October 18, 2013

Recanting a confession the police say he gave, Conrado Juárez described the dysfunctional family in which Anjélica Castillo lived and died.

For frustrated conservative voters, the end of the government shutdown was as much a surrender to reality as to Democratic demands.

Utilities are experimenting with ways to store the sun’s energy as heat, converting it into electricity before dawn and after dusk.

The need for a bipartisan breakthrough, even a modest one, was amplified by the economic costs wrought by the 16-day shutdown and near-default on government obligations.

In “The Winslow Boy,” a Terence Rattigan play now being revived by the Roundabout Theater Company, a father wages a long campaign to clear his son’s name, regardless of the impact on the family.

The director Stefan Herheim made his highly anticipated British debut with Verdi’s sprawling “Vêpres Siciliennes.”

Some of this season’s films address adversity in solitude — “All Is Lost” at sea, “Gravity” in space — or under confinement (“Captain Phillips”).

Known as pelada, pickup soccer has long been a part of Brazilian culture, attracting players day and night who play for the love of the game.

Nancy Borowick’s parents both have cancer, and when she became engaged she asked their doctor when she should have the wedding. “As soon as you can,” he said.

Owners of resale apartments in Manhattan’s white-glove buildings expecting to match the soaring prices of new condos have found they were aiming too high.

DashLocker, an online service targeting buildings without doormen, allows residents to drop off and pick up laundry in a locker.

The shares closed up by a record 14 percent in another reminder that a handful of companies have taken control of the technology industry.