Supported by government furlough programs, people freed from lockdowns are opening their wallets at a record pace. The virus will determine how long that lasts.

As Europe’s Economies Reopen, Consumers Go on a Spending Spree

With more people working from home, business is booming for companies selling livable sheds.

Your New Home Office May Be in the Backyard

Edgar Sandoval knew he was well prepared to report on the spread of the coronavirus on the Texas-Mexico border. He was going home. Little did he know exactly what he would find.

I Went Home to Texas to Cover the Virus. Then My Family Got It.

Only a small number of large companies have tied executive compensation to goals for hiring and promotion of workers from underrepresented groups.

Want More Diversity? Some Experts Say Reward C.E.O.s for It

Banning the use of the Chinese tech giant’s equipment in high-speed wireless infrastructure is a major reversal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and a big victory for the Trump administration.

U.K. Bars Huawei for 5G as Tech Battle Between China and the West Escalates

Viola Davis appears on the cover of this month’s issue, the first by a Black photographer, in an image meant to be a protest.

The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair

Several retailers have ended the pay raises and bonuses they gave to employees as an appreciation for their courage and commitment in showing up to work during the pandemic.

‘Hero’ Pay Raises Disappear for Many Essential Workers

The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is now described as training, advising and assisting Afghan troops. But American forces are still patrolling areas that are as deadly as they were in 2001.

Three Marines, Now Focus of Russian Bounties Investigation, Show the Costs of an Endless War

The judge questioned whether the women involved in the proposed agreement constituted a legal class. He also said a proposal to pay out $12 million toward legal fees for the producer and his former company directors was “obnoxious.”

Judge, Expressing Skepticism, Upends $25 Million Harvey Weinstein Settlement

As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.

Seeing Native Americans Nowhere, and Everywhere

The retro political artwork on “New York Tough” is peak Cuomo, summing up the state’s battle against the coronavirus. But is it art?

Andrew Cuomo Ascends to the Mountaintop With His Pandemic Poster

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo said that as long as the economy behaved according to their forecasts, they were braced for more pandemic-induced pain.

Banks Stockpile Billions as They Prepare for Things to Get Worse

The Trump administration said it would no longer require foreign students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country.

U.S. Rescinds Plan to Strip Visas From International Students in Online Classes

Along a coastline in New Zealand, kelp seems to contain a genetic record of the planet’s geological upheaval.

Scientists Find an Earthquake’s Toll in an Organism’s DNA

The French company behind flashy digital shows of Klimt, Klee, van Gogh and others is bringing fine art to a mass audience. And it’s turning a profit.

Famous Paintings Go on Show, Without a Canvas in Sight

This week’s standout livestreams in dance: revisiting “Relations” and early Trisha Brown, and working out with Viva Soudan.

For a New Series, Black Artists in Dance Tell Their Stories

The thistledown velvet ant, which is actually a wasp, resembles creosote fuzz. But mimicry isn’t the reason, a new study suggests.

How a Velvet Ant (Which Is a Wasp) Got Its White Fluff

The Good Batch in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, has opened an ice-cream parlor across the street from its bakery.

A Bakery Gets Into the Ice Cream Business

Social Hour, a new line of canned cocktails from Julie Reiner and Tom Macy, features classics like the gin and tonic and the whiskey mule.

Cocktail Veterans Create a Few Canned Drinks

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

Quotation of the Day: Pressure Finally Knocks Name From Team’s Grip

The star of “Palm Springs,” on Hulu and at drive-in theaters, also puts A Tribe Called Quest and “Queer Eye” on his list of essentials.

Andy Samberg Makes Each Day Count With Thundercat and ‘Not Too Much’ Bourbon

So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.

Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains

A lawsuit by the state’s attorney general adds to pressure on the companies to consider their drivers full employees.

Massachusetts Sues Uber and Lyft Over the Status of Drivers

Welcome to the viral world of hyper-realistic cake slicing videos.

This Pickle Is a Cake

The main arbiter of commercial popularity in music has struggled to adapt its methods to reflect the way listeners behave today without alienating major artists and labels.

Billboard Tweaks, but Doesn’t Repeal, a Chart Rule Over Album ‘Bundles’

Rosa was a Spanish-born Landes cow known for her participation in the French game show Intervilles. She became a popular part of the programme due to her intelligence and aggressiveness. She died in 2020 of a gastric illness.

July 14, 2020

Headlines from July 14, 2020

As Europe’s Economies Reopen, Consumers Go on a Spending Spree

Your New Home Office May Be in the Backyard

I Went Home to Texas to Cover the Virus. Then My Family Got It.

Want More Diversity? Some Experts Say Reward C.E.O.s for It

U.K. Bars Huawei for 5G as Tech Battle Between China and the West Escalates

Billboard 200

My Turn

Just Cause Y'all Waited 2

BLAME IT ON BABY

Hollywood's Bleeding

After Hours

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 14, 2020