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In older adults, even mild impairment can affect the brain. But there are simple ways to reduce the harm.

The presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified in Albany in an attempt to stay on New York’s ballot. If he is kicked off, other states could follow.

The most recent and costliest of Mr. Trump’s ideas would end income taxes on Social Security benefits.

A new study found that temperatures in the Coral Sea have reached their highest levels in at least four centuries.

Court papers show that grand jurors signaled their interest in charging the former president, only to have state prosecutors advise against it because of similarities to a federal case against him.

The Minnesota governor, a former high school teacher and National Guard member, brings to the ticket Midwestern appeal and a plain-spoken way of taking on Donald Trump.

Tim Walz ultimately pleaded to a reduced charge of reckless driving after the 1995 incident, which his critics resurface to question his fitness to serve.

The law, which was passed in Minnesota last year, includes language requiring menstrual products to be available in bathrooms of all schools for grades 4 to 12 as a way to accommodate transgender students.

Opinion asked eight columnists and contributors to weigh in on how much the Minnesota governor will help Harris against Trump.

Kamala Harris’s V.P. pick, known for his folksy persona and rural Midwestern roots, has elevated the issue of climate change in his state.

The vice president is said to have liked Mr. Walz’s policies, his Midwestern appeal, and the likelihood that he would be a loyal running mate and governing partner.

Some believe that Gov. Tim Walz should have deployed the Minnesota National Guard sooner when riots broke out following the police murder of George Floyd.

Mr. Walz captured Democrats’ attention with his “weird” takedown of Republicans. Here’s a look at the new vice-presidential candidate.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s disclosure that he had left a cub’s carcass in Central Park overshadowed his court battle to remain on New York State’s ballot this fall.

Ukrainian troops are engaged in a harsh struggle for Toretsk, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that has been under relentless assault by Russian forces.

Evangelicals who have found the weaponization of Scripture distasteful are showing us that their vote is very much up for grabs.

Ms. Jaffe spent decades covering politics and aging in America, and she was the first editor of the NPR program “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. “We can all see that you’re Black.”