Pride Marches On
The 2010 Pride March celebrating the city’s gay population filled the streets of Greenwich Village with thousands of spectators on Sunday.
For the next year, the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division will be in Afghanistan, part of the additional 30,000 troops at the backbone of President Obama’s plan for ending the war.
The 2010 Pride March celebrating the city’s gay population filled the streets of Greenwich Village with thousands of spectators on Sunday.
Images from Sunday’s games at the World Cup, which included a few more breathtaking goals by the players and another stunning mistake by the officials.
Nine weeks into the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, there is more money in Bayou La Batre than there has been in decades, residents say. There are also more traffic accidents, more drug and alcohol use, more resentment, more rumors, more hunger and more worry.
With open arms and a touch of style, Pedro Santana, the principal of Middle School 391 in the South Bronx, has transformed the students and faculty.
Though Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has criticized the response to the oil spill by BP and the Coast Guard, interviews suggest that Louisiana has often disregarded its own plans and experts in favor of proposals that many have questioned.
The United States’ match against Ghana, the Americans’ last at the World Cup in South Africa.
Each successful election feeds hope in Somaliland that it will be recognized as a separate nation for carving a functioning space out of one of the world’s most chaotic countries.
With summer's heat comes shorts in all lengths, from pin-up-girl hot pants to men's office wear, with tie and jacket.
An 1874 essay by the author Henry James can be used as a modern guide to Italy.
In a field in which so many people want to be the next Philippe Starck, Tobias Wong stood out as a designer who wanted to be the next Duchamp. Here are images of some of his art.
BP plans to use a risky technology to reach oil in northern Alaska.
As the city prepares for a new riverfront park, the neighborhood nearby has lots to explore.
A hamlet in the town of Huntington offers a small-town feel, with good schools and homes on generous lots.
Known as Little Odessa, the neighborhood offers an urban seaside feel, with a Russian accent.
Photos from the men’s wear shows in Paris, including Dries Von Noten, Louis Vuitton, Rick Owens and more.
Jack London Square has been reborn through a number of noteworthy restaurants.
Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Italy have won all but four of the 18 World Cups, and at least one of them has played in every final.
The round of 16 is set, as Brazil, Portugal, Chile and Spain advanced.
At a charter school in Brooklyn, students from diverse backgrounds learn a language traditionally studied and spoken by Jews.
Italy is shocked by Slovakia and eliminated, while Paraguay moves on after a tie with New Zealand.
Images from a new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
A cottage in the Catskills that she renovated herself fulfills a dream for a woman who was once homeless.
John Isner of the United States and Nicolas Mahut of France fought to a fifth-set standoff, 59-59, after 10 hours of record-setting play in their first-round match at the 2010 Wimbledon championships.
Luscious roses like Rosanna, Aloha, Red Corsair and Amadeus are all on display.
A game fraught with tension ended happily for the United States soccer team and its fans.
The Keys to the City art project, conceived by the Brooklyn artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, offers participants a key that grants access to generally off-limits parts of the city. One participant, Lauren Burke, is using her key to set up blind dates with guys at each location and blog about it.
A five-bedroom four-bath villa in the village of Villeneuve is on the market for 3 million Swiss Frances, or about $2.7 million.
An annual Brooklyn parade draws creative minds and photographers.
A new bar with an Essex Street address has struck out for Polynesia, serving tiki drinks.
Anita Lo’s Greenwich Village restaurant, recently reopened after a fire, enters its second decade as a successful and serious enterprise.
Tuesday’s action saw reasons for hope in South Africa and worry in France, despite both teams being eliminated from the tournament.
Resourceful rodents at work and play in the city’s underground. A selection of readers’ photos.
In rural Pennsylvania, one health care network hopes to improve the quality of care by providing its patients with a direct link to the doctor’s office.
Before-and-after: what photographers do to make apartments look great.
The day’s action featured a lot of scoring, if only by Portugal, and plenty of physical play.
Images from the war photographer Tim Hetherington of some of the soldiers appearing in “Restrepo.”
Two performances of American Ballet Theater’s “Sleeping Beauty” made New York look like the indisputable capital of world ballet.
