaware family sees itself in the Hunter Biden story.

Tenjen Lama Sherpa was one of the most storied mountain guides of his generation. Now, he and two of his brothers are dead, and their youngest brother must keep climbing to make a living.

Jill Ciment’s 1996 memoir “Half a Life” described her teenage affair with the man she eventually married. Her new memoir, “Consent,” dramatically revises some details.

Montana’s suicide rate has been the highest in the U.S. for the past three years. Most of the deaths involved firearms. But suicide rarely registers in the national debate over guns.

Gary Friedman, who runs RH (formerly Restoration Hardware), is out to conquer the world, one luxurious sofa at a time. Next stop, Waterloo?

Jim McCann was an I.R.A. member who, convicted of attempted murder, spent 18 years in jail. Now, he’s an educator, and his turn away from violence mirrors Northern Ireland’s embrace of peace.

Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”

Ruth Whippman had three sons and a lot of questions. In her memoir “BoyMom,” she hopes to offer parents some of the reporting she gathered on the road to understanding her children.

To witness the kingdom’s profound transformation and assess its ambitious tourism projects, a Times journalist spent a month on the road there. Here’s what he saw.

Some people who wanted to improve their lives and careers through coaching found themselves trapped in what they described as a pyramid scheme.

A fire left Lucy Yu’s literary hub in Chinatown gutted. She was determined to rebuild it.

In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.

From sibling murder to snakes for breakfast, birds’ lives may be darker than you imagine.

In an Israeli prison infirmary, a Jewish dentist came to the aid of a desperately ill Hamas inmate. Years later, the prisoner became a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack.

In Safed, a center of kabbalah, ordinary citizens shocked by the Oct. 7 attacks are carrying military-grade weapons.

Justine Payton was drawn to a Hare Krishna ashram for its yoga, meditation and vegan meals. She’s still figuring out what went wrong.

Many of Harvard’s Generation Z say “sellout” is not an insult.

For years, Craig Steven Wright, an Australian cryptocurrency enthusiast, claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin. Then the courts got involved.

When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system.

He was ensnared in Ithaca’s homeless encampment. Then, in a blur of violence, he was gone.

When her career hit a wall, the Oscar-winning actor built a ladder made of books — for herself, and for others.

Karen Read has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Officer John O’Keefe. But her lawyers say she’s innocent, alleging a cover-up to hide the truth about his death.

The Nobel Prize-winning author specialized in exacting short stories that were novelistic in scope, spanning decades with intimacy and precision.

Changing our hair, getting divorced, taking spa vacations — they’re not just things we do; they’re “journeys.” The quest for better health is the greatest journey of all.

The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy.

The singer and songwriter with a silky-smooth voice has written a memoir with Paul Reiser that recounts his story of pain and redemption with dashes of humor.

Conner Mantz and Clayton Young had run side by side for more than 10,000 miles. Both vied for a place in the marathon at the Paris Games.

To connect with a parent who awes (and occasionally intimidates) everyone around her, the Times reporter Priya Krishna spends time with her in the kitchen.

The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill.

At Boston University, scholars, students and writers gathered to share thoughts on the role of gender and sexuality in the food space. Snacks were plentiful.

A flier urging migrants to vote for President Biden rocketed around right-wing social media. But was it authentic?

With the help of Joe Rogan, a social media trend with staying power emerged from a 2018 book, “The Carnivore Diet.”