Americas

The billionaire said he would shutter his social network’s Brazil operations instead of complying with a Brazilian judge’s orders to suspend accounts.

By Jack Nicas

The nation is in anguish as it buries its dead and enters a new era of authoritarianism.

By Julie Turkewitz

The collapse of a steel mill project during the Great Depression preserved natural lands linked to First Nations people in Windsor, Ontario.

By Ian Austen

Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos in his parents’ garage in Montreal. Then millions began viewing his whimsical and occasionally dangerous experiments.

By Vjosa Isai and Nasuna Stuart-Ulin

When rental companies need to move their vehicles, they frequently offer one-way trips at a steep discount. Our Frugal Traveler snapped up a deal that took her through eastern Canada.

By Elaine Glusac

A domestic violence scandal has rocked Argentina since Alberto Fernández, the country’s former president, was accused of abusing his partner, Fabiola Yáñez. He has denied the allegations.

By Jack Nicas and Daniel Politi

Scientists studied the unusual chemical reaction used by a species of the insect in an act of self-sacrifice to save nests from invaders.

By Veronique Greenwood

P-town offers overlapping identities: one of America’s oldest art colonies, nature preserve, thriving L.G.B.T.Q. resort and historic Portuguese fishing village.

By Brett Sokol

In Brazil, rooms for maids, a vestige of the country’s history of slavery, are disappearing or being transformed as the country confronts deeply ingrained inequities.

By Ana Ionova and María Magdalena Arréllaga

Doctors in Canada have identified dozens of patients with similar, unexplained symptoms — a scientific puzzle that has now become a political maelstrom.

By Greg Donahue