After being in the New York City public school system for 15 years, Donovan Forde, 20, who has severe cognitive disabilities, is still being taught the most basic of facts.
Eight months later, anger continues to boil after a beloved local bank was shut by federal regulators.
Guests at the 100th anniversary of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens wore their own clothes and their own jewelry - unlike the extravagantly dressed guests at many of the high-profile events.
The Netherlands advanced and Cameroon was knocked out during a busy day of action in South Africa.
Facing new scrutiny by the Obama administration to detect underage-workers and wage violations on farms, blueberry growers in North Carolina are trying to clean up their act.
Bordeaux sparkles with the addition of stellar restaurants and innovative wine bars.
Serbia upset Germany, which played much of the game short-handed and could not convert a penalty kick.
The daily patrols are oriented not toward fighting but toward trying to extend influence in an area where the Taliban first took root.
A furious second-half comeback allowed the United States to tie Slovenia, 2-2.
BP’s chief executive went to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Gloria Allred started out as a pioneering legal advocate for women’s rights. Now, she is the fierce go-to lawyer for the tabloid-friendly mistresses of celebrities like Tiger Woods. You have a problem with that?
The beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera has evaded the radar of foreign tourists.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics, 83-79, to win Game 7 of the finals and successfully defend their N.B.A. title.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, might not have always seemed a safe bet. But residents today are attracted to the area’s ethnic diversity, affordability and relative greenness.
Leon Britton Jr. is a graduate of the Bronx Fatherhood Program, a service that trains men ages 16 to 24 in the ways of fatherhood.
In the Liberian capital, Southern cooking takes on a coastal African twist.
The Niger Delta has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates.
Whimsical patterns shaved into hair are making a comeback. These are from the repertory of Rico London at Levels Unisex in East Harlem.
New Yorkers who would never let their cats roam free outside have created special outdoor spaces at home.
After January’s quake in Haiti, most residents of Fort National fled their homes. Some, however, stayed behind.
This year's stars and on-screen couples, five actresses who broke through in 2009 and nine days on the road with Jeff Bridges.
Five snowboarding halfpipe medal contenders talk about their sport, their first tricks and the music they listen to.
The United States halfpipe coach, Mike Jankowski, explains the snap, grabs and “big air” of an Olympic halfpipe run.
Nine legends remember the Games and describe life after competition.
The problem of human waste disposal has become impossible to overlook in Port-au-Prince, with the stench of decomposing bodies replaced by that of excrement.
A view of the destruction along a quarter-mile stretch
of Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the main commercial arteries in the heart of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Since the earthquake, chronic problems in Haiti's orphanages -- like inadequate services and overwhelming poverty -- have only intensified.
Haitians must wait in line to give birth in a tent in the wake of the earthquake that hit the country more than two weeks ago.
Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the desperation in Haiti after a powerful earthquake devastated the country on Jan. 12.
Stories of people who grew up in a part of Harlem in the 1930s and ’40s and found success all around them.
Where do you want to travel? What are your favorite spots? Share your recommendations and comments on our global map.
Examine maps of Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities across the nation.
A collection of the most gripping, and poignant, photographs of 2009, as selected by the editors of The New York Times.
From A to Z, the most clever, important, silly and just plain weird innovations from all corners of the thinking world.
United Nations peacekeepers have an especially difficult task in Congo because the two main tenets of their mission — protecting civilians and helping the Congolese Army wipe out rebel forces — often collide.
Since 1984, when car phones came into fashion, they were quickly marketed to drivers as a means to mobile freedom.
A series about the Taliban kidnapping of The Times's David Rohde and his two Afghan colleagues.
A look at how private equity dealmakers can win while their companies, like Simmons Bedding, lose.
New revelations have emerged recently from the research of Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist, and from reporting by Jodi Kantor and Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times.
The American Time Use Survey asks thousands of American residents to recall every minute of a day. Here is how people over age 15 spent their time in 2008.
A game illustrates the potential consequences of distractions like texting on your driving ability.
The staff members involved with One in 8 Million answered questions.
Michele McNally, who oversees photography, answered questions from readers.
Palestinian officials said they retrieved the bodies of two Palestinians killed after Israel bombed a weapons smuggling tunnel.
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