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Smartphones and video calls have changed how people communicate using sign language, New York Times reporter Amanda Morris says. Some signs are changing because they require gestures too sweeping to fit inside the small window of a Zoom or FaceTime call. “We have this box now, that you have to kind of fit the signs in,” Morris explains.

The judge who presided over Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times says she failed to introduce “even a speck” of evidence necessary to prove actual malice. Federal Judge Jed Rakoff made the assertion in a written decision Tuesday as he rejected post-trial claims from Palin’s lawyers. Her attorneys had asked the judge to grant a new trial...

A last-minute change to Monday’s Wordle answer may have players seeing different puzzles, with one of them apparently linked to a controversy gripping the nation. The new owners of the highly popular online game removed “fetus” from the daily puzzle in an effort to keep Worlde “distinct from the news.” It comes on the heels of a leaked draft...

Serena Williams spoke out Wednesday after The New York Times inaccurately used a photo of her sister, Venus, to identify Williams in its print issue.

A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.

The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site The Athletic for $550 million

The New York Times has acquired The Athletic sport site for $550 million. Here’s what that means for the sports media landscape.

When people post about #PfizerGang and #TeamModerna, they’re usually just having fun and encouraging others to get vaccinated. New data does show that Moderna has been more effective at preventing coronavirus infection – although both are excellent at preventing severe disease. New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli explains.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a bombshell 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters

The Great Lakes fluctuate often and floods in Chicago are nothing new. But officials will have to consider the impact of climate change and whether those floods could get worse. How will they be addressed? New York Times reporter and author Dan Egan discusses his recent piece on the Windy City’s flood patterns.

The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters

The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times reporters as part of a leak investigation

100 years ago, white mobs destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood district, also known as Black Wall Street. Thousands of Black Americans lost their homes and many others were injured. LX News hosts Jobeth Devera, Nik Z and Ashley Holt break down the history and speak with a New York Times journalist who digitally reconstructed part of Black Wall Street.

Texas death row inmate Quintin Jones is scheduled to be executed May 19. But Jones is pleading to Gov. Greg Abbott for clemency, telling the New York Times contributor Suleika Jaouad that he is a different person than he was 2 decades ago. Jones was put on death row after confessing to the murder of his great-aunt. His family has...

Ebonie McMillan spoke to the New York Times about living near the Brooklyn Center Police Department which has seen protests after an officer shot and killed Daunte Wright. She’ll see chants and speeches during the day, but at night, cops and military are more aggressive and it’s a stressful situation for her and her children.

A report from the New York Times reveals former President Donald Trump had lung infiltrates while at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and that he was sicker than publicly acknowledged at the time. Infiltrates can contain fluid and bacteria, and they are associated with pneumonia.

In late September New York City reopened public schools with a warning of closure if the city’s COVID-19 positivity rate hit 3%. The New York Times chronicled the journey of Community School 55 in the Bronx and its fight to educate its students during a pandemic.

The New York Times says it was wrong to trust the story of a Canadian man whose claims of witnessing and participating in atrocities as a member of the Islamic State was a central part of its award-winning 2018 podcast “Caliphate.”

An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan

One person, one vote is the democratic ideal. So why is the American system of voting still based on the Electoral College? In this opinion piece from The New York Times, Jesse Wegman explains the myths that keep us clinging to this system of voting – and why it may be finally time to let them go.