The combined company would be the No. 3 automaker and have a better chance of surviving a perilous transition to electric and self-driving cars.

Renault Considering Fiat’s Offer to Merge Into a New Auto Giant

Juul needs good science to prove to the F.D.A. that its e-cigarettes offer more benefits than risks. Some researchers say they are loath to take the company’s money.

Scientists Wanted: Recruited by Juul, Many Researchers Say No

The competitive lanes are set as candidates vie for black voters, women, younger voters — but they are fluid. One thing seems sure: Joseph R. Biden’s lead will be tested.

With the 2020 Democratic Field Set, Candidates Begin the Races Within the Race

On HBO, Instagram — even Fox News — aspirants are having a meta debate: How do you counterprogram a reality-TV president?

In the Democratic Primary, the Media Hits Are the Message

Rick Marsh worked in the car plant in Lordstown his entire life. Now that job is gone. What does that mean for his politics?

With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’

While campuses in Britain look toward Asia in their struggle to refill seats, those on the Continent are scrambling to prepare for a crush of new pupils.

Brexit Is Sending Students Packing, Straining Private Schools on Both Ends

Through “Aladdin” and other remakes, the studio has tried to fix its problematic legacy. But its efforts should be focused on original stories.

Rewriting the Past Won’t Make Disney More Progressive

The consulting company has argued it’s too hard to understand the disclosure rules intended to keep bankruptcy proceedings honest. It could have just looked at “Bankruptcy 101.”

McKinsey Said Disclosure Rules Were Confusing. It Ignored Its Own Primer.

Ocean Vuong’s first novel, like his acclaimed poems, draws on his own life and speaks solemnly to his experiences as an immigrant and a gay man.

‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ Captures a Young Immigrant’s Troubles and Ecstasies

In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change.

Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science

In Africa, farming is widely considered a synonym for poverty. But university graduates have set out to prove that farming is a future with “bling.”

Millennials ‘Make Farming Sexy’ in Africa, Where Tilling the Soil Once Meant Shame

Washington argues that global leaders must choose between an internet of Western values and one based on an authoritarian regime. If they do, how will data be divided? And would a self-reliant China be an even greater threat?

Trump Wants to Wall Off Huawei, but the Digital World Bridles at Barriers

Boston will seek its seventh N.H.L. championship, while St. Louis pursues its first.

Stanley Cup Finals Preview: Bruins and Blues Flash Back to 1970

The musical theater veteran, 86, will nod at her signature roles in new performances at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Chita Rivera Is Happy to Look Back. But She Never Stops Marching Forward.

The bio-play “Twisted Melodies” aims to remind us of his timeless musicianship and unsettling personal struggles.

One Fateful Night With Donny Hathaway

Quotation of the Day for Monday, May 27, 2019.

Quotation of the Day: It’s ‘Like a Zoo’ at Everest’s Tip as Deaths Soar

Tyler’s album had fewer streams than the No. 2 finisher, Khaled’s “Father of Asahd,” but bundles with T-shirts and lawn signs may have won the day.

Tyler, the Creator Beats DJ Khaled to Hit No. 1 With ‘Igor’

Pakistan has charged dozens of people with trafficking women to China as wives. Rabia Kanwal was one bride who says she was lied to. In China, her husband has a different story.

She Thought She’d Married a Rich Chinese Farmer. She Hadn’t.

One of the stresses of flying, researchers have found, is inequality. Planes, one expert said, “are a social ladder made of aluminum and upholstery.”

Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying

Emerald Fennell took over the BBC America thriller from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and brought her love of horror with her.

‘Killing Eve’ Showrunner: ‘All Obsession Is Sexual’

The condition is on the rise because the most frequent cause is obesity, which continues its unrelenting climb among American adults.

Sleep Apnea Can Have Deadly Consequences

Since 2003, Christine M. Daly had been the stage manager of the rowdy musical, which held its final performance at New World Stages on Sunday.

16 Years on ‘Avenue Q,’ Wrangling Puppets and Performances

The party’s strong performance humiliated Britain’s governing Conservatives, whose leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, on Friday announced her resignation.

Nigel Farage’s Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections

A series of bad roommate situations leads a public-school teacher to her first solo apartment in Brooklyn.

A Nice One-Bedroom, Even on a Teacher’s Salary

What this year’s strong lineup told us about Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and many more.

May 27, 2019

Headlines from May 27, 2019

Renault Considering Fiat’s Offer to Merge Into a New Auto Giant

Scientists Wanted: Recruited by Juul, Many Researchers Say No

With the 2020 Democratic Field Set, Candidates Begin the Races Within the Race

In the Democratic Primary, the Media Hits Are the Message

With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’

Billboard 200

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind

When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go?

Free Spirit

Space Between

Thank U; Next

Historical Context for May 27, 2019