As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.

Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.

President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But the amounts would be small relative to global demand.

President Trump said the White House would investigate unsubstantiated claims that Lisa D. Cook committed mortgage fraud and hold a hearing next month.

U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.

In the documentary “Musk,” Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and mother of one of Musk’s children, speaks about her relationship with him.

A supersized portrait of the world’s richest man reveals new details and resurfaces troubling incidents from a headline-making life.

Some G.O.P. members of Congress said that broadcasting the execution of the Fort Hood shooter was inappropriate, though others gleefully applauded it.

The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.

When a New York University professor died in 2024, it set off a legal dispute over a quietly accumulated fortune.

The attorney general of the United Arab Emirates said that the co-pilot had been inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks after years of developing extreme Islamist views.

The setup has cost more than $100 million, the study said. A recent inspection found nearly 450 government employees and zero detainees.

He and the Bears won the Super Bowl in 1986, and after coaching he became one of the sport’s most visible and enduring talking heads. He was 86.

The identity of a Scottish sailor killed in Connecticut after a skirmish during the War of 1812 long remained a mystery until two local history buffs got involved.

The choice drew condemnation from Israel over Ms. Pillay’s role leading a U.N. commission that said the country had committed genocide against Palestinians.

Ms. Pillay, a human rights lawyer, was drawn into the international spotlight last year as chair of a commission that found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.

A mayor for one million Jewish New Yorkers fails his duty.

The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.

Correspondence suggests that Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.

The retailer came under attack for being a staging area for immigration officers after Thursday’s shooting in New York City.

The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.

As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.

The European Union said the deal could roughly halve shipments of hybrid vehicles from China in the next four years. But it also could lead to an even stronger Chinese auto industry.

President Trump said the White House would investigate unsubstantiated claims that Lisa D. Cook committed mortgage fraud and hold a hearing next month.

The correspondent system for banking has enabled globalism — and has been exploited by companies trying to skirt U.S. sanctions.

Mr. Musk, whose company SpaceX owns Starlink, has attacked the top executive of Delta Air Lines for not selecting the internet provider.

News that the artificial intelligence giant’s sales weren’t growing as fast as investors had expected added to concerns about the A.I. boom.

Stock and bond fund returns for the quarter were bad nearly everywhere you looked, our columnist says. Energy stocks, lifted by the war with Iran, were an exception.

Working with Mr. Lawson, reporters said, was like taking a master class in writing: “He was a throwback to the old style of editing.”

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

Clara Wu Tsai, a co-owner of the Liberty, is hoping the W.N.B.A. team pulls through tonight. She also has ambitions for the borough beyond more championships.

The judge overseeing the case said that the pause would extend until next week, and promised to decide whether to further extend it by Tuesday.

Even though sales rose in the most recent quarter, the beverage and snack company is under increasing pressure to expand its business in North America, as consumers cut costs and calories.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.4 percent, putting more pressure on Americans struggling to afford to buy a home.

The World Trade Organization said that the drag on global trade from the war in the Middle East was more than offset by spending on goods related to artificial intelligence.

French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.

Attacks on ships around the Strait of Hormuz have continued as a war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi militia intensified.

To meet skyrocketing demand, lounge operators like American Express are racing to build bigger, and the Centurion in Newark’s Terminal A will be a giant.

Wealthy donors and companies can donate individual stocks to the new investment accounts for millions of children. That has raised legal questions.

A judge temporarily blocked the president from barring journalists from White House grounds, but they are being excluded in other ways.

A new analysis of federal earnings data measures how much students who received federal financial aid earned four years after graduating. Our graphics reporter Arfa Momin studied the data to see when a graduate’s major and college mattered most to earnings.

Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.

The Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates further as it seeks to tame inflation, but that is unlikely to happen until the end of the year.

Federal data show Duke math majors earning a bigger median income four years after graduation than any other majors from any school. It’s a small cohort.

The federal housing agency says the bank’s efforts to encourage Black homeownership amount to discrimination.

Policymakers grew increasingly concerned about inflation risks at their most recent meeting in September.

An American Airlines flight was diverted to New York on Tuesday because of an “inadequate number of operational lavatories” — two, on a plane that normally has eight.

Bergdorf Goodman, which has survived two bankruptcies in six years, is getting back to its white-glove origins.

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.

Energy and technology companies’ earnings are expected to keep driving up stock indexes. But what’s driving up their profits are weighing on the economy.

A large commercial landlord is planning to spruce up the office spaces and add amenities after the building lost its luster in recent years.

