As Israel faces threats both from traditional Shiite adversaries like Iran and from extremist Sunni cells in Syria, Iraq and beyond, officials insist they have no inclination to intervene.

Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy

A long friendship between two couples, all four of whom are well-known architects, is under stress after one couple recommended tearing down a Manhattan museum designed by the other pair.

Building Faces Wrecking Ball. So Does Couples’ Friendship.

Chet Kanojia’s company, Aereo, has figured out how to grab over-the-air television signals and stream them to subscribers on the Internet. It is an invention that could topple TV titans.

A Tiny Antenna Threatens the TV Networks’ Airspace

Lunacy is presented with a poker face in a revival of “Loot,” Joe Orton’s farce directed by Jesse Berger at the Lucille Lortel.

Poor Mummy, Tossed Around and Then Stashed in a Closet

An architect who studied abroad came home to Bulgaria, where he joined with others to enliven the city of Sofia with whimsical, low-cost public art projects.

Bulgarian Architects’ State-Sponsored Whimsy

The comedian Katt Williams’s past includes arrests, a lien from the I.R.S. and physical altercations. But he is determined to complete his current tour.

A Comic’s Fifth Second Chance

A half-century ago, Calliope Records issued recordings by John Updike, Philip Roth and others. Those readings have been reissued, allowing listeners to time-travel back to a ripe moment in American fiction.

Hearing Genuine Voices of Midcentury Fiction

“The Loudest Voice in the Room” is Gabriel Sherman’s biography of Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News.

He’s Hard as Nails, Hard to Nail Down, Too

Peyton Manning, at 37, passed for 400 yards in the A.F.C. championship game and will play in the N.F.L.’s finale for the first time in four years.

Manning Reclaims the Biggest Stage

Fred Frith and Nels Cline, virtuosos with conventional guitar techniques, performed their first public duet at the Alternative Guitar Summit at Subculture.

Where Guitars Sound Like Orchestras or Brawling Geese

The World Economic Forum will take place in Davos, Switzerland; the European Commission will publish its proposals on climate change policy; and Microsoft will release its earnings.

Economic Reports for the Week of Jan. 20

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of Jan. 20

The Seahawks quarterback has not lacked for encouragement since his father died four years ago, particularly from his uncle.

Moral Support Is Family Tradition for Seahawks’ Wilson

Corrections appearing in print on January 19, 2014.

Corrections: January 19, 2014

Quotation of the day for Sunday, January 19, 2014.

Quotation of the Day for Sunday, January 19, 2014

“Ride Along,” featuring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, continues a winning streak at the box office for movies with predominantly black casts.

A Fast Start for ‘Ride Along’ at the Box Office

The chairman of NBC Entertainment also gave a guest list for the final “Tonight” show with Jay Leno as host.

NBC Plans Live ‘Peter Pan’ for Next Holiday Season

The mandolinist Avi Avital was joined by the Enso String Quartet and others in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Repertory of Mandolin Is in Motion

Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to stop delivering movies on 35-millimeter film in the United States, offering them only in digital format, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Paramount Takes Step With Digital Film

Mr. Kinsley will write a monthly column for Vanity Fair, which is likely to cover “what I’ve written about most of the time: politics, in one form or another,” he said.

Michael Kinsley to Join Vanity Fair and Write a Monthly Column

Email is probably one of the most invasive forms of communication yet devised. For those who can’t seem to handle the onslaught, there is always the extreme option: select all, hit delete and declare email bankruptcy.

Disruptions: Looking for Relief From a Flood of Email

In the biggest upset so far at the tournament, Ana Ivanovic defeated Serena Williams for the first time as Williams suffered from back pain and a flurry of errors.

Serena Williams Tumbles in Australian Open’s Fourth Round

Several congressional leaders said Russia was not sharing information about potential terrorist threats to the Games to be held in Sochi next month.

Olympics Security Worries U.S. Officials

Edward J. Snowden may have worked with Russian spy agencies while he was still a contractor for the National Security Agency, Representative Mike Rogers said.

Congressional Leaders Suggest Earlier Snowden Link to Russia

“Have I No Mouth,” part of P.S. 122’s Coil Festival, puts a mother, a son and their psychotherapist on stage in an exploration of loss.

A Real-Life Mother and Son Share Memories and Grief

Azaria Alon was an Israel Prize-winning environmentalist, and a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (born 1918)

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Sir Christopher John Chataway was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster and Conservative politician.

Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (born 1931)

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The 2014 Bannu Bombing was a bombing attack by the Taliban that killed twenty six Pakistani soldiers. Thirty-eight other people were injured as a result of the bombing.

A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

January 19, 2014

Headlines from January 19, 2014

Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy

Building Faces Wrecking Ball. So Does Couples’ Friendship.

A Tiny Antenna Threatens the TV Networks’ Airspace

Poor Mummy, Tossed Around and Then Stashed in a Closet

Bulgarian Architects’ State-Sponsored Whimsy

Billboard 200

Frozen

Beyonce

The Marshall Mathers LP 2

PRISM

Pure Heroine

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for January 19, 2014