In a sign of life going back to normal, a capacity crowd at the Ed Sullivan Theater — face masks optional — roared for the highest-rated late night host.

Stephen Colbert Returns to ‘Late Show’ Stage Before Vaccinated Fans

The former president began pressuring his incoming acting attorney general even before announcing that his predecessor was stepping down, emails show.

Trump Pressed Official to Wield Justice Dept. to Back Election Claims

The man who used television to help many North Americans start cooking Chinese food at home is as cheery as ever, but aware of some harsher truths.

Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World

The agreement, coming as President Biden met European leaders, ends a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies.

U.S. and E.U. End Aviation Trade Spat and Turn to China’s Rise

Ms. Scott made a new round of grants, to 286 organizations. Her net worth, which Forbes estimates at $60 billion, keeps rising, thanks to Amazon stock.

MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Another $2.74 Billion Even as Her Wealth Grows

Two grilling methods are all you need to cook summer’s bounty, from broccoli to asparagus, cauliflower to tomatoes. Even leafy greens benefit from a brief turn on the grill.

How to Grill Just About Any Vegetable

Officials made the move after more than 70 percent of adults in both states had received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

‘A Momentous Day’: New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions

Ms. Khan, who first attracted notice as a critic of Amazon, was confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner on the agency on Tuesday.

Biden Names Lina Khan, a Big-Tech Critic, as F.T.C. Chair

“Sapphire Show,” a groundbreaking Los Angeles pop-up, lasted a mere five days — but it has proved worthy of an examination decades later in New York.

A Rare Spotlight on Black Women’s Art Still Shines After 51 Years

But with the ease of denying responsibility and the wide range of possible attackers, the traditional deterrents of the nuclear age no longer work.

Once, Superpower Summits Were About Nukes. Now, It’s Cyberweapons.

As New York’s Democratic primary nears, Black voters appear torn between Eric Adams and Maya Wiley and their divergent views on balancing public safety and civil rights.

Battle for Black Voters in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Centers on Policing

Daily deaths have dropped considerably since their January peak, with about 44 percent of the population now fully vaccinated.

U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines

Gov. Andrew Cuomo distanced himself from the aide, Joseph Percoco, but the governor’s sister and close allies quietly funded the aide’s legal fight.

Cuomo’s Inner Circle Raised Money for Aide Who Was Convicted of Bribery

A Times team has revamped an online database that makes it easier to learn about the roughly 780 prisoners who were taken there, including the 40 who remain.

An Updated Tool for Tracking the Detainees of Guantánamo Bay

The filmmakers Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”), S.K. Dale (“Till Death”) and Sean King O’Grady (“We Need to Do Something”) discuss the joys and the fears of having their first features be horror movies.

Three New Directors Welcome the Freedoms of Horror

With David Geffen Hall under construction, the orchestra will spend most of 2021-22 at two other Lincoln Center venues.

Renovating Its Hall, New York Philharmonic Plans a Roving Season

At 70, the influential English songwriter is still writing and recording solo, remaining as private as she can and “trying to get really good.”

Joan Armatrading Is Still Searching for the Perfect Song

The TikTok creator speaks frankly about dating and navigating life in New York City in your early 20s.

Serena Shahidi Is Redefining the ‘Girlboss’

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

Quotation of the Day: Chinese Might Pushes NATO to Raise Alarm

TikTok is bringing in big business for doctors, but they’d kindly like it to stop.

You May Not Want to Get Your Beauty Tips From TikTok

Remember the Isabel Marant wedge sneakers? Everyone wore them — inexplicably. Now the designer has a new version, with an even higher heel.

The Original Ugly Sneaker Is Back

Separated by seas of desert, mountainous enclaves attract birds from miles around, among them: broad-billed hummingbirds, olive warblers and the elusive elegant trogon, relentlessly pursued by the author.

A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’

Long after some people have recovered from the virus, they find certain foods off-putting.

Distorted, Bizarre Food Smells Haunt Covid Survivors

The CNN anchor shared her diagnosis of ovarian cancer on her show on Monday. She said surgery had been successful and she was undergoing chemotherapy.

Christiane Amanpour Tells Viewers She Has Cancer

The singer-songwriter details her cultural must-haves as she prepares to release “Home Video,” an album that looks back at her past.

June 15, 2021

Headlines from June 15, 2021

Stephen Colbert Returns to ‘Late Show’ Stage Before Vaccinated Fans

Trump Pressed Official to Wield Justice Dept. to Back Election Claims

Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World

U.S. and E.U. End Aviation Trade Spat and Turn to China’s Rise

MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Another $2.74 Billion Even as Her Wealth Grows

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Evermore

Sour

The Off-Season

Dangerous: The Double Album

A Gangsta's Pain

Historical Context for June 15, 2021