Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.

President Trump’s record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn’s defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.

Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.

With the support of President Trump, Mr. Paxton unseated Senator John Cornyn in a high-profile Republican runoff.

In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.

Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is scheduled for June 14, President Trump’s 80th birthday.

The health secretary wrangled two nonvenomous snakes while visiting Florida in a video that drew widespread attention.

The plaintiffs had sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that the map violated a state ban on partisan gerrymandering that voters passed in 2010.

With early voting already underway, it became clear there was no longer enough support to use new lines before the November midterm elections.

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.

China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.

A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.

Florida officials had asked the justices to hear a lawsuit accusing California and Washington of improperly granting licenses to an immigrant accused in a fatal crash.

He ran the newspaper division of Advance Publications, while his older brother, Si, ran the Condé Nast magazine operation.

President Trump is said to be considering the appearance after his hometown team, the Knicks, clinched a championship spot.

The chief, Brian O’Hara, began leading the department in 2022 as it reeled in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd.

Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant, populist agenda has helped his Reform U.K. Party emerge from the fringe of British politics. But it faces an uphill climb to win power.

The director of Britain’s electronic surveillance agency warns that Russia is only getting more brazen as battlefield losses in Ukraine mount.

Dermatologists are flummoxed.

In Lebanon, each new cease-fire is met with blind optimism — as if it hails the end of a conflict instead of what it actually is: an admission ticket to the next war.

The best-selling author of “Sapiens” and “Nexus” discusses the core delusions deranging our politics.

The risk of an explosion or spill has fallen significantly, the authorities said late Tuesday, and all evacuated residents can now go home. Some have begun to ask who should be held accountable.

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated.

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.

In a three-hour meeting, members of the grocery cooperative voted by a margin of more than 2 to 1 in favor of a boycott.

China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

He ran the newspaper division of Advance Publications, while his older brother, Si, ran the Condé Nast magazine operation.

The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.

The ways it set up its board and Mr. Musk’s pay appear to benefit him at the expense of other shareholders, corporate governance experts said.

The United Nations has a new plan for weighing economic gains alongside health and environmental progress. But consensus is elusive.

The drugmaker said it would spend up to $4 billion to acquire small companies exploring vaccines for shingles, Epstein-Barr virus and other pathogens.

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence puts technology giants on notice. But will it slow down the A.I. race?

An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.

The British oil group said that Albert Manifold had been removed, after concerns were raised “related to important governance standards, oversight and conduct.”

The carrier has become the country’s most profitable by catering to affluent travelers, but it is facing stiffer competition from United.

Kassi Solberg has concerns about a proposed complex, the size of 3,800 football fields, near her home. Trust us, the developer says.

Optimism for a resolution to the conflict and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was checked after the United States said it had carried out strikes on missile launch sites in Iran.

The App Drivers Union said it was the first organization in the country to be formally certified to represent drivers for apps such as Uber and Lyft.

The Italian sports car maker unveiled Luce, its first all-electric model, amid wider worries about the luxury E.V. market.

An agreement to reopen the waterway would be followed by a complicated process of navigating a backlog of vessels stranded for nearly three months.

He spent four decades building the convenience store chain into a cornerstone of daily life.

After four years of uneven sales, the auction houses engineered a successful season by redefining the expectations of buyers and sellers—and avoiding flops.

From the Hamptons to Majorca, here are six getaways that invite you to eat, drink, lounge and enjoy idyllic surroundings.

As China’s economy slows, consumers are increasingly turning to domestic luxury products, challenging the dominance of long-established European brands.

The cost of crude hit a one-month low and S&P 500 futures were up as investors assessed the prospects for a lasting peace deal.

Without the details of a formal agreement, it is unclear how soon normal shipping will resume and when oil prices will start to come down.

The movie, which cost $300 million to make and market, was expected to collect about $102 million from Thursday through Monday at domestic theaters.

The government’s A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.’s emerging risks.

A term first used in philosophy and cognitive science circles has lately taken on a more ominous cast. Moo.

The R.V.s are seen as an eyesore — the most visible sign of the state’s homelessness crisis. Neighbors and politicians want them gone. The people who call them home feel under siege.

We’re all going to die. But first — just one more trick.

A shortage of naphtha, stemming from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is disrupting manufacturing and retail goods in Japan and South Korea.

Friendship and money don’t always mix. But many Americans feel comfortable discussing financial issues with their friends and lending them money.

A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.

The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.

Iran is trying to assert its control over the strait by charging for passage. Experts say it is unlikely to happen, but the threat has unsettled the shipping industry.

A chemical leak occurred at one of the company’s manufacturing plants in California, raising concerns about an explosion.

