Ms. Dushku told investigators she was written off the hit series ‘Bull’ after enduring sexual harassment on the set. Lawyers scolded CBS for its ‘antiquated’ views.

CBS Paid the Actress Eliza Dushku $9.5 Million to Settle Harassment Claims

Glossy and bristling with fine performances, this adaptation of the 1960 Harper Lee classic gets the Aaron Sorkin treatment.

Review: A Broadway ‘Mockingbird,’ Elegiac and Effective

Federal prosecutors in New York and Washington are examining whether people from several Middle Eastern countries used straw donors to obscure donations to the funds.

Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations

Several artworks that looked closely at the implications of biotechnology and artificial intelligence have been banned from an art festival in southern China.

Their Art Raised Questions About Technology. Chinese Censors Had Their Own Answer.

Kyler Murray won the Heisman. Mason Fine of North Texas is about to be college football’s leading active passer. He’s two inches shy of six feet.

Another Very Good ‘Short’ Quarterback Rises From Oklahoma

For some New Yorkers, being priced out of the city means it’s time to move to the woods.

Forget the Suburbs, It’s Country or Bust

Brighton Beach is the grumpy neighbor of Coney Island and home to a population of Soviet exiles. And if you don’t get it, well, your loss. 

Welcome to Брайтон Бич, Brooklyn 

Car sales are falling. Housing is slow. Workers get three-month unpaid vacations. For Chinese leaders, pressure for a trade deal with President Trump is rising.

China’s Economy Slows Sharply, in Challenge for Xi Jinping

Mr. Walker, a Republican who has pushed Wisconsin to the right, signed legislation hobbling his Democratic successor as one of his final acts as governor.

Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor

We define immediate annuities, fixed annuities, variable annuities and index annuities, plus give you questions to ask salespeople. 

The Simplest Annuity Explainer We Could Write

Expanding from its Williamsburg location, Nitehawk has taken over the Pavilion in Park Slope, a notoriously decrepit theater that closed in 2016.

Nitehawk Prospect Park Is Finally Ready, Promising Art-House Movies (and Cleaner Floors)

This Netflix film gives a straightforward, unadorned, up-close experience of Bruce Springsteen’s solo show, and it doesn’t cost a month’s rent.

Springsteen on Netflix, Where Everyone Can Get a Ticket

Michael T. Flynn, the president’s former national security adviser, had cooperated with the special counsel, but in asking for leniency, he stoked an unfounded theory about potential evidence he did not lie to investigators.

Mueller Rejects Flynn’s Attempt to Portray Himself as Victim of the F.B.I.

Manchester United has few rivals when it comes to history or cash flow, but clubs like Liverpool have now eclipsed it on the field, in part because United grew complacent.

First in Trophies, First in Revenue, Sixth in the Table

The chief financial officer was arrested after a yearslong American inquiry into the Chinese telecommunications company.

How a National Security Investigation of Huawei Set Off an International Incident

In Mr. Mulvaney, President Trump chose a hard-line conservative and former congressman with a deep understanding of how Congress works and a personal chemistry with Mr. Trump.

Trump Names Mick Mulvaney Acting Chief of Staff

Sometimes it can seem as if only the privileged support the cause. But the truth is more complicated.

Is Environmentalism Just for Rich People?

Disappointing retail sales and industrial output figures in China helped drag markets down.

Wall Street Is Battered by Worsening Economic Outlook in China

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains how reporters discovered some of the information mobile apps collect.

Uncovering What Your Phone Knows

If one duckweed lands where a bird relieves itself, it’s capable of eventually creating a dense mat of duckweeds where there were none before. 

One of Nature’s Smallest Flowering Plants Can Survive Inside of a Duck

In an era when offenses emphasize the pass, Baltimore is doing just the opposite, and its emerging ground game is leaving other teams flummoxed.

The Ravens’ Down-to-Earth Approach Is Unnerving the N.F.L.

When he is not compiling music for his SiriusXM show or internet radio channel, Ramone takes in live jazz and watches retro sci-fi movies.

How Marky Ramone, Punk Rocker, Spends His Sundays

Pork loin roasted on a bed of cider-moistened apples and onions is a wintry dish suitable for entertaining or a cozy Sunday supper. 

A Different Kind of Sheet Pan Supper

Yes, researchers in Minnesota have recorded wolves diving into a stream to grab a meal. 

Watch This Wolf Go Fishing

An employee looking to make a switch gets no response and wonders if it’s because he’s the wrong “type.” Here’s how to stop brooding and take useful action.

December 14, 2018

Headlines from December 14, 2018

CBS Paid the Actress Eliza Dushku $9.5 Million to Settle Harassment Claims

Review: A Broadway ‘Mockingbird,’ Elegiac and Effective

Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations

Their Art Raised Questions About Technology. Chinese Censors Had Their Own Answer.

Another Very Good ‘Short’ Quarterback Rises From Oklahoma

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