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Growing up in a Quaker household, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was raised to believe that she had as much right to an education as anyone else.

Frequent, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns are one of the best ways to stop wildfires. So why isn’t California lighting more of them?

Two characters reunite, and start up a fight, in this scene from “Black Widow.” It has been two decades since Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) has seen Yelena (Florence Pugh).

“I removed the password from my phone so that if we didn’t make it out, and we were killed, people would know what happened to us.

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The 11-day war between Israel and Hamas ended in May, but for Israelis living and working within range of Gaza, the fear of attack is ever present.

As a child growing up in rural Mississippi, Lusia “Lucy” Harris often stayed up past her bedtime watching her favorite N.B.A. players, dreaming of one day playing on the same courts.

As the pandemic winds down in the United States, people are emerging from their cocoons, all fired up and ready to celebrate in a communal explosion of relief and pent-up desire.

A relaxing respite by the pool turns into a more menacing moment in this scene from “Zola,” the film adapted from a viral Twitter thread by A’Ziah King.

Sign up for our Visual Investigations newsletter: nyti.ms/3xhj7dE As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S.

Thousands of enslaved people are buried in Louisiana’s industrial corridor, but their locations have remained a mystery — until now.

“‘Peligro, minas,’ what does that mean?” asks Roman (Tyrese Gibson), as he, Dom (Vin Diesel) and others in the crew are being chased through a jungle in the fictional Central American locale

If you grab binoculars and head to Central Park in New York, you may see a warbler, a robin and Robert DeCandido, also known as "Birding Bob." If you can’t spot him, you’ll definitely hear him.

Get an email as soon as our next Visual Investigation is published: nyti.ms/3xhj7dE On May 16, Israeli airstrikes destroyed three apartment buildings, decimating several families.

In the Opinion video above, Kunal Kamra, an enormously popular stand-up comedian in India, puts all jokes aside and takes a serious look at his government’s handling of the pandemic.

Robert Richardson robbed a bank of about $5,000 in 1997 and was sentenced to 60 years in prison without the possibility of probation or parole.

n this opening sequence from “In the Heights,” life moves to the beat.

American law enforcement is facing an intense — and long-overdue — public reckoning.

Service members are more likely to be assaulted by a fellow soldier than shot by an enemy at war.

Fashion and intrigue and giant rats all make an appearance in this scene from “Cruella.” The sequence has the title character (Emma Stone) making a surprising entrance at an event thrown by the

Get an email as soon as our next Visual Investigation is published: nyti.ms/3xhj7dE Insurgents who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State attacked the strategic town of Palma in March.

The United States has a schizophrenic relationship with the environment.

Quintin Jones, an inmate on death row in Texas, has nine days left to live. He admits to murdering his great-aunt in 1999. The family has forgiven him and opposes the execution.

As I approach my late 20s, I find myself constantly swimming in thoughts about my future.

This story, split between Guatemala and Florida, offers a firsthand look at the continuing trauma of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” separation policy.

A crashed plane is the setting for a centerpiece action sequence in the thriller “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” which tells the origin story of the novelist’s popular character John Clark.

Over the past year, as Covid-19 has severely limited our ability to interact with the world beyond our front door, livestreams have helped transport us to places we couldn’t visit, people we

Byzantine health plans. Impoverishing deductibles. Exorbitant drug costs. Soul-crushing surprises lurking in the fine print.

To date, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported over 12,000 virus cases. Our investigation found that the impact of infection extended beyond U.S. detention centers.

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck last May, is at the center of a national reckoning with race and policing.