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You won't find any blood-red trees this year.
His expansive approach to design inspired comparisons to artists including Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. For him, clothes were totems of identity.
The actor never leans in — he's all in. And in his latest, "Macbeth," conjured by Joel Coen, he is as sharp and deadly as a dagger.
In recent months, robberies have been more visible, with several involving large groups rushing into stores and coming out with armloads of goods.
For roughly 50 days, thousands of honeybees sealed themselves in their hives, away from deadly gas, and feasted on honey. "It is a very empowering story," one entomologist said.
Scientists in a cutting-edge laboratory do part of the work. Local health workers on foot do the rest.
The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a "pattern or practice of unlawful policing," officials said.
Employers reported adding 210,000 jobs, the year's weakest showing, but there were also bright spots. The mixed picture complicated policy prospects.
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This year's data dump from the streaming music service leaned heavily on contemporary buzzwords and slang — and inspired many, many memes.
Mixed-gender events have been added in snowboarding, speedskating and ski jumping, but bobsled's new competition is for women only.
The fluid artist moves seamlessly among poetry, comedy, fashion and writing.
Scientists were surprised to discover that at least one bat species carries its young to an unsupervised drop-off point night after night.
How do we respond to a culture in which the guardrails of so-called civility are gone?
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From Bo Burnham to "We Are Lady Parts," the best in television this year offered ingenuity, humor, defiance and hope.
The end of the year means a lot of expiring licenses. Check out these movies and TV shows before they disappear for U.S. subscribers in the coming weeks.
A look at standout nonfiction films, from classics to overlooked recent works, that will reward your time.
This year's Well Book List includes advice on how to change behavior, lower anxiety, cope with hardship and heal with poetry.
With plenty of its own money and a greater desire to control the private sector, Beijing is pushing its companies to tap investors closer to home.
Danny Davis, a professional snowboarder, married Hayley Simpson 19 years after they met as teens at a snowboarding event.
I had been burned too badly to believe in love. And yet, believe I did.
More than 75 years after the Battle of Biak ended, collectors are still finding remnants of the fight, and U.S. authorities are hoping to bring closure to families of soldiers still missing.
The proposed deal would give Nvidia control over computing technology and designs that rival firms rely on.
The shift comes after decades of stories that minimized romantic love between women as fruitless, or as some kind of phase.
Our picks for December, Including 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Don't Look Up' and 'The Lost Daughter'
The artist's latest project is "KICK," a five-album cycle accompanied by an elaborate 3-D visual world that presses against all kinds of boundaries.
