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The bride prayed for someone to enjoy simple New York moments with — a date at P.J. Clarke's, a walk in Central Park. The groom saw God nudging them toward one another. And their shared faith brought them together.https://nyti.ms/2ESV3Fi 

Literary classics by Kahlil Gibran, Jean Toomer and Agatha Christie enter the public domain in January. Here's what that means for readers and for publishers.https://nyti.ms/2CFJfVl 

A review of President Trump's falsehoods shows not just the scale of his mendacity, but also something about how he uses them to advance his agenda, criticize the news media and celebrate his achievementshttps://nyti.ms/2CG23nx 

Sit down with groups of black women in Atlanta this month, and 2 names dominate the conversation: Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams, and what they revealed in 2018 about how power is gained and thwarted.https://nyti.ms/2EUHMMu 

Inside Facebook’s secret rulebook for global political speech: Under fire for stirring up distrust and violence, Facebook has vowed to police its users. But leaked documents raise serious questions about its approach.https://nyti.ms/2EVnDWz 

"I'm so afraid of reliving a past that I thought we had already conquered." Same-sex couples are rushing to marry in Brazil, fearing they'll lose their right to do so under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.https://nyti.ms/2CDrFBh 

A gay pastoral associate helped rebuild the parish at St. John the Evangelist, an LGBT-friendly Catholic church in San Diego. Then someone spray painted a slur on his office wall and a stranger tried to punch him after Mass.https://nyti.ms/2ESGQIs 

A special UK stamp aimed at showcasing the "Best of British" during D-Day instead depicts U.S. troops landing on a beach in Asia. Twitter users quickly pointed out the error.https://nyti.ms/2CEicdd 

"I don't know if I'm going to be able to make rent," said one furloughed federal worker, who lost most of her possessions in the Alaska earthquake. "I'm basically living on credit now."https://nyti.ms/2EVjOkk 

Reporter @alanfeuer describes what it's like to cover the trial of "El Chapo" every day: "You tend to feel as if you’re floating in an isolated capsule, far away from Earth."https://nyti.ms/2EVeHR1 

A day after an explosion on a tour bus killed 3 tourists and their guide near the pyramids at Giza, Egyptian security forces kill 40 suspected militants in North Sinai and Gizahttps://nyti.ms/2CG4eHH 

British Army Captain Louis Rudd is now the second person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted, 2 days after Colin O’Brady of Portland, Ore., became the first. They celebrated with chocolate and cheese.https://nyti.ms/2EUo8QK 

A black man was staying in a Doubletree hotel in Portland when he called his mother from the lobby. A security guard then accused him of trespassing and called police.https://nyti.ms/2CFtduD 

On the day former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was to report to prison for corruption, he was in the midst of a highly coordinated escape that could have been ripped from the pages of a political thrillerhttps://nyti.ms/2CGfGmR 

A veteran House member's advice to colleague Republicans who will be in the minority for the first time: “You are going to get some real disappointment.”https://nyti.ms/2ETOwdp 

Saudi Arabia has used its vast wealth to outsource its war in Yemen. It has hired thousands of Sudanese, many of them children, to fight.https://nyti.ms/2CDBT4O 

With the exception of collectible vehicles, Vespa scooters hold their value better than anything else on the roadhttps://nyti.ms/2EPQLOT