Employees of a dealership in Olathe, Kan., found the nest, which is protected under federal law, on top of one of the truck’s tires.

The total tripled his usual audience this season. But it is only about half of what Jay Leno and David Letterman attracted for their final episodes.

The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Preapproved plans trim weeks or months off the process of getting a building permit. “Every month of delay adds costs that ultimately land on the buyer,” one housing expert said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has floated a policy idea that’s getting attention in Silicon Valley: let workers own a piece of technology disruption.

Nearly three months since the fighting began, disagreements remain over the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile and transit fees for the Strait of Hormuz.

To celebrate 20 years in business, a New York real-estate site is offering restaurant reservations two decades in the future, an unusual offer in a city of short shelf lives.

With gas prices through the roof, more travelers are considering alternative vehicles to control costs. But how much will you really save?

Guy Savoy, who worked his way up from modest beginnings (and a recent setback), has become the first chef inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts.

They played second fiddle to private equity and hedge funds for years, but 2026 is shaping up to be “the year of the bank,” one consultant said.

Inside the reworked Stage 5, a hallowed soundstage where John Wayne once roamed and the cast of “Friends” sipped coffee on couches.

Soaring oil prices and a surging dollar are testing Asia’s foreign-exchange reserves, which were built up after the 1997 crisis.

The Trump administration said it had signed preliminary deals for equity stakes in nine quantum computing companies.

Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.

The owner of the “Peanuts” catalog would really like it if companies and the U.S. government stopped using its music without permission.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose amid growing concerns over inflation and as the war with Iran showed no sign of ending.

Elon Musk and other powerful executives who accompanied President Trump to China are hoping to clear roadblocks put up by Beijing.

Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.

The American pope wants to take artificial intelligence down a notch. Is he challenging the tech companies, or will tech take over the papacy?

The ways it set up its board and Mr. Musk’s pay appear to benefit him at the expense of other shareholders, corporate governance experts said.

The government’s A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.’s emerging risks.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”

The App Drivers Union said it was the first organization in the country to be formally certified to represent drivers for apps such as Uber and Lyft.

Demand for security engineers has surged as artificial intelligence generates a glut of new code and models like Anthropic’s Mythos create new concerns.

The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Google asked a federal appeals court on Friday to reverse a judge’s ruling that it had violated antitrust laws, as well as a requirement it share some data with rivals.

After a busy Google I/O, the company’s chief executive sits down with the hosts of “Hard Fork” to discuss the future of Google Search, how he’s using A.I. agents and his advice for college graduates.

“This is the only recent gathering of a large number of people where mentions of A.I. did not produce a large chorus of boos.”

The owner of the “Peanuts” catalog would really like it if companies and the U.S. government stopped using its music without permission.

Snap, TikTok and YouTube had already settled with the Kentucky district, allowing the companies to avert the first in a series of federal trials.

The president said he postponed the executive order, which would give the government power to evaluate A.I. models before their release, over concerns about “aspects of it.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.

Samsung Electronics, a global memory chip supplier, has been a major beneficiary of the A.I boom. It has also become the center of a debate over how to divide its spoils.

On a dark day of layoffs at Meta, one employee responded by creating an internal radio station that plays songs about job cuts — generated by artificial intelligence, of course.

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.

OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.

Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.

The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts.

On Aug. 12, parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal will experience the thrill of daytime darkness. Here’s where you can witness the cosmic spectacle.

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated.

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.

Jellyfish myths and misconceptions abound. Here’s how to stay safe this beach season around these gelatinous wonders.

The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s gargantuan rocket launched on Friday evening and ended its journey in the Indian Ocean just over an hour later.

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.

The drugmaker said it would spend up to $4 billion to acquire small companies exploring vaccines for shingles, Epstein-Barr virus and other pathogens.

Lenacapavir, which protects people from H.I.V. infection with twice-yearly shots, is arriving in a country where the health system has been hollowed out by American aid cuts.

The risk of a large explosion has been averted, officials say. But a smaller blast remains possible, and 16,000 people remain displaced.

A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said.

An environmental lobbyist and activist, he was a pivotal figure in drawing public attention and political support to the existential issue.

An annual psychiatric meeting was abuzz over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call to rein in the use of depression medications. Some fear it will drive patients away from care.

A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.

The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found.

The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.

The giant rocket was scheduled to lift off on Thursday after a seven-month pause. SpaceX could try again as soon as Friday.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science questioned the credentials of Jim O’Neill, tapped to lead the National Science Foundation.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.

Neptune’s moons have long provided evidence of a cataclysm four billion years ago. A new study suggests one moon may have made it through.

To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.

In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”

Anthony Roth Costanzo took over Opera Philadelphia when it was “three weeks away from stopping payroll.” Now, it is rebounding with a surplus.

