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The Maine paper mill sat empty for three winters. Holes opened in the roof. Animals sought shelter there. Most people in town expected it to be sold for scrap. But then a Chinese company stepped in.https://nyti.ms/2Gk4Q6J 

In Kentucky, where music is the region's lifeblood, adults recovering from opioid addiction are learning to transform wood into musical instruments.https://nyti.ms/38Fe5uF 

It is common wisdom that too much screen time is bad for children. But a growing number of academic studies suggest that the common wisdom is wrong.https://nyti.ms/2tKx48a 

Three freezing months at low elevations has spawned a distinct winter culture in Quebec. For skaters, that means long, winding trails and frozen forest mazes.https://nyti.ms/2NTU8YQ 

“Star Trek,” which helped bring genre entertainment into the mainstream and gave its fans a voice in the conversation about what it should be, is trying to rediscover its place in a universe it effectively invented.https://nyti.ms/30O2vKN 

“I really dream of leaving this place." Best known as the most feared and frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Magadan is struggling to keep its residents from fleeing. https://nyti.ms/2t5uObe 

Indian Relay, a type of bareback horse racing practiced by Native American tribes in the U.S. plains states, blends heritage and danger.https://nyti.ms/30gyMKo 

“I had gone through so much, and worked so diligently to try to prove to my old supervisor, myself, the Air Force and those around me that I was a human being worthy of respect, and worthy of the uniform that I still wear.”https://nyti.ms/2QEsnoW 

Hundreds of millions of animals may have perished in the Australian wildfires, and many of them are found on no other continent.https://nyti.ms/2R5H6sc 

Puerto Ricans have set up camp in public spaces after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook the island on Tuesday. Many buildings and homes in Guánica and other coastal towns in southern Puerto Rico were destroyed.https://nyti.ms/39Ug1AK 

Zhao Lin had become accustomed to the single life. But his days and nights were growing lonely, and he decided it was time to find Ms. Right.  That’s how the 78-year-old ended up at the park.https://nyti.ms/2FkjHxG 

In China, sea cucumbers have been highly prized for centuries for their nutritional value and texture, if not their flavor. But demand has all but depleted the natural stocks of some species.https://nyti.ms/2QjUZ6N 

What we saw when we all put our phones down.https://nyti.ms/34WpBiV 

"I want him to leave,” Clarinda Campbell said of her husband, who stayed behind to protect their home in Australia from fire. “We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow.”https://nyti.ms/2QI3VlA 

Reader feedback often informs and improves our journalism. Here are just a handful of ways you made our coverage better in 2019: https://nyti.ms/2ZnjIKi 

The enduring popularity of the N.F.L. speaks to the way the "game of beauty and violence" taps into deep and abiding strains of the dominant American culture. https://nyti.ms/2Sd3WjH 

More than 39,000 photographs were filed in 2019 for The New York Times’s Travel desk. We’ve combed through all of them to bring you 22 of our favorites. https://nyti.ms/2tFUpHN 

Derrick Manigault had so many questions about parenting after he was granted custody of his son last year. He found answers at a fatherhood program in Brooklyn. https://nyti.ms/34JNwC7 

L.O.L. Surprise! dolls, are pint sized, candy colored and have impossibly huge eyes. But cuteness isn’t the only wow factor. The dolls come inside opaque packaging, so kids don’t know what they’re getting until the toy is fully unwrapped. https://nyti.ms/2tC481D 

Ali Awow fled civil war in his native Somalia and spent a year in a refugee camp in Kenya before making his way to Southern California. With help from the International Rescue Committee, he has opened a small custom clothing shop in San Diego. https://nyti.ms/2EH5nit