The European Union is weighing tougher trade measures as negotiators prepare to meet Chinese officials in Beijing, with surging exports from China pressuring key industries in Europe.

China’s push to manufacture more at home has widened its trade imbalance with Europe, intensifying pressure on European industries and policymakers to take action.

In the wake of the ultra-low-cost carrier’s closure, and with the cost of fuel and labor rising, domestic fares have become less competitive. But there are ways to parry higher prices.

As the United States faces the greatest wealth transfer in history, some people are turning to therapists to help them pass on their assets in a way that preserves harmony.

The popularity of competitive bass fishing has inspired a growing number of youth, high school and college fishing programs.

The German sports car maker once thrived in China and powered profits for its parent company, Volkswagen. Now it hopes to do more with less.

The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent on Tuesday, exceeding its previous peak set in August and taking its gain this year to more than 14 percent.

The Can-Am Spyder has a devoted fan base across the United States. Now it’s a casualty in the trade war with Canada.

The Television Academy is moving its awards telecast to streaming, following the lead of the Oscars.

After a legal battle, the two Hollywood giants have become one. But the new company is saddled with debt, and in a memo to employees, its leaders hinted at cost cuts.

Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.

Reflection AI, a start-up backed by Nvidia, unveiled an open-weight artificial intelligence model meant to compete with Chinese tools — and other U.S. ones.

On Tuesday, a federal judge began hearing arguments in Disney’s effort to stop the agency from reviewing its broadcast licenses.

In St. Andrews, Scotland, history and golf intertwine, on and off the famous courses.

Global pet food makers chasing a growing market are pouring big money into studying the taste buds of dogs and cats.

Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.

A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.

“For Anthropic, it was part research and part evangelism.”

Mr. Musk, whose company SpaceX owns Starlink, has attacked the top executive of Delta Air Lines for not selecting the internet provider.

Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary is deeply researched. But because the mogul has long been in the spotlight, little is new.

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

A tech start-up’s stunt in San Francisco tested the boundaries of combat sport safety and regulations.

Our journalists Sheera Frenkel and Dylan Freedman break down what A.I. agents are, how they differ from chatbots and why A.I. companies are worried about them now.

Prosecutors say Michael Smith flooded music-streaming platforms with bots that repeatedly streamed his A.I.-generated music, earning him as much as $8 million.

It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.

China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.

In Gears of War: E-Day, it’s fun to see the origins of beloved characters in grand scale, even if its play feels conservative.

The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.

I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.

Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the difference?

Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.

New details have emerged about an initiative that starts in December to fast-track the vaccines, similar to the successful push for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.

OpenAI’s trove of new math results doesn’t fully solve any of these highly prestigious open questions, but it seems to make progress on some.

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

A report by the secretary general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts.

They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.

Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.

The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift may be affecting the well-being of people in industrialized countries.

Two men, who arrived separately from Cuba days apart, each carried clutches of live birds concealed in their clothes, the authorities said.

The director, Michael Brennan, oversees 45 federal workers, including hurricane specialists and meteorologists.

The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found.

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.

Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.

Scientists have sequenced his genome for the first time, hoping the world’s oldest land animal can offer clues into the genetics of longevity.

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

By measuring the squishing and unsquishing of thorium-229 nuclei, two teams created a new type of clock that could someday beat the precision of atomic clocks.

New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

The Nobel Committee recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving a century-old mystery about molecules with mirror images. Their work is crucial for pharmaceuticals and carries clues to the origins of life.

Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.

After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.

Monday’s arguments were highly technical. A decision about whether the case could move forward isn’t expected until June or July.

It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.

The Nobel Committee honored Francis Halzen for his “vision and scientific leadership” of a telescope within the ice at the South Pole.

China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.

Archaeologists are scouring mountain passes as artifacts from a bygone world all but tumble out of Switzerland’s shrinking ice.

Faced with a president who has called global warming a hoax, officials have filed dozens of suits against oil companies to try to cover the costs of extreme weather.

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses pulses of light to activate neurons in the brain.

We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work are being announced this week.

Small particulates sent up by wildfires are a well-documented health hazard. But recent research finds that ground-level ozone is now on the rise, too.

The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.

A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the loudest in nature.

The writer and director explains how he evolved the character of Mark Zuckerberg in the sort-of sequel to “The Social Network.”

The identity of a Scottish sailor killed in Connecticut after a skirmish during the War of 1812 long remained a mystery until two local history buffs got involved.

The Colombian star talks cultural appropriation, ICE, and channeling love and letdown into stadium-filling hits.

