‘How Low Can You Go?’ The Shifting Guidelines for Blood Pressure Control
The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high bloo…
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Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oil’s Strait of Hormuz Problem
Geography and regional rivalries have prevented Gulf countries from finding a true alternative to the strait, which the war with Iran has ef…
America Depends Less on Oil Than Ever
Gasoline still drives household budgets, but energy efficiency and renewables have reduced the economy’s overall reliance on petroleum.
How My Trip to Antarctica Unlocked a Family Discovery
An eight-week voyage to the bottom of the Earth helped the photojournalist Chang W. Lee better understand his late father.
Fears of ‘Cockroaches’ in the Private Credit Market
Wall Street figures are turning to colorful metaphors, including invoking the hated insect, to express caution about the $3 trillion risky-l…
The Man Behind the Oscars ‘Glambot’
Cole Walliser grabs celebrities for red-carpet close-ups. In recent years, he has become known in his own right, for better or for worse.
‘Nobody Owns Us’: How Plans for a Google Data Center Roiled an Oklahoma Town
The volunteer fire department serving Sand Springs, Okla., declined a $250,000 donation from the tech giant. Now some residents are suing to…
Inside a Doomed Mission to Cuba: 10 Men Willing to ‘Leave Everything’
The Cuban immigrants sailed from the Florida Keys and wound up in a gunfight off Cuban shores. They were anti-Communist militants from fring…
Trump and Rubio’s Vision of War: The Art of Destroy and Deal
Unleashing his inner hawk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans President Trump’s military interventions. So far, they favor regime compli…
In Arizona, an Electric Utility Holds an Election, Open Only to Property Owners
Turning Point is involved, as is the Sierra Club. But voting rules that seem to echo feudalism exclude renters, favor large landowners and l…
When Your Apple Watch Becomes an Office Taskmaster
A proliferation of data from wearable technology is telling people how to optimize their job performance. Is that a good thing?
Cuba in Photos, Then and Now
The Cuban government, which has so far outlasted 13 U.S. presidents, faces its gravest challenge yet. Images from The New York Times and oth…