Investigators are trying to piece together the life of an 18-year-old before his classmate was killed and another injured during a fight at a Bronx high school.

Student Charged in Bronx School Stabbing Felt Bullied, Police Say

Even as China scolds Seoul for housing a U.S. missile defense system, its businesses and consumers buy up more Korean semiconductors and cosmetics.

China’s Harsh Words Mask a Trade Boom With South Korea

In a rare act of defiance, some 150 Cuban doctors serving in Brazil have sued to work as independent contractors, cutting out the Havana government.

Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’

“Gotham” — a 1,400-page radical history of New York — was an unlikely hit. Now, 20 years later, Mike Wallace has finished Volume II. And he’s still not done.

Man of ‘Gotham’ Returns

The past few weeks of rolling natural disasters are a reminder to homeowners across the country to do what they can to prepare for the unknown.

Preparing Your Home for a Disaster

Half of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims are now packed into tarp huts in Bangladesh, and aid workers are just starting to reach some of the most desperate.

In Grim Camps, Rohingya Suffer on ‘Scale That We Couldn’t Imagine’

Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to bring more openness to how police officers are disciplined, but, unable to get action in Albany, he has largely disappeared on the issue.

What Happened to Police Accountability? The Mayor’s Not Saying

Payback walks students through picking a college and paying for it, from choosing majors to finding work. Will it help them or scare them?

A Game to Help Students Pay the Right Price for College

Yale researchers calculated that, if contact sports could be made noncontact, there would be 49,600 fewer injuries among male college athletes per year and 601,900 among those in high school.

Cost of Contact in Sports Is Estimated at Over 600,000 Injuries a Year

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson repeated the American assertion that embassy personnel were deliberately targeted. But he did not blame Cuba.

Illnesses at U.S. Embassy in Havana Prompt Evacuation of More Diplomats

Spain has ordered security forces to stop Sunday’s referendum, but many Catalans plan to defy them, after “waiting for this moment for 300 years.”

Catalans, Elated but Fearful, Brace for Independence Vote

Investors in Europe will soon enjoy a fairer market under new rules. American investors won’t, if regulators side with big brokerage firms.

New Skirmish in an Old Battle: Wall Street vs. the Customer

Two figure skaters at a competition in Germany earned places for the Games in South Korea, calming fears North Korea might interrupt the event.

North Korean Figure Skaters Qualify for Olympics, Possibly Easing Tensions

Ten years ago, a Jamaican modeling industry barely existed. Then fashion got the diversity memo, and now island talent is blossoming everywhere.

Jamaica Puts a Different Face on the Runways

“Between the World and Me,” Coates’s treatise on black male life in America, catapulted him to prominence. Coates spoke to The Times about his new book, “We Were Eight Years in Power,” his year in Paris and what he’s up to next.

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Making of a Public Intellectual

The release of the Senate’s budget resolution is a critical step toward passing a tax overhaul that is protected from a Democratic filibuster.

Senate Unveils Budget Blueprint Allowing $1.5 Trillion in Tax Cuts

Here’s how a grimace-filled genre, exemplified by “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” grew into a television comedy staple.

Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips

The pitcher retired the first 14 batters he faced to keep the playoff-bound Yankees mathematically alive for the A.L. East title.

Masahiro Tanaka Strikes Out 15 on an Unusual Day for the Yankees

The health and human services secretary stepped down soon after President Trump said that he was “not happy” about Mr. Price’s travel bills.

Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights

The department says the conflict-of-interest statute, passed after scandals in for-profit education, is outdated, but others call it a safeguard.

Veterans Agency Seeks to Scrap Ethics Law on For-Profit Colleges

“Damn it, this is not a good news story,” Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said. Later, President Trump said the operation was going “really well, considering.”

San Juan Mayor Rebukes Trump Administration for Rosy Comments on Relief Effort

Researchers attached miniature video cameras to four penguin species and found that each was a jellyvore, even when other food was available.

Who’s Eating Jellyfish? Penguins, That’s Who

Tourist areas like Cancún and Los Cabos have seen an increased police presence following shooting incidents. The United States issued an updated warning last month.

After New Travel Warning, Questions About Safety in Mexico

The chairman and chief executive of a music publisher says she learned she didn’t have to solve every problem, and to rely instead on her managers.

Jody Gerson of Universal Music Publishing Group on Trusting Teams

Technical problems have added to the astronomical cost of the carmaker’s emissions scandal, as it tries to cope with slipping market share in Europe.

Volkswagen Issues Profit Warning Over Cost of Diesel Repairs

Thomas Beach Alter was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

September 29, 2017

Headlines from September 29, 2017

Student Charged in Bronx School Stabbing Felt Bullied, Police Say

China’s Harsh Words Mask a Trade Boom With South Korea

Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’

Man of ‘Gotham’ Returns

Preparing Your Home for a Disaster

Billboard 200

Life Changes

Sleep Well Beast

A Moment Apart

Luv Is Rage 2

All The Light Above It Too

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 29, 2017