The artist’s portrayals of uncertainty and social upheaval are likely to resonate with visitors to an expanded museum in Zaragoza, Spain, that opens Friday.

“Avatar: Seven Havens,” debuting Friday on Paramount+, is the third in the popular series of animated shows.

Jonathan Blow has wondered since childhood about how the universe runs. In his new game, Order of the Sinking Star, players can join in his obsession.

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

A supersized portrait of the world’s richest man reveals new details and resurfaces troubling incidents from a headline-making life.

Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary is deeply researched. But because the mogul has long been in the spotlight, little is new.

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

This month’s picks include spooky watches for Halloween.

“Man, if the Justice Department still existed, you’d be in so much trouble,” he said on “The Daily Show.”

The Whitney’s retrospective is full of jokes, but it captures our image overload with surprising tenderness. Our critic calls it “the most momentous exhibition of the season.”

Aaron Sorkin’s latest movie is about how social-media platforms like Facebook have rewired our brains and the larger world.

Behind the scenes, it takes a small army of players to pull off the art fair. Here is a look at four of them.

The museums and galleries have much to offer those coming to Frieze London.

A conversation with Gabriel Orozco, who will be showing a sprawling body of work, both old and new, in London.

As auction houses like Sotheby’s move millions of dollars of art, some high-profile galleries struggle.

Right now, hundreds of artworks worth millions are making their way across the world. These people make the travel arrangements.

Jessica Chastain pulls double duty in “Other Mommy,” bringing campy charisma to this horror schlockfest.

Christopher Wheeldon’s “Oscar,” performed by the Australian Ballet, is constructed with skill but is disappointingly timid.

A Saudi gallery will be making its Frieze London debut, showcasing two artists from the region.

Kaye Brown, a retired teacher, didn’t pick up a paintbrush until 2012. Her works depict the body-painting designs Tiwi people wear in mourning.

The Andrew Edmunds collection, which comprises more than 10,000 prints and drawings will be on sale at Frieze Masters.

Though the center has said it plans only limited programming during a two-year renovation, it has named a new leader to oversee its concerts and shows.

In the documentary “Musk,” Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and mother of one of Musk’s children, speaks about her relationship with him.

Halloween brings with it one of the year’s biggest horror hits, plus ancient demons and a queered slasher throwback.

Fourteen authors in the New Directions stable have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, including this year and last. How does this small press pack such a punch?

Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.

On the cusp of 80, the most influential performance artist of our time considers her legacy — and the next 20 years, too.

Clara Wu Tsai, a co-owner of the Liberty, is hoping the W.N.B.A. team pulls through tonight. She also has ambitions for the borough beyond more championships.

The director and writer Aaron Sorkin explains how he evolved the character of Mark Zuckerberg in the film “The Social Reckoning.”

Ben Affleck plays a mayoral candidate who’s having a very bad day in this fizz-free political thriller.

On the occasion of a new exhibition in London, Khalif Tahir Thompson discusses blending the playful with the melancholic.

Carson, who was awarded the Literature prize on Thursday, was denied tenure when teaching at the university in the 1980s, leading social media users to mock a congratulatory message.

The Blood of the Dawnwalker is a gripping R.P.G. exploration of power and violence.

Cristian Mungiu’s latest psychological thriller stars Sebastian Stan as the Romanian patriarch of a devout family in Norway, with Renate Reinsve as his wife.

In “Good Time Charlie,” Ryan J. Haddad pairs his own coming out story with the more fraught experience of his relative a generation earlier.

Why include traditional Georgian dance in a production of “Macbeth”? For the opera, the action director wanted something visceral: “I wanted to actually smell the sweat.”

Plus: sunset-colored sweaters, a minimalist restaurant in Tokyo and more recommendations from T Magazine.

In a new essay, the former first lady writes that the presidency does not come with a “deed to a few acres of prime real estate to remake in our own image.”

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

Cristian Mungiu, a two-time Palme d’Or winner, insists that his job is to test your empathy, not validate your opinions.

The comic strip is surprisingly revered by some comedy writers and cartoonists, including Tom Gammill, whose credits include “The Simpsons” and “S.N.L.”

Lesley Manville plays a professor in 1981 who gets swept up in the declaration of martial law in Poland in this slow-burning film.

The second half of Julia Loktev’s epic chronicle of independent journalists in Russia is essential viewing.

“Tom at the Farm,” about a man visiting his dead lover’s farm, conjures a slippery rural setting at NYU Skirball.

The actor Rosalind Eleazar and the writer-director Chris Rock give us a portrait of struggle in a city of air kisses and transactional fondness.

