The overall figure understates the recovery because inventories needed less rebuilding and consumer spending widened the trade deficit.

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, but Underlying Measures Were Solid

“Call My Agent!,” set at a Parisian talent agency, was a cult favorite during the pandemic. But the English-language adaptation will be on Sundance Now and AMC+.

A French Hit on Netflix Changes Its Language and Streaming Service

Frankie Light is one of the new breed of “YouTube polyglots.” He taught himself Mandarin, but can he earn a living making small talk with strangers?

He Made Yiddish Go Viral

Since the Great Recession, the college-educated have taken more frontline jobs at companies like Starbucks and Amazon. Now they’re helping to unionize them.

The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

Public health experts say the proposal could save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially among Black smokers — 85 percent of whom use menthol products.

F.D.A. Moves to Ban Sales of Menthol Cigarettes

“We come here to forget it all,” one young musician said during the daily end of the fast. “The heat, the electricity cuts, the protests. Here, at least, we can sing.”

Ramadan Nights Provide Cherished Pause in a Sudan on the Brink

Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn’t appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.

Inside Twitter, Fears Musk Will Return Platform to Its Early Troubles

Far from the U.S.-Mexico border, Ohio’s Senate primary shows how the Republican obsession with the fiction of a stolen election has spawned a new cause for fear of illegal immigration.

G.O.P. Concocts Fake Threat: Voter Fraud by Undocumented Immigrants

The Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, replacing one of Russia’s biggest stars in “Turandot,” is using her platform to defend her country.

Dropping Anna Netrebko, the Met Turns to a Ukrainian Diva

The long-delayed survey, now wrapped in the equivalent of caution tape, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It’s been a learning-curve climb for four venues.

After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit

“The cost of this fight is not cheap,” President Biden said. He also sent Congress a plan to increase the government’s power to seize luxury yachts, aircraft and other assets of Russian oligarchs.

Biden Digs In on Ukraine Strategy, Seeking $33 Billion More in Aid

With a focus on broader representation, Victoria Chang, poetry editor at The New York Times Magazine, builds upon the work of the editors that came before her.

An Art That Has ‘Always Been Here’

A study found the most profitable beach towns for landlords.

Here’s Where Beach House Rentals Earn the Most Revenue

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience in New York City.

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Manhattan Theater Club will stage the Martyna Majok play, which explores disability and caregiving, at its Samuel J. Friedman Theater.

Pulitzer-Winning ‘Cost of Living’ Will Come to Broadway This Fall

The shareholder resolution, which had urged the company to pull talc-based baby powder from shelves around the world, stemmed from concerns about asbestos contamination.

Johnson & Johnson investors reject proposal to end global talc sales.

The drone camera is the newest hardware product from the maker of Snapchat, which previously released smart glasses known as Spectacles.

Snap unveils a flying camera called Pixy.

Stanley Tucci heads back to Italy, and a gorgeous half-hour drama returns with even more time loops.

How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: The Bright Lights of Las Vegas Win Again

Genocide is the crime of crimes. It is rarely proved in international law.

What the Inventor of the Word ‘Genocide’ Might Have Said About Putin’s War

“We have to be ready for it,” the German chancellor said a day after Russia quit providing natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria.

Germany is preparing to forgo Russian gas. But a quick cutoff would hurt.

Both antiviral pills and monoclonal antibodies that treat Covid-19 are available across the city, but some public health experts worry that too few people know how to get them.

How to Get Covid Treatments in New York City

The social media company reported a 16 percent jump in daily active users from a year ago.

Twitter reports growth in revenue and users as Elon Musk prepares to take over.

The deal is the latest in a wave of consolidation among digital publishers.

G/O Media, Owner of Gizmodo and Deadspin, Buys Business Site Quartz

Presidents, prime ministers, Parliament — France’s mainstream left and right-wing parties used to have it all. In the first round of April’s presidential elections, they got less than 7 percent of the vote.

April 28, 2022

Headlines from April 28, 2022

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, but Underlying Measures Were Solid

A French Hit on Netflix Changes Its Language and Streaming Service

He Made Yiddish Go Viral

The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

F.D.A. Moves to Ban Sales of Menthol Cigarettes

Billboard 200

Call Me If You Get Lost

Dangerous: The Double Album

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Historical Context for April 28, 2022