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“Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption,” he said in his 1979 “Crisis of Confidence” speech. If only we had listened.

Throughout the past year, we reviewed seed oils, ultraprocessed foods, Bruce Springsteen’s diet and more. Here’s what we learned.

A boy less than three weeks old was among the latest to succumb to winter weather, Gazan officials said. Families displaced by Israel’s attacks have little more than tents and tarps to protect them.

These organizations are capturing local and regional news about climate and environmental justice that often flies under the national radar.

In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.

A publisher that rose to prominence promoting right-wing conspiracy theories has also served as sword and shield for the dance group and the religious movement behind it.

After his presidency, Jimmy Carter became critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and likened the situation to apartheid.

We in the media and chattering class jeered at a man who probably improved more lives over a longer period than any other recent president.

Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

It’s finally time to start using the money you managed to save and invest over the years. But be careful: Taxes are just one of the tricky parts.

In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.

The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace.”

Human rights organizations and residents describe the situation in the enclave as getting more desperate. Here is a closer look.

The identity of the jackpot winner was not immediately known, but lottery officials in California are expected to reveal it.

Schubert’s final three piano sonatas are a deep exploration of loneliness, and particularly apt for our age of isolation.

Robert Brooks died after a savage attack at a New York prison this month that was captured by several officers’ body-worn cameras.

His résumé is a catalog of corporate emergencies at Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers.

The sportscaster combined play-by-play excitement with a knack for precision in his decades as a sports broadcaster calling N.F.L. and N.C.A.A. games for CBS.