Jackson plays a president under siege from a well-armed militia in this action film where his heavily armored car is hiding a few tricks.

John Cena is in the driver’s seat of this stilted movie adaptation of the Mattel-brand toy cars.

The singer is getting the best reviews of her career with her new album “Popstar,” and making music that seems to reflect who she is with even greater clarity.

At the Met, an exhibition of 16 pieces transports viewers to a place and time when the virtues of artworks were refreshingly different from ours today.

After losing a beloved manager, and ahead of releasing the most anticipated album of its career, the Irish band works its way through despair.

The best-selling author Kat Dunn recommends some of her favorite modern retellings, of “Jane Eyre,” “Frankenstein” and more.

Lise Davidsen’s Verdi, Anthony Davis’s “The Central Park Five” and a new take on Britten’s cello suites are among our selections.

“What is with all these projects? Not one of them is finished,” Kimmel said in response to the possibility of a Camp David-style retreat in Florida.

Nice rocks, Sly’s wisdom and peace in the kitchen.

Prosecutors say Michael Smith flooded music-streaming platforms with bots that repeatedly streamed his A.I.-generated music, earning him as much as $8 million.

HBO’s new series tackles the trope of a Black hero taking up a white predecessor’s mantle, giving John Stewart’s path to the Green Lantern ring a depth and autonomy that others missed.

A central figure in the Quiet Storm R&B of the 1980s, Jackson explored a tender and refined longing on tracks like “You Are My Lady” and “Jam Tonight.”

A very busy season finale brought old friends and new possibilities.

Robert and Michelle King have taken on law, politics and religion. Their delightful new legal drama suggests that tech might be the final boss.

Technical trouble stalled the opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s all-male take on the comedy. But it was worth the wait.

And the spirit of the ballerina Allegra Kent doesn’t hurt. The choreographer Benjamin Akio Kimitch dives into the art of Bugaku to create his fantasy of a Japanese American court dance.

Fourteen authors in the New Directions stable have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, including this year and last. How does this small press pack such a punch?

With a Netflix adaptation now streaming, Rachel Kushner, Héctor Tobar, Zoe Kazan and others share why Steinbeck’s operatic family saga has stayed with them.

Tom McCarthy’s new novel brings double agents, drugs and document drops into his signature critiques of contemporary systems.

He was the author of more than a dozen books. “He knew every writer in New York,” Robert A. Caro said.

Eli McCann had a surprise hit with his debut novel, “Stitched.” He talks about how he came to write the book and what its success has meant.

The two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly recommends 10 books whose mingling of fear and suspense has tantalized her.

Frank Huyler’s new novel is a devastating commentary on the place of an ordinary man in the world of the ultrarich.

Carson, who was awarded the Literature prize on Thursday, was denied tenure when teaching at the university in the 1980s, leading social media users to mock a congratulatory message.

On “The Book Review” podcast, Min Jin Lee, the author of “Pachinko” and “American Hagwon,” explains how losing social safety nets after 1997 reshaped Korean culture into an intense educational race.

Min Jin Lee, the author of “American Hagwon,” joined “The Book Review” podcast to talk about how building bonds and community can be a strategy for survival.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

The Canadian poet won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. If you’ve never read any of her work, here’s where to start.

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

In the Minneapolis of Kawai Strong Washburn’s climate dystopia, three characters form unlikely bonds to take on the nation’s greediest oil behemoths.

In Lydia Millet’s dialogue-driven novel, a random act of violence leaves two New York women at loose ends (though not for long).

The best-selling author Kat Dunn recommends some of her favorite modern retellings, of “Jane Eyre,” “Frankenstein” and more.

The first biography of the elusive novelist shows how little the lore ever told us about the man — or his art.

In her new memoir, Meghan O’Gieblyn plumbs the philosophical implications of twin longings: for spiritual fulfillment and for drink.

“Sleeping Beauties,” by the musician David Byrne, explores artistic and scientific innovations that were overlooked before being embraced.

“Other Worlds Than These” is the final volume in the Talisman trilogy, which King wrote with Peter Straub.

A new adaptation dispenses with period glamour in favor of a lived-in feel and realism. The goal is to bring emotions to the fore.

In six major books, John Iliffe centered his research not on kings, dictators and guerrilla chiefs but rather on ordinary African citizens. He has died at 87.

Novels by Edwidge Danticat and Valeria Luiselli are among the books up for the fiction prize, while Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest is a contender for the translated literature prize.

The novel, written over 50 years ago, has had several adaptations, not all of them good. A new series from Mike Flanagan has Stephen King’s imprimatur.

