You'll hear a word as you watch curling during the Olympics: hammer. It's a key to the whole competition, so it's worth knowing. It's not an actual hammer, though. It's a term about the order of play.

Unfolding gradually, this Sargent-style portrait reveals how patience and clarity shape strong artwork. The accompanying discussion emphasizes visual hierarchy, subtle contrast, and the power of ...

The Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers matched up in the first game of Wild Card Weekend. The Rams came into the game as double-digit favorites against the Panthers and got out to an early 14-0 ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

Federal prosecutors searching for assets to satisfy an $823,681 debt former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick owes taxpayers moved late Tuesday to seize money from life insurance companies, two months ...

When the ACC Championship Game kicks off on Saturday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, the battle between No. 17 Virginia and unranked Duke will provide finality to what has been a chaotic final ...

You may remember William of Occam, the 14th-century English philosopher who gave us the concept known as Occam’s razor. The razor helps us cut to the heart of seemingly complex questions by suggesting ...

OpenAI may soon be forced to explain why it deleted a pair of controversial datasets composed of pirated books, and the stakes could not be higher. At the heart of a class-action lawsuit from authors ...

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Cathlyn Melo is an experienced anime writer from the Philippines with a Master in Business Administration. She was once a hospital employee before deciding to pursue her passion for anime and manga ...