Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State officials deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

It was a record-setting day as more than 50,000 athletes packed the streets for the 2025 New York City Marathon. Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri triumphed.

She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.

Some 55,000 people came out to race through the five boroughs on a sunny Sunday.

Sam Sifton wants readers to know: Everything is going to be all right, and you’re not alone.

These extreme maps may not be likely, but they might soon be legal, with temptations to go further than ever before.

The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.