These spine-tingling stories cast light on creatures of the dark and reimagine superheroes with darker narratives, just in time for Halloween.

In “Brink,” the U.S. diplomat Brett McGurk gives a diaristic account of his work with the Biden and Trump administrations in the wake of the Hamas attack.

Following the lives of ordinary citizens, a new book by Janet Reitman fashions an intimate, morally complex portrait of an insecure America.

In “The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth,” Jeanna Smialek tells the story of a 19th-century author whose fiction brought economic theory down to earth.

In “The AGI Chronicles,” the tech journalist Kevin Roose looks for clues that artificial intelligence might already be smarter than humans.

“London Falling” and “Dissection of a Murder” were among his recent favorite books. “War and Peace” and “A Clockwork Orange” went unfinished.

The Senegalese writer was lauded as one of the founding fathers of African literature who subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the continent’s people.

In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.

A theatrical adaptation of “Perfection” by Vincenzo Latronico leans into political critique for an audience that looks a lot like the book’s characters.

A new biography of the late novelist details his youthful escapades, messy relationships and intense commitment to his craft.

A new book celebrates the federal bureaucrats who were quietly doing their jobs when the Department of Government Efficiency started squeezing them out last year.

In “Death of an Ordinary Man,” the award-winning writer Sarah Perry pays tribute to her father-in-law.

In “Partita,” a former piano prodigy is sent reeling into the past after she receives a call from the man who derailed her ambitions.

In “The Rush,” Nathaniel Philbrick paints a portrait of the treasure seekers, prospectors and conniving politicians who shaped the destiny of the United States.

What seems like a story of a man hoping to reunite with a childhood flame is really a high-wire act about police brutality, racist conspiracies and much, much more.

The most comprehensive biography of the hip-hop mogul to date is both an in-depth character study and a 30-year chronicle of crime and hubris.

The artist Christopher Myers designed panels that were built in Mexico and photographed to become a new picture book.

Set just after World War I, “The Eye of Goliath” details a man’s descent into madness and a doctor’s unorthodox treatment methods.

Our columnist on James Sallis’s “Backwater” and three other new novels.

In Mikita Brottman’s true-crime odyssey, “A Double Life,” things get lurid.

At 82, the famously roguish leading man has written a memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” that’s as candid and intimate as it is feisty.

Thomas Dambo, the acclaimed Danish sculptor, unveiled his first permanent troll in New York State. Will it offer a lasting economic boon in the town of Tupper Lake?

The storm, which has already closed airports and canceled trains along the Gulf, could have impacts on major hubs like Atlanta and Charlotte.

Avianca Flight 42 was en route to New York from Medellín, Colombia, when it “encountered unexpected turbulence” and was diverted to Miami.

Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.

To meet skyrocketing demand, lounge operators like American Express are racing to build bigger, and the Centurion in Newark’s Terminal A will be a giant.

Is there anything as fun as watching the countryside whiz by from a train car? How about a little train trivia? See how you do on these 10 questions.

In the wake of the ultra-low-cost carrier’s closure, and with the cost of fuel and labor rising, domestic fares have become less competitive. But there are ways to parry higher prices.

Mr. Musk, whose company SpaceX owns Starlink, has attacked the top executive of Delta Air Lines for not selecting the internet provider.

Two men, who arrived separately from Cuba days apart, each carried clutches of live birds concealed in their clothes, the authorities said.

The episode briefly disrupted operations on Tuesday at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Calif., where the man went onto the tarmac, the authorities said.

An American Airlines flight was diverted to New York on Tuesday because of an “inadequate number of operational lavatories” — two, on a plane that normally has eight.

In St. Andrews, Scotland, history and golf intertwine, on and off the famous courses.

Here are the steps to get your money back on VAT taxes, which are widespread in Europe and are bundled into the costs of certain items that travelers take home with them.

If you’re looking for something a little different on your next road trip, stop by a farm where you can commune with these fan-favorite animals.

A writer takes a weeklong journey, from the island city-state to the Thai capital, in the final days of a historic rail connection.

A tropical storm was moving through the area when the 90-foot lava rock formation disintegrated, the National Park Service said.

These new or renovated getaways offer opportunities to bask in the season’s pastoral and cultural delights in comfort.

The airline helpfully rebooked a delayed traveler from Toronto, but failed to mention it had also canceled her return trip. She spent $800 to get home.

The agency said that requiring agents to stand while examining documents was a “welcome change.” The union representing them was less welcoming.

The process of getting a first U.S. passport will go fully online next year, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, so if your picture is bad, it’ll be your fault.