I'm Not Alone. I Have My Cats. | Op-Docs

In Lasse Linder's "All Cats are Gray in the Dark," we enter the world of an older man living by himself in a small city in Austria. Only he’s not alone — he has his two Scottish Fold cats, Marmelade and Katyusha. The cats accompany him everywhere: to the bar, to the grocery store, to the ski slopes. As we watch their relationship unfold, the trio builds...

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I’m Trying to Topple Europe’s Last Dictator | NYT Opinion

In the video Op-Ed above, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya tells the story of her improbable rise from stay-at-home mom to revolutionary icon. She reluctantly became the figurehead of the Belarusian opposition movement after her husband was thrown in jail for daring to challenge Europe’s last dictator. Belarus has been ruled by the same man, Alexander Lukashenko,...

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How an Oregon Wildfire Became One of the Most Destructive | Visual Investigations

The Almeda fire left a path of destruction as it tore through the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon. About 24 hours after it started, an estimated 2,350 homes had been left in ashes. We used satellite images, videos and social media posts to track what happened. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ...

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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg | NYT News

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court’s feminist icon, not only changed the law, she also transformed the roles of men and women in society, according to Linda Greenhouse, contributing writer and former Supreme Court Correspondent for The Times. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ...

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How Tom Holland Seeks Revenge in ‘The Devil All the Time’ | Anatomy of a Scene

“You got time for a sinner?” That line from the vengeance-seeking Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) is delivered with a sense of both weariness and foreboding. The weight of tortured souls confronting evil from all corners is at the heart of “The Devil All the Time,” the period drama that also stars Robert Pattinson as a not-so-faithful preacher. Antonio...

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When Talking to Aliens Is Your Religion | Op-Docs

In the mid-1950s, an English taxi driver named George King claimed that he had received a directive from outer space. The dispatch spurred him to establish the Aetherius Society, a religious group that believes communicating and working with aliens will better humanity. Though unconventional, the group’s practices aren’t dangerous or hateful; they often...

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Why You Should Care About TikTok | NYT Opinion

Maybe you first learned about TikTok when your kids tried to teach you the Toosie Slide, or when you came across a kinetic Charli D’Amelio video that got millions of likes. Or was it when your nephew started a small fire because of the “outlet challenge?” In any case, you’ve definitely heard that President Trump was intent on banning it and forced it...

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This Doctor Wants to Humanize Death | Op-Docs

If losing a child to an illness is one of the worst things that can happen to a family, Dr. Nadia Tremonti has made it her mission to make it better. It’s not easy. But as a pediatric palliative care physician, she works to ensure that terminally ill children receive quality end-of-life care. Palliative care is sometimes misunderstood to shorten...

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How Sam Hunt Makes a Country Hit: Hip-Hop and 1950s Honky-Tonk | Diary of a Song

The Nashville boundary-pusher Sam Hunt and five all-star collaborators built “Hard to Forget,” his latest country radio No. 1, around a sample of Webb Pierce’s “There Stands the Glass,” from 1953. See how they made it sound modern in the latest Diary of a Song episode. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ...

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Why The Olympics Punished Me For Protesting | NYT Opinion

In sports arenas around the world, taking a knee is no longer taboo — it’s trending. But there’s at least one place where protesting is still not allowed. The Olympic medal podium. In the video Op-Ed above, the track and field Olympian Gwen Berry confronts Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, over what she feels is his...

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