A Tennessee homemaker entered the online world of romance writers and it became, in her words, “an addiction.” Things went downhill from there.

A Fake Death in Romancelandia

Declines in overall inflation rates may bring comfort to consumers, but central bankers are still wary of drivers of persistently high prices.

Price Gains Ease in Europe but Core Inflation Keeps Policymakers ‘Up at Night’

MSG Entertainment resorted to facial recognition technology to kick out legal foes, but some have undermined the ban using a law passed to protect theater critics in 1941.

Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In

Companies that reaped windfalls helping the government implement strict ‘zero Covid’ controls are now struggling to pay and keep workers.

China’s Latest Source of Unrest: Unpaid ‘Zero Covid’ Workers

Hundreds of homes outside the boundaries of Scottsdale can no longer get water from the city, so their owners are living a worst-case scenario of drought in the West.

Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off

With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach

Matteo Messina Denaro, who was sentenced in absentia for the 1992 murders of two prosecutors and other crimes, was apprehended at a Sicilian hospital.

Mafia Boss Arrested in Italy After Eluding Capture for 30 Years

The actor thought he was done with Dan Fielding. But more than 30 years later, Larroquette is back to see if he can make his most famous character funny again.

In a New ‘Night Court,’ John Larroquette Plays Defense

“Saint Omer” borrows details from a case of infanticide in France, which the director found raised profound but very personal issues.

For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy

Judges in 19 states and the District of Columbia are issuing orders to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed dangerous, like a Fort Lauderdale teenager who threatened a school shooting.

A Florida School Received a Threat. Did a Red Flag Law Prevent a Shooting?

Michael R. Jackson discussed his Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical, which closed Sunday after a nine-month Broadway run.

As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’

Josh Allen’s trademark big plays almost let the Dolphins take down the Bills, the Giants handled the Vikings with their defense, and Trevor Lawrence led a comeback that was emblematic of the Jaguars’ resilience.

What We Learned in the N.F.L.’s Wild-Card Round

Quotation of the Day for Monday, January 16, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: Despite Recount of 2020 Ballots, County’s Deniers Cling to Doubts

The parent company of CoinDesk, one of the first news sites focused on the industry, faces questions about the operations and financial health of some of its subsidiaries.

CoinDesk Broke Big News About FTX. Now the News Is Closer to Home.

This revival of John Dexter’s production of “Dialogues des Carmélites” features a tightly knit cast led by the full-voiced soprano Ailyn Pérez.

Review: Poulenc’s Nuns, United by Faith, Return to the Met

Paintings from before 1850, once a bedrock of the market, now account for just a tiny percentage of auction sales. Instead, buyers want works by living artists with a strong Instagram presence.

Obsessed by the Present, Who’s Got Time for Old Masters?

He spent years playing with Art Blakey, Lee Morgan and Max Roach, earning praise for his sax’s piercing cry. He’s still composing and turning heads live.

At 80, the Saxophonist Billy Harper Is Still a Towering Force

A new paper suggests an ancient creature’s odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom.

Why This Trilobite Had Neptune’s Trident for a Nose

The bronze sculpture, by the artist Hank Willis Thomas, symbolizes the hug Dr. King and Coretta Scott King shared after Dr. King won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

In Boston, ‘The Embrace’ Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

The Giants’ fourth-quarter stop ended the Vikings’ streak of victories in one-score games and gave the N.F.L. playoffs its first upset by a lower-seeded team.

Giants Put Comeback Just Out of Vikings’ Reach

A documentary about racial reparations in the United States airs on PBS. And NBC reboots the 1980s and ’90s sitcom “Night Court.”

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Independent Lens’ and ‘Night Court’

Julian Abeleda was optimistic when he left California, but he had a hard landing in Manhattan. A TikTok video about a housing lottery made him think, “Let’s just try.”

When Everything Goes Wrong, There’s Always New York

Anju Khatiwada, who died on Sunday in a crash in Pokhara, Nepal, decided to become a pilot after her husband’s death in 2006. The family’s calamities are part of a deadly pattern of aviation disasters in Nepal.

17 Years After Her Husband’s Crash in Nepal, a Pilot Met the Same Fate

For the first time, the government in London is blocking legislation approved by the Scottish Parliament, saying the measure on gender identity would undermine U.K.-wide equality law.

U.K. Government Blocks Scottish Law Making Gender Change Easier

Dysfunction and disorder are hardly restricted to the House of Windsor. Here’s a look at some of the world’s other messy monarchies.

January 16, 2023

Headlines from January 16, 2023

A Fake Death in Romancelandia

Price Gains Ease in Europe but Core Inflation Keeps Policymakers ‘Up at Night’

Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In

China’s Latest Source of Unrest: Unpaid ‘Zero Covid’ Workers

Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off

Billboard 200

SOS

Midnights

Heroes & Villains

Her Loss

Un Verano Sin Ti

Historical Context for January 16, 2023