At a time when the attribution of paintings can be so litigious, a startling reassessment provides a rare window into the often imprecise, and debate-riddled, field of identifying the authorship of artworks.

$5,200 or $5.2 Million? It’s All in How It’s Framed

New ties between Boko Haram and the Islamic State have reinforced American and European concerns that have led to the training of African troops.

African Training Exercise Turns Urgent as Threats Grow

The unfairness in Ferguson’s court system that is highlighted by a Justice Department report is not limited to it or even to Missouri.

Ferguson Became Symbol, but Bias Knows No Border

The Icelandic singer-songwriter performed at Carnegie Hall on Saturday afternoon in what was the first of seven concerts in New York City.

Review: Björk at Carnegie Hall, Heartbreak and Pathos

Yik Yak, a social media app that serves as a local bulletin board, has proved popular especially on college campuses, but the cover of anonymity it offers allows for some unfettered nastiness.

Who Spewed That Abuse? Anonymous Yik Yak App Isn’t Telling

Of all the country’s major racial and ethnic groups, only Hispanics, as of late last year, had returned to their unemployment levels before the recession, according to a recent economic report.

Job Growth for Hispanics Is Outpacing Other Groups

The Nurse-Family Partnership is at the heart of a sweeping federal effort aimed at improving children’s health by educating mothers.

Visiting Nurses, Helping Mothers on the Margins

This ensemble celebrated its new space with concerts featuring work by Beethoven and others.

Review: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Opens Its New Concert Hall

Pay cuts for Medicare physicians, the Highway Trust Fund and the federal Export-Import Bank are among the budget measures that a Republican-controlled Congress will be faced with passing this year.

G.O.P. Is Divided as Budget Bills Start Piling Up

In this A&E series, adapted from the French series “Les Revenants,” dead people return without any memory of having been absent.

Review: In ‘The Returned,’ the Dead Return as if Nothing Happened

How to make the virtual-reality experience more immersive and satisfying was part of this year’s conference in San Francisco.

Virtual Reality’s Potential Displayed at Game Developers Conference

The payments start-up has gone beyond its credit card reader and introduced new products in the last year, including two new services that it says will help small businesses.

Square Expands Its Reach Into Small-Business Services

The right-hander Chris Young, who won the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award last season, signed a one-year, $675,000 contract with Kansas City. He can make up to $5.325 million in incentive bonuses.

Kansas City Royals Sign Pitcher

The New York Cosmos will play the Cuban national team on June 2 in Havana, becoming the first American professional team to play on the island since 1999.

Cosmos to Lead Return to Post-Embargo Cuba 

With doleful songs that ponder passion, mortality, compassion and sin, Hozier is also a hitmaker who was greeted with the squeals of pop adoration.

Review: Hozier at Beacon Theater With Somber Songs of Love and Other Futilities

The Hong Kong Dance Company presented its version of the story about heroism and honor, beloved by Disney fans.

Review: ‘The Legend of Mulan’ Choreographs a Chinese Folk Tale

Apple will demonstrate its new smartwatch on Monday, HSBC’s chief will testify in Britain’s Parliament, and Greece will detail its reform plans.

Apple Watch Demonstration, Questions for HSBC and Greece’s Bailout

Someone walked out with a painting by the Colombian artist Oscar Murillo that had been displayed on the floor of the Museum of Modern art, an official said. The painting was recovered, but not much else is clear.

Mystery of the Murillo Artwork That Vanished at MoMA

Corrections appearing in print on Sunday, March 8, 2015.

Corrections: March 8, 2015

The captain and co-pilot of Flight 370, which disappeared a year ago, had shown no signs of distress, a Malaysian government report said Sunday.

No Sign of Distress in Malaysia Jet’s Crew, Report Says

“The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” which cost Fox Searchlight about $15 million to make, took in an estimated $8.6 million from a relatively limited 1,573 screens in North America, according to Rentrak, which compiles box office data.

Older Moviegoers Bolster Box Office of ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

A project by the Clinton Foundation modified public advertisements to raise awareness of its No Ceilings initiative on the status of women and girls worldwide.

‘Not There’ Campaign Removes Women From Ads for International Women’s Day

As part of the Contact! new-music series, Alan Gilbert led a program of composers he encountered while conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Review: The New York Philharmonic Highlights Nordic Works

Ms. Spina’s troupe performed in the loft where she has lived since the 1970s, with music led by the jazz pianist Joel Forrester.

Review: The Peggy Spina Tap Company at the Spina Loft in SoHo

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s play revolves around four friends facing typical mid-30s angst about the possibility of children and the slow creep of time and aging.

Review: In ‘Hunter Gatherers,’ a Couples’ Dinner Grows Increasingly Bizarre

Samuel Michael Simon was an American television producer and animal rights activist who co-developed the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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$5,200 or $5.2 Million? It’s All in How It’s Framed

African Training Exercise Turns Urgent as Threats Grow

Ferguson Became Symbol, but Bias Knows No Border

Review: Björk at Carnegie Hall, Heartbreak and Pathos

Who Spewed That Abuse? Anonymous Yik Yak App Isn’t Telling

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