The president’s disclosure meant extra worry. One expert said: “It’s just par for the course this year.”

Trump’s Coronavirus Is Another Jolt of Uncertainty for Investors

While many campuses are struggling with major outbreaks, some schools have successfully contained the virus.

Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing

The startling turn of events in the race for the White House left both sides confronting a wrenching series of strategic choices just one month before Election Day.

Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch

Some couples, faced with the possibility of not seeing one another for long stretches when the pandemic hit, instead decided to quarantine together and fast-tracked their relationships.

Love and the Lockdown

Pay-advance apps have been downloaded millions of times, and more employers are offering them as benefits to workers who need cash.

Apps Will Get You Paid Early, for a Price

After a nonstop year journeying to far-flung destinations for The Times, a well-traveled writer learns to love the local attractions — and the spaces in between.

I Traveled to 52 Places. Then I Discovered N.Y. on My Bike.

Experts are warning that existing water safety rules are not suitable to a world where wildfires destroy more residential areas than in the past.

After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water

In films like “Die Hard,” “Cocktail” and “A Fish Called Wanda,” characters were loud, obscene, neurotic and mean. Now the edges are razored off.

Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today

As the president clashes with the courts, some companies and investors say tougher limits on temporary work visas will help push jobs overseas.

Trump Cracks Down on Visas. Indian Firms May Benefit.

The Netflix film and a handful of other recent titles movingly explore what it means to come of age at the crossroads of racism and sexism.

What the ‘Cuties’ Critics Can’t See: The Complexities of Black Girlhood

Ensembles shut by the coronavirus pandemic are shaking up their programming. Artists of color are hoping it’s for the long haul.

Orchestras Are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will It Last?

She’s been to 39 shows since the 2016 election, and believes Broadway will return. But she doesn’t have the “gumption” to see herself depicted just yet.

Meet Theater’s Most Famous Superfan: Hillary Clinton

Payrolls grew last month, but permanent layoffs are rising, the labor force is contracting, and fewer women are employed.

Job Gains Are Waning, a Blow to Economic Recovery

For all of the tumult of the race between President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. — and for all of the other currents battering the country and its leaders in an election year — the issue of the virus has never retreated as the overwhelming factor.

Trump’s Illness Makes It Clear: This Election Was Always About the Virus

Tesla reported record deliveries in the third quarter as growing interest in electric vehicles and other cars boosted sales across the industry.

Led by Tesla, Auto Industry Rebounds as Car Sales Surge

For Hawk Newsome, a co-founder of a movement in New York, the activism does not let up on the weekend.

How a #BlackLivesMatter Leader Spends His Sundays

Darren Star’s latest serial goes down like sour wine for actual Parisians.

‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’

The Amazon was never a “land without men.”

Captain Chain Saw’s Delusion

Scenes of racist brutality both real, in news videos, and imagined, in series like “The Boys,” can veer between exposure and exploitation. But sometimes we need to pay the price of our contentment.

My Screens Are Filled With Black Death, but I Won’t Look Away

Quotation of the Day for Friday, October 2, 2020.

Quotation of the Day: When Your Job Is to Ensure Nov. 3 Isn’t a Debacle

Donald Trump has the coronavirus. Let’s learn from that.

The Pandemic Comes for the President

Some of the closings in September went into contract before the coronavirus surfaced and the presidential election moved into full swing.

In a Quiet Month, More Big Sales at 220 Central Park South

Buttery swordfish pairs with eggplant that’s been broiled, then simmered until it collapses in a velvety heap in this sophisticated weeknight dinner.

Twice the Cooking, but Boundless Flavor

At this rate, it will take 17 months for employment to return to full health.

Strong Job Growth, a Terrible Job Market: The Bizarre 2020 Economy

Also: I’m ending my marriage, and my boss keeps staring at my ring-less finger.

I’m a Ghostwriter for a ‘Thought Leader.’ Boo!

Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE QC (Hon) was an Irish lawyer known for her work in the UK concerning children's rights, particularly forced marriage and international child abduction.

October 2, 2020

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Trump’s Coronavirus Is Another Jolt of Uncertainty for Investors

Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing

Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch

Love and the Lockdown

Apps Will Get You Paid Early, for a Price

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Legends Never Die

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