Matthew Perry’s assistant injected the ketamine that killed his employer. His sentencing has some in the demanding profession considering the power dynamics involved.

The Philharmonic, taking a more traditional route than in the past, has named the British-born conductor Daniel Harding as its next music director.

The Broadway musical had planned to keep going, but box-office sales made clear Michele’s appeal was essential. It will now close June 21.

Michael Bay wasn’t remotely worried about the science in his 1998 science-fiction action hit that launched an elite ensemble cast to space.

The towering saxophonist, who died at 95, was a master of living in the moment. Listen to some of his most compelling work, onstage and in the studio.

The revival, also featuring Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery, will begin performances in September at the Hudson Theater.

Hear Mick Taylor’s swan song, Grace Ives’s exuberant crushing and a foundational hip-hop sample.

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

During a special edition of “Popcast,” the singer discussed her new album and the public fallout from a series of lawsuits. Then she performed a stripped-down set.

Ryan Speedo Green has been previewing his take on Wotan, ruler of the gods, with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

David Jones has been the principal clarinetist of the Kennedy Center’s orchestra for five presidents. A cascade of cancellations means he hasn’t played there since February.

After four years of uneven sales, the auction houses engineered a successful season by redefining the expectations of buyers and sellers—and avoiding flops.

“It was a small ceremony with about 40 guests, none of whom were his father,” the late-night host said of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.

The highly anticipated episode delved into the timeline of the relationship between Amanda Batula and West Wilson and the pair’s confrontation with Ciara Miller and the rest of their housemates.

Reporting from the Cannes Film Festival, our film critic Alissa Wilkinson describes how the event is both fending off and embracing aspects of artificial intelligence.

He was a creator and producer of “Real People,” a hit NBC series about eccentrics and unusual lifestyles, which spawned imitators like “That’s Incredible!”

An abstract painter who wanted to creatively destroy the gap between art and revolution, he loosely led a band of radicals with a profane name.

The new Spider-series stars Nicolas Cage as a hard-boiled investigator and former web slinger. It comes in both black-and-white and color versions.

The International Dance League wants to give dancers a career path and to create stars. “Commercialization is good,” said a founder of the league.

The Broadway production of “The Lost Boys” takes full advantage of the Palace Theater’s abundant height and depth, making the show feel like “a massive trust fall.”

Artists like Thomas Cole and Frederic Church left us evidence of what America’s landscape was like 200 years ago. Using science, and art history, a writer follows their trail through the Hudson River Valley to better understand how our world has changed.

The current season of this space drama is set largely on Mars. The creators say this alternate world could have been possible if the nation had stayed focused on the stars.

A spinoff of “For All Mankind” airs on Apple TV, and a new Netflix series tells the incredible story of Brazil’s win at the 1970 World Cup.

The movie, which cost $300 million to make and market, was expected to collect about $102 million from Thursday through Monday at domestic theaters.

Can’t get to Lollapalooza or Outside Lands this year? Want to see Lizzo play flute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? Here are some options.

Known for its strict no-phones policy, the Alamo Drafthouse has instituted mobile ordering for its in-seat meals, upsetting some of its biggest fans.

“The Mandalorian and Grogu,” “Masters of the Universe” and “Toy Story 5” hail from franchises that are shifting the connection with related products.

With “Mating Season,” Nick Kroll continues to lead the pack when it comes to the booming genre of cartoons that revel in their raciness.

The film, from the Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, explores the tension between religious conservatism and social liberalism. The award closed a festival that felt comparatively muted to many.

Mr. Chapman, who played a member of Tracy Morgan’s entourage on the show, died on Friday, according to his cousin.

A day after the comedian hosted the final episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS, he hosted “Only in Monroe,” a community-access program in Monroe, Mich.

Brent Sikkema, who championed artists like Kara Walker, was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Brazil in 2024 amid divorce proceedings with his spouse.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye prefers to remain unseen, but her intriguing new canvases, drawings and writings speak volumes.

Fans are traveling great distances for the chance to meet Tom Felton, who has revived a now grown-up Draco Malfoy on Broadway in “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.”

Our photographer took in the art and fashion on display as guests gathered in seaside Antibes, France, to raise money for AIDS research.

The American “Club Kid” and Spanish “La Bola Negra” are among the most likely to impress academy voters, while Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem also stood out.

For three decades, he was the face of the auction house Sotheby’s, presiding over an era in which art evolved from an object of passion into a commodity.

Olivia Rodrigo’s orchestral angst, Charli XCX’s fashion crisis and Vince Staples’s frustrated sing-rap.

