May 25, 2014

With its economy flatlining, Crimea desperately needs a banner year in tourism. But with the violent portrait Russian television has painted of Ukraine, few seem likely to come.

Hector Xavier Monsegur, a prominent hacker set to be sentenced this week on federal charges, has provided a trove of information to the authorities, according to a newly filed court document.

As the federal government cracks down on immigrants in the country illegally and forbids businesses to hire them, it is relying on tens of thousands of those immigrants each year to provide essential labor.

Wading into the heart of Middle East tensions, Pope Francis also endorsed “the State of Palestine” in symbolic visits to the West Bank and Jerusalem.

As voters cast their ballots to replace their toppled president, surveys showed the pro-Western billionaire Petro Poroshenko holding a wide lead over his strongest rival.

Rangers Coach Alain Vigneault and his Canadiens counterpart, Michel Therrien, continued to trade jabs before Game 4 of a series featuring plenty of hard hits.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts “Così Fan Tutte” in Los Angeles in a production designed by the star architect Zaha Hadid.

Norm Macdonald, long-ago anchor of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” is at the center of a Twitter campaign for Craig Ferguson’s “Late Late Show” slot on CBS.

“The World Wars,” a three-part documentary on the History channel, is a smart and sweeping look at 30 years of global upheaval bookended by two world wars.

For the game studio Ubisoft, the release of Watch Dogs on Tuesday will begin to answer whether a five-year, $150 million investment was worthwhile.

Olivier Assayas discusses his film, “Clouds of Sils Maria,” which stars Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart and explores the questions of time, youth and the slipping away of each.

While American Ballet Theater’s rendering of “La Bayadère” had plenty of ballet-as-sport spectacle, the leads in the story’s love triangle imbued it with rich dramatic purpose.