Private security firms have matured from bit players on the edge of global conflicts to multinational companies that guard oil fields, analyze intelligence and fight insurgents.

Blackwater’s Legacy Goes Beyond Public View

Revisiting a very old theme in this big fat musical of a wedding, with all the trimmings (and Tyne Daly starring), by Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi.

Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You,’ a Wedding on Broadway

In a new documentary, the director Brett Morgen aims to dispel myths surrounding Nirvana’s famous frontman.

With ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ Brett Morgen Demythologizes a Legend

The charge focuses on accusations that the company diverts traffic from its rivals to favor its own products and services, particularly websites for shopping.

Europe Challenges Google, Seeing Violations of Its Antitrust Law

An exchange between Iraq and Saudi Arabia reflected the challenges facing the Obama administration as it tries to hold together a diverse coalition in the fight against the Islamic State.

Tensions Flare Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in U.S. Coalition

The aim of the foundation maintaining the site of the concentration camp is “to preserve authenticity.” It is a moral stance with specific curatorial challenges.

Preserving the Ghastly Inventory of Auschwitz

As the antitrust case against Microsoft showed, the giants that look most unbeatable can falter in ways that have nothing to do with the actions of government regulators.

Case Against Google May Be Undercut by Rapid Changes in Technology

The most trendy music festival of the year has been surpassed by the parties that pop up around it.

Come for Coachella, but Party at #nochella

In this novel, largely set in Northern California, four children grow up with a loving father and a mother preoccupied with her own needs.

Review: ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that the automaker that emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 is not liable for accidents tied to the defect that occurred before that time.

Ruling Shields G.M. From Ignition Suits

Ms. Jones’s tenure as director will end in December, with much accomplished and much that still needs to be done.

Susan Henshaw Jones to Leave Museum of the City of New York

“They Told Me Not to Take That Job,” by Mr. Levy, the former president of Lincoln Center, is to be published next month.

Reynold Levy’s New Book Names Names, Including the Met and Peter Gelb

Thinning hair affects some 30 million women in the United States, but thanks to new procedures and medications, those numbers could drop.

New Treatments for Thinning Hair for Women

Francesca Amfitheatrof, Tiffany & Company’s design director, is restoring artistic luster to the storied jeweler with pieces like the statement necklace that Cate Blanchett wore to the Academy Awards.

At Tiffany, Something New Inside the Blue Box

David McVicar’s new productions of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” opened on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Review: At Met Opera, ‘Pagliacci’ Goes Vaudeville as ‘Cavalleria’ Turns

The European Union is accusing Google of abusing its dominance, and Microsoft has links with the three initial complainants that sparked the antitrust investigation.

Microsoft, Once an Antitrust Target, Is Now Google’s Regulatory Scold   

Corrections appearing in print on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Corrections: April 15, 2015

Quotation of the day for Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Quotation of the Day

A little black device available for $100 can give easy access to certain locked cars. But there may be a way to thwart the machine.

Keeping Your Car Safe From Electronic Thieves

Net income fell short of expectations as the bank continued to try to recover from the fallout from the financial crisis.

Bank of America Swings to a Profit

The airline plans to cut some winter flights as the rising value of the dollar erodes revenues abroad.

Delta Posts Record Net Income; Reduces International Service

The Indianapolis-based company announced on Wednesday that Mr. Oesterle was leaving, in part, to become more “civically involved” in the state’s issues.

William Oesterle, Chief Executive of Angie’s List, to Step Down

August Schulenberg’s new play, at the Loisaida Center, considers life in a postapocalyptic Manhattan.

Review: ‘Salvage’ Looks at What the Hazmat Dragged In

The Showtime documentary features the comedian traveling the country and doing her stand-up in people’s homes,

Review: ‘Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro’

Cedric the Entertainer hosts this series, in which the work of barbers is graded by a three-person panel.

Review: ‘Cedric’s Barber Battle,’ a New CW Reality Show

Jonathan Crombie was a Canadian actor and voice-over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.

Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)

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Surya Bahadur Thapa was a Nepali politician and a five-time Prime Minister of Nepal. He served under three different kings in a political career lasting more than 50 years.

April 15, 2015

Headlines from April 15, 2015

Blackwater’s Legacy Goes Beyond Public View

Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You,’ a Wedding on Broadway

With ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ Brett Morgen Demythologizes a Legend

Europe Challenges Google, Seeing Violations of Its Antitrust Law

Tensions Flare Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in U.S. Coalition

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The Album About Nothing

Furious 7

Ludaversal

To Pimp A Butterfly

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Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 15, 2015