Facing growing pressure amid nationwide protests, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine backtracked on controversial legislation that would have weakened the country’s independent anticorruption institutions. Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, and Marc Santora, an international news editor for The New York Times, explain the events that led to the reversal.

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, offering a more precise estimate of a patient’s risk. Yet the test remains underused.

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says age-related cognitive decline among elected officials is a major issue for voters.

“The Opinions” round table discusses President Trump’s immigration policies and the emerging resistance to it.

He turned a small family grocery store into a mozzarella empire, producing most of the cheese for American pizza chains like Domino’s, Papa Johns and Pizza Hut.

Don’t take on satirists — they always get the last laugh.

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six months on the job.

After Dan Pelzer died this month at 92, his children uploaded the handwritten reading list to what-dan-read.com, hoping to inspire readers everywhere.

Generations of parents have opened 529 plans to save for their children’s educations. Now some are reconsidering the value of college and looking into other options.

President Trump’s new policy law has broadened the uses of plans that were once primarily for saving for college. “They’ve become education savings accounts,” one expert said.

Once a wonder of the world, the storied but moldering stadium has long been part of life in Houston. Is it worth saving?

The classical pianist Hunter Noack has embarked on an unusual journey, to take his music to natural landscapes well beyond the concert halls.