Like many health care workers, I am required to receive my annual flu shot by the end of October. Every year, I wait until the last possible day to get vaccinated. That’s because a substantial body of research shows that flu shot effectiveness wanes markedly over time, just as that …

For a 74-year-old, Joe Holtz can cover a lot of ground very quickly. The ground he was covering the other day was the three adjoining carriage houses in Brooklyn that were subsumed by the Park Slope Food Co-op as it grew and became the largest, busiest and most argument-inducing single-store …

How much ongoing joy can you get from something that weighs eight ounces? For Simon Spichak, it’s a lot, thanks to a hedgehog that fits in his palm. Mr. Spichak, a science writer who lives in Toronto, bought his new companion in May 2023 for $280 and named it Goober. …

After at least five infants died while sleeping in a product made by Fisher-Price, the company has recalled more than two million of the product, the Snuga Swing, because it poses a suffocation risk, according to the recall. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price announced the recall on …

On a Saturday morning in August, a few hundred people gathered at a convention center in Hot Springs, Ark., paying between $145 and $475 to hear from a cast of far-right speakers. They included a body builder-turned-pundit who carries a tomahawk and promotes an antisemitic conspiracy theory, and a pro-Trump …

In May 2022, the chief financial officer of Boar’s Head, the processed meat company, was asked a simple question under oath. “Who is the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?” “I’m not sure,” he replied. “Who do you believe to be the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?” the lawyer persisted. The executive, Steve …

Onstage in a Kyiv theater, Anton Tymoshenko tells a joke about Ukrainians who are never satisfied with the weapons their country gets from the West — if they got nuclear weapons, he says, they would probably grumble about the quality of the uranium. He mocks the Odesa mayor (for being …

Russia has stepped up its assaults on Black Sea port infrastructure and civilian shipping in recent days, in what Ukraine says is an attempt to disrupt its exports and damage its economy. The attacks are part of an intensifying campaign of strikes on the city of Odesa and the region …

Barclays Center in Brooklyn shook with the roar of 17,700 basketball fans, almost all of them rooting for the New York Liberty. They have been waiting years for a team like this one, and on Thursday, with only five minutes left and the Liberty up by 15 points over the …

Although former President Donald J. Trump refused invitations for a second debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, “Saturday Night Live” came up with another setting where both presidential nominees might share the stage: the game show “Family Feud.” This weekend’s “S.N.L.” broadcast, hosted by Ariana Grande and featuring the musical …