Squad demands veto over Joe Biden's pick for crucial budget role
Left-wing members of the 'squad' have signed on to a petition demanding Joe Biden not name former aide Bruce Reed as head of the White House budget office. Read more...
The 10 Best Books of 2020
The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year. Read more...
The Big Tens Rocky Road Back to Football
In response to the coronavirus, the conference first said no to fall football on its campuses. Then, after being pulled in different directions by players, politicians and others, the league reversed course. Read more...
Trump Is Said to Plan Pardon of Flynn
The expected pardon of President Trumps former national security adviser, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I., is said to be one of a string Mr. Trump plans to issue before leaving office. Read more...
This ex-rapper aims to change the perception of Black men in cat rescue
Sterling 34;TrapKing34; Davis posed a difficult question 34;Where are all the guys and where are all the Black people? Read more...
Covid-19 patients with high blood pressure or diabetes at risk of fatal brain complications
University of Pennsylvania doctors looked at patients with life-threatening brain problems. Half had diabetes, while seven in 10 had high blood pressure. Read more...
Visiting Chile? The Holiday Guru answers coronavirus-related traveller queries
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. And with the pandemic causing mass confusion among travellers, the Guru's advice has never been more sought-after. Read more...
QA The Feds Rate Cut
Answering some basic questions, and some big ones, about today's rate cut. Read more...
Captain Sir Tom Moore recalls his travel adventures and how driving Route 66 would be a dream trip
This week Captain Sir Tom Moore checks into our travel QA. He also talks about serving in Burma during World War II and visiting Nepal to see Everest when he was in his 90s. Read more...
Best cash Isas 2020 Where to get the best cash Isa rates and deals
We pick our five favourite cash Isas for savers. This is essential Isa reading and is kept up-to-date throughout the year Read more...
Earl Spencer
Following an article 27 March 2010 'Is this the Bravest Bride in Britain?' we are happy to clarify that Earl Spencer did not eject his second wife Caroline from their marital home, he did not evict Raine Spencer from Althorp and he did offer Princess Diana accommodation after her separation from Prince Charles. We regret any misunderstanding. Read more...
AstraZeneca and Oxford Say Vaccine Is Up to 90 Percent Effective
In an early analysis, the drug maker zeroed in on a promising dosing plan for its vaccine. Read more...
How a Power 5 Conference University Is Struggling to Have Sports in a Pandemic
At the University of California, Berkeley, athletes, coaches and administrators face the most complicated puzzle in sports the return of college athletics. They are allowing The Times an inside look at their journeys ups and downs. Read more...
Word of the Day + Quiz 124; parsimony
This word has appeared in three New York Times articles in the past year. Read more...
Lyft driver racially abused for asking a passenger to put mask on has now tested positive for COVID
David Kangogo, 30, of Washington State, was racially abused by Joe Kassuba after he asked Kassuba to put on his face mask on November 17. Read more...
Amnesia Grips a Bosnian Spa That Served as a Rape Camp
A forest health resort promotes its therapeutic waters and fine dining but bristles with anger at any mention of its gruesome past. Read more...
Hard-up councils blow 10k on portraits... and guess what an art critic thought of them
Essex County Council - which has increased council tax by an average of 50 in the past year - spent 3,769 on a painting of its chairman, John Jowers. Read more...
CRAIG BROWN How a dodgy tour guide duped a professor into thinking Jesus was married
In 2012, at a conference theatrically staged across from the Vatican, the Harvard Professor of Divinity, Dr Karen King, announced that she had discovered a fragment of ancient papyrus. Read more...