New evidence shows that many employers are mislabeling rank-and-file workers as managers to avoid paying them overtime.

You’re Now a ‘Manager.’ Forget About Overtime Pay.

The battle for Bakhmut is not over — at least not yet. Ukrainian assault brigades offered Moscow a bloody reminder of that over the weekend.

Ukrainian Soldiers, Nearly Encircled, Push Russians Back

In his first collection since the brand’s ad campaign controversy, the designer Demna starts to move on.

No Dirt. No Distractions. Balenciaga Offers Just Clothes, and Contrition.

As they escalate a debt-limit standoff, House Republicans blame President Biden’s spending bills for an increase in deficits. Voting records show otherwise.

Republican Votes Helped Washington Pile Up Debt

Three years after New York legalized micro-mobility bikes and scooters, lawmakers and building managers are grappling with how to make them safer in the wake of numerous fires, some fatal.

E-Bikes Are Convenient. They Can Also Cause Fatal Fires.

The World Baseball Classic is a battle of the game’s top professional players. A scrappy Czech Republic team, full of guys with regular jobs, just might win your heart.

Can a Czech Firefighter Compete With M.L.B.’s Biggest Stars?

The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.

Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera

Teenagers and young adults are flummoxed. The reason it keeps happening involves an online prompt and product design.

A Gen Z Mystery: My Instagram Posts Keep Showing Up on Facebook!

Scholars say Grade’s personal papers, now online, detail how his tempestuous marriage explains, in part, why he never reached the wider audience of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

In the Papers of Yiddish Novelist Chaim Grade, Clues to His Lesser Fame

The Biden administration said it would request talks with Mexico over a brewing trade fight.

U.S. to Challenge Mexican Ban on Genetically Modified Corn

Almost all the artworks in the Coachella Valley biennial are socially engaged and site-specific.

Desert X Finds Roots in the Region

In a strategy shift, the Biden administration is increasingly pointing to Congress to give it more legal power to deal with TikTok and other technology that could expose Americans’ sensitive data to China.

White House Said to Consider Pushing Congress on Dealing With TikTok

The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.

U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens as Bird Flu Kills Millions of Them

The military leadership is concerned that anger over the government’s plan, with some pilots saying they will skip some training sessions and operations, could diminish military capabilities.

Protests Over Netanyahu’s Judiciary Overhaul Spread to Israel’s Military

Pvt. Ivan Ovlashenko was one of at least 16,000 Russians who have died in Ukraine, more than in the Soviets’ Afghan war. It’s getting hard for the Kremlin to cover that up.

He Heeded Russia’s Call to Enlist. Five Months Later, He Was Dead.

Slap fighting competitions have drawn the support of Dana White and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with national TV audiences. But, our columnist writes, the so-called sport is indefensible.

Televised Face Slapping? What Are We Becoming?

Some classics, some new, some destination vintage boutiques worth checking out if you’re lucky to be in France.

A Casual Guide to Paris Shopping

Whiskey and women dominate the 36 new songs on “One Thing at a Time” from the controversial and resiliently popular country star.

The Predictable Return of Morgan Wallen

At La Jolla Playhouse, the musical adaptation of the novel and film has considerable appeal, but is weighed down by too many characters and themes.

‘The Outsiders’ Review: Growing Pains Both Brutal and Poetic

Mel Brooks’s human comedy gets a ‘Part II’ for streaming TV, with a sketch-star cast and a sharp makeover.

Review: ‘History of the World’ Repeats, as Farce

Their reputations have caught up with them.

Would You Date a Podcast Bro?

Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”

The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner

The HBO legal drama, starring Matthew Rhys, returns, and ABC airs the 95th Academy Awards.

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Perry Mason’ and The Oscars

The latest release by the Colombian pop star is the first Spanish-language LP by a woman to open at the top of the Billboard 200.

Karol G’s ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ Is No. 1, Making Chart History

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey’s largest opposition party, and his allies are looking to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who they say has damaged the country’s democracy.

March 6, 2023

Headlines from March 6, 2023

You’re Now a ‘Manager.’ Forget About Overtime Pay.

Ukrainian Soldiers, Nearly Encircled, Push Russians Back

No Dirt. No Distractions. Balenciaga Offers Just Clothes, and Contrition.

Republican Votes Helped Washington Pile Up Debt

E-Bikes Are Convenient. They Can Also Cause Fatal Fires.

Billboard 200

SOS

Trustfall

Midnights

Heroes & Villains

Dangerous: The Double Album

Historical Context for March 6, 2023