Thomas Dambo built a global following by turning Denmark’s scrap into giant, hidden forest creatures. Now, the art world is finally letting him inside.

Deposit slips, vintage ledgers and more: David Korins’s Tony-nominated, 27,000-pound set for “Dog Day Afternoon” is as much a technical feat as a 1970s throwback.

This year’s new Nintendo Switch 2 games include a wonderful adventure for Yoshi, magic tennis rackets for Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, and a Sims-Animal Crossing mashup.

“My favorite horror movies are with zombies and watching the end of the world happen and people having to live in this new world of zombies.”

Alissa Wilkinson, a New York Times film critic, reviews the very political “I Love Boosters.”

The singer died on Friday after a “private battle with cancer,” according to his official Instagram account.

Chekhov, Broadway stars and, yes, Shakespeare. There’s no shortage of free productions in the city this time of year. Here are 15 shows worth seeing.

Evil this month looks just plain weird, from a despairing children’s TV show to a demonic buffet.

The “Late Show” cancellation was a disappointment. But a surreally lovely final episode turned it into a cancellebration.

James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” is among the stronger titles, which also include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden” and Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland.”

The comedian needed time to process the poor turnout for his gay rom-com, “Bros.” His vulnerable new memoir may surprise “Billy on the Street” fans.

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

The director Jon Favreau narrates a sequence featuring a character who works at a food truck and is voiced by Martin Scorsese.

It draws from the Disney+ series. Here’s a reminder of the events of the show and how those fit into the larger franchise.

Weeks after an HBO docuseries on the 1991 murders of four girls aired last year, their killer was identified, and the race was on to add a new final chapter.

This 1993 memoir, which became a film with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, is now a play with songs by Aimee Mann. Here’s how the latest iteration came to be.

E. Jean Carroll won two court cases against him, but it took decades for her to come forward. The film is at its best on the reasons for her hesitance.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” has ended. Our culture critic Jason Zinoman describes what we stand to lose.

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)

Inside the reworked Stage 5, a hallowed soundstage where John Wayne once roamed and the cast of “Friends” sipped coffee on couches.

The director Jon Favreau narrates a sequence from his film, featuring a character voiced by Martin Scorsese.

Colbert was joined by famous friends, fellow hosts and special guests like Paul McCartney for the finale of “The Late Show.”

Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike star in this role-reversal workplace comedy where women rule the world.

Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel, this one about a man on a magical train that helps him revisit key moments of his life.

If you happen to be near a body of water (salt, fresh, chlorinated or otherwise), here are the books you’ll need.

It was all about self-improvement for the actress, who was born a century ago next week. Two new volumes shed light on the books she collected and the intellectual she married.

In David Sedaris’s wry new collection, being alive is as weird, atrocious, contradictory, unfair and funny as ever.

He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”

In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the stirrings of liberty beyond the British colonies that became the United States.

Tom Lin’s new novel, “Babylon, South Dakota,” reimagines the western with surreal elements.

The stoic narrator of “The Vivisectors” befriends a student embroiled in a cultural politics debate.

A new biography of Garry Trudeau tracks the rise of a comic strip that brought counterculture and political opinions to the funny pages.

In “America, U.S.A.,” Eddie Glaude Jr. looks back at the country’s past anniversaries with skepticism and pain.

Fans are traveling great distances for the chance to meet Tom Felton, who has revived a now grown-up Draco Malfoy on Broadway in “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.”

In “The Danger to Be Sane,” the journalist Rosa Montero delves into the connections between psychic turbulence and creative work — including her own.

This 1993 memoir, which became a film with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, is now a play with songs by Aimee Mann. Here’s how the latest iteration came to be.

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)

In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.

As these biographies show, Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage all used silence to great effect.

Mac Barnett, the national ambassador for young people’s literature, published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback.

Tell us what you read this summer, and enter the drawing for this year’s prize.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.

The best-selling author Rachel Gillig recommends books that bring the haunted hallmarks of Gothic fiction into enchanted settings.

Artificial intelligence has made pirated audiobooks faster to make and harder to detect. Our reporter Alexandra Alter tells us about the latest threat to the publishing industry.

A respected literary magazine has published an award-winning short story many readers believe to be generated by artificial intelligence. Experts aren’t all so sure.

Our columnist on the month’s best books.

In her ingenious “Dog Days,” Emily LaBarge writes about a terrifying event without resorting to “the trauma plot.”

Ali Smith’s new novel, “Glyph,” dispenses with subtleties and takes on an age of war and the ghosts left behind.

A stirring memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer chronicles her family’s life in the aftermath of traumatic rupture.

Zayd Ayers Dohrn and Harriet Clark on activism, violence, guilt and trying to make sense of their “incomprehensible” early days.