Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom.

The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit.

Thiem stormed back to beat Alexander Zverev for the title in a fifth-set tiebreaker.

Dominic Thiem Comes Back From Down 2 Sets to Win U.S. Open Final

Yoshihide Suga’s years as a shadow power in Japanese politics left him a bit of a cipher.  Now he is emerging to take control of the world’s third-largest economy at a time of deep uncertainty.

Japan’s Next Prime Minister Emerges From Behind the Curtain

The return of professional football to a nation living on a raw and perilous edge, struggling to confront a lethal virus and trying to heal its deep racial wounds, offered fans a tense and unlikely paradox.

When You Love, and Loathe, Watching the N.F.L.

The unions’ leadership is mostly white, suburban and Republican, setting it apart from an increasingly diverse police force and the city itself.

How New York City’s Police Unions Embraced Trump

“Homeland Elegies,” a novel that draws heavily on elements of memoir, is the story of a son and his immigrant father that has echoes of “The Great Gatsby.”

With Wit and Anger, Ayad Akhtar Addresses What It Means to Be American

Prisoners are more vulnerable than ever to the twin crises of the pandemic and a historic wildfire season.

For Prisoners in the West, the Virus and the Wildfires Are Colliding Threats

Elections in Florida are won by running up margins in favorable terrain while losing more closely in hostile precincts. Joseph Biden visits the state on Tuesday for the first time since claiming the nomination.

A Tight Trump-Biden Race in Florida: Here’s the State of Play

State Department officials have raised alarms about the legal risk in aiding airstrikes that kill civilians. The Trump administration recently suppressed findings as it sold more weapons to Gulf nations.

War Crime Risk Grows for U.S. Over Saudi Strikes in Yemen

The musician and composer, widely known as Blood Orange, talked about helping create the mood of Luca Guadagnino’s new HBO series and about blending synthesizers with Schubert.

How Dev Hynes Went From Being in ‘We Are Who We Are’ to Scoring It

ByteDance’s founder has long urged his employees to think beyond the world’s No. 2 economy, where growth is easing and competition is rising.

TikTok Owner’s Big Reason to Strike a U.S. Deal: China Is Slowing

The detection of a gas in the planet’s atmosphere could turn scientists’ gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds

Michael R. Caputo told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection and accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”

Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt

In HBO’s “The Vow,” the self-help organization’s ringleader Keith Raniere has the unhinged charisma of an internet meme.

Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet

In the 1970s and ’80s, his music went largely unheralded, but an audience finally caught up. A new career-spanning mixtape, “Transmissions,” traces the evolution of a life fully in bloom.

Listeners Found Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It Was Time.

The new restrictions, announced Monday, fall short of a broader ban on cotton and tomatoes from Xinjiang that the administration was poised to announce last week.

U.S. Restricts Chinese Apparel and Tech Products, Citing Forced Labor

Jason Wu tests out the runway’s new normal.

What Happened at New York’s First Pandemic Fashion Show?

The Chinese-owned app designed a compromise to satisfy U.S. security concerns. The terms are now under review by the Trump administration.

TikTok’s Proposed Deal Seeks to Mollify U.S. and China

Cam Newton looked terrific, Tom Brady looked fairly terrible, and there were upsets all over the place in a wild slate of games.

What We Learned From Week 1 of the N.F.L. Season

Wunmi Mosaku, who plays Ruby in the HBO horror thriller, discusses Sunday’s extraordinary episode: “The worst thing was the shape-shifting.”

This ‘Lovecraft Country’ Actor Is Happy in Her Own Skin

An experiment with unglazed clay pots hinted at how much archaeologists can learn about ancient cultures from cooking vessels.

The Hidden History Baked Into a Cooking Pot

With indoor performances still far-off, the orchestra has organized a “Soundwalk” in Central Park and outdoor pop-up concerts.

Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive

This brilliantly designed performance, staged for a live audience in Brooklyn and filmed for YouTube, is an urgent response to police misconduct.

Review: Tales of Brutality From ‘Twelve Angry Men … and Women’

The first major international art event since the lockdown started took place at smaller venues around the city, rather than under a single roof.

In Berlin, the Art World Spreads Out to Stay Safe

The vintner Mark Blatty has experimented with a white wine blend, Aurora, after focusing on reds.

September 14, 2020

Headlines from September 14, 2020

The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit.

Dominic Thiem Comes Back From Down 2 Sets to Win U.S. Open Final

Japan’s Next Prime Minister Emerges From Behind the Curtain

When You Love, and Loathe, Watching the N.F.L.

How New York City’s Police Unions Embraced Trump

Billboard 200

Folklore

Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

Legends Never Die

S&M2

Smile

Historical Context for September 14, 2020