Even the country’s de facto leader had downplayed expectations. After a win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina, one of the most shocking results in World Cup history, Wednesday will be a national holiday.

Even the Saudi Team Is Stunned After Victory Over Argentina

Shops selling weed have proliferated since the state legalized cannabis last year, thriving in confusion over their legality and a lack of enforcement.

How New York City Became a Free-for-All of Unlicensed Weed

A programmer is suing Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI over artificial intelligence technology that generates its own computer code.

Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built

Six were killed, as well as the gunman, in the third recent high-profile mass shooting in the United States.

Shooting at Walmart in Virginia Adds to Nation’s Grim Gun Toll

An import ban targets sugar from Central Romana Corporation, a behemoth whose sugar is sold under the Domino brand.

U.S. Blocks Dominican Republic Sugar Imports, Citing Forced Labor

The country is full of bird-themed mascots. But only a proud few have embraced the turkey.

In Texas’ Gobbler Country, an Overlooked Mascot Gets Its Due

The company agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for “Glass Onion” and “Matilda the Musical,” but it’s not clear exhibitors will get much more.

Two Films Hit Theaters, but Netflix Remains Committed to Streaming

Fossils are a multimillion-dollar business, bringing legal disputes, nondisclosure agreements and trademarks to the world of paleontology.

As Dinosaur Fossils Fetch Millions, There’s Many a Bone to Pick

Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s new opera, conceived as a vehicle for the star soprano Renée Fleming, has its staged premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.

Review: In ‘The Hours,’ Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar

The artist’s fantastical soundsuits come to the Guggenheim in a retrospective that is haunting but sedate without his performing rumble and clatter.

A Nick Cave Survey: Brutality, Bedazzled

Prosecutors want to speak with the former vice president as a witness to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power, and he is said to be considering how to respond.

Justice Dept. Seeking to Question Pence in Jan. 6 Investigation

Caroline Ellison, who ran the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research, has found herself at the center of Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed crypto empire.

She Was a Little-Known Crypto Trader. Then FTX Collapsed.

Talks for Sunday Ticket are expected to spill into next year, as Apple faces increased competition from Google for the league’s last available TV rights.

Why the N.F.L.’s Big Streaming Deal Is Going Into Overtime

Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel is a campus comedy, a domestic drama and an allegory of contemporary American life.

‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic

Julie Turkewitz, The Times’s Andes bureau chief, and Federico Rios, a photographer, recently traveled the 70-mile migrant route in the Darién Gap.

In a Brutal Jungle, Small Acts of Kindness

In a new Netflix series, the actress plays a teenage version of the sardonic Addams Family character who, she said, “won’t let anyone get in her way.”

Jenna Ortega Knows What Wednesday Addams Wants

The central bankers discussed the need to slow rate increases soon at their last meeting, while signaling that they are likely to raise borrowing costs higher.

Fed Officials Discussed Slowing Interest Rate Increases ‘Soon’

Even if you still love printed books, the digital option lets you put an entire library in your bag, just in time for holiday travel and vacation.

How to Make the Most of E-Books, and Find Free Ones

While helping pioneer nueva trova — which combined Cuban son and guaracha with soul, jazz and folk rock — he alternated embrace and rejection of the government that once disciplined him.

The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés

Through a subsidiary, FTX invested $11.5 million in the parent company of Farmington State Bank, which has a single branch and, until this year, just three employees.

Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions

Simon & Schuster sold 900 signed copies of the singer’s new essay collection, but superfans and internet sleuths noticed something wasn’t right with the autograph. Now the publisher is issuing refunds.

Bob Dylan Gets Tangled Up in Book Autograph Controversy

Here’s a guide to how the events of Steven Spielberg’s new semi-autobiographical film compare with what really happened.

‘The Fabelmans’: What’s Real and What’s Fictional

Amid aftershocks and landslides from Monday’s deadly quake in West Java, bands of volunteer rescuers have put aside their daily lives to save others.

Haunted by Disaster, Volunteers Search for Survivors in Indonesia

The first Detroit Concours d’Elegance, part of a series of events traditionally held at upscale resorts, took place in the heart of the Motor City.

Classic Car Show Right at Home in ‘City That Put the World on Wheels’

The departure of Alessandro Michele has big implications for the fashion industry. Also, what will Harry Styles and Jared Leto wear now?

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Even the Saudi Team Is Stunned After Victory Over Argentina

How New York City Became a Free-for-All of Unlicensed Weed

Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built

Shooting at Walmart in Virginia Adds to Nation’s Grim Gun Toll

U.S. Blocks Dominican Republic Sugar Imports, Citing Forced Labor

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