With the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout, live streaming from mobile apps was just one of the new piracy headaches facing media companies.

With Boxing Match, Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps

Efforts by Senator Dean G. Skelos to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to help his son could send both men to prison.

Dean Skelos, Albany Senate Leader, Aided Son at All Costs, U.S. Says

Mr. Buffett, chief of Berkshire Hathaway, responded to concern that he had abandoned his company’s moral compass by teaming with 3G, an investment firm known for ruthlessly cutting jobs.

Berkshire’s Warren Buffett Shows His Teddy Bear Image Has Tough Side

The Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris helped inspire Dael Orlandersmith’s introspective work.

Review: In ‘Forever,’ Dael Orlandersmith Finds Comfort in a Cemetery

Most hedge funds were poor performers in 2014; only half of the top 10 earners beat the S.&P. 500 — yet the top 25 earned $11.62 billion.

For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well

More than 140 people in Austin, Ind. — population 4,200 — and its environs have tested positive for H.I.V., but fear and misinformation are hampering efforts to contain the outbreak.

Rural Indiana Struggles to Contend With H.I.V. Outbreak

Will the Apple Watch become as indispensable on the road as a passport? Siri won’t say. But we will.

Apple Watch: A Test Run for Travelers

Paintings that an American G.I. won in a poker game are among the treasures plundered during World War II that are returning to Germany.

Returning the Spoils of World War II, Taken by Americans

The singer’s first appearance since 1997 at the ball celebrating the Costume Institute comes on a surprising arm.

At the Met Gala, Cher and Marc Jacobs Make a Dream Duo

A measure would give the intelligence services the right to gather potentially unlimited electronic data from Internet communications, and to tap cellphones and capture text messages.

Lawmakers in France Move to Vastly Expand Surveillance

Unaccompanied children are among the most innocent victims of the trafficking machine that is sucking migrants into Libya’s maelstrom and out onto the Mediterranean.

Young African Migrants Caught in Trafficking Machine

Squeezed by competition and insurance cuts, air ambulance companies are increasingly pressing patients to make up sometimes sizable shortfalls.

Air Ambulances Offer a Lifeline, and Then a Sky-High Bill

Ms. Mann holds back little as she uses words and photos to detail her family, the South and more.

Review: ‘Hold Still,’ Sally Mann’s Memoir, Reveals a Photographer’s Rich Life

A family’s cooking history is seasoned with smudges, shorthand notations and challenging penmanship.

A Mother’s Cookbook Shares More Than Recipes

For guests heading to the ball, the hotel near the Met is a favorite gathering spot to prepare for the night ahead.

Before the Met Gala, Mingling at the Mark

This veteran trio’s successful Kickstarter campaign, which will help pay for a new album, proves that the fund-raising site isn’t just for emerging acts.

De La Soul’s Kickstarter Campaign Raises $600,874

A galaxy of celebrities alighted on the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its annual Costume Institute party.

Even the Stars at the Met Gala Get Star-Struck

The quarreling in Washington about taxes and spending ignores some areas in which policies actually promote unequal distribution of wealth.

What the Debate on Inequality Is Missing

Max Brallier’s “Galactic Hot Dogs” has taken off on the gaming website for children, leading to a seven-figure, three-book deal with Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

‘Galactic Hot Dogs’ Hopes Readers on Funbrain Will Buy at Bookstores

The New York Times/CBS News survey also found that Republican voters were most open to considering Senator Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush for president.

Hillary Clinton’s Appeal Survives Scrutiny, Poll Says

Some Wall Street chiefs and banking watchdogs warn that turbulence in the bond market could make it harder for companies and countries to borrow.

Bankers and Regulators Voice Fears on Bond Market Volatility

House investigators will receive a list of Fed staff employees who were the subjects of the Fed’s internal inquiry in 2012, when the leak took place.

Justice Department Conducting Criminal Investigation of Leak at Federal Reserve 

Corrections appearing in print on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Corrections: May 5, 2015

Quotation of the day for Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Quotation of the Day

The restaurant chain wants to banish a variety of artificial preservatives, flavors and colors, as well as different kinds of sweeteners and meat from animals raised with antibiotics.

Panera Bread Plans to Drop a Long List of Ingredients

Jobst Brandt was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, bicycle enthusiast, educator, and author.

Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (born 1935)

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Johannes Juliaan Gijsbert "Hans" Jansen was a Dutch politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.

May 5, 2015

Headlines from May 5, 2015

With Boxing Match, Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps

Dean Skelos, Albany Senate Leader, Aided Son at All Costs, U.S. Says

Berkshire’s Warren Buffett Shows His Teddy Bear Image Has Tough Side

Review: In ‘Forever,’ Dael Orlandersmith Finds Comfort in a Cemetery

For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well

Billboard 200

Handwritten

Furious 7

Love Somebody

Cherry Bomb

Into The Wild Life

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for May 5, 2015