The Federal Reserve released hundreds of pages documenting how bank supervision and regulation failed to prevent the lender’s collapse. The F.D.I.C. released a separate report on Signature Bank.

Fed Slams Its Own Oversight of Silicon Valley Bank in Post-Mortem

Key pay and inflation gauges have stayed stubbornly high as Federal Reserve officials consider when to stop raising interest rates.

A ‘Rocky and Bumpy’ Economy Where Wages Are Up and Inflation Persists

Studios have moved up deadlines for TV writers, and late-night shows are preparing to go dark. But for other segments of the industry, it’s business as usual.

Hollywood, Both Frantic and Calm, Braces for Writers’ Strike

Already the norm for film sets and commercial spaces, fake books are becoming common fixtures in homes, but if you see one, you might never know.

Go Ahead, Judge This Book by Its Cover. There’s Nothing Inside.

Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes, through a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment. But competition is fierce, and the government is watching.

The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze

Once a symbol of affluence, the stretch limo has largely fallen out of favor as the rise of Uber and Lyft, the Great Recession and new regulations hastened a shift to chauffeured vans and S.U.V.s.

The Long Demise of the Stretch Limousine

Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” about the fighter Emile Griffith, is the rare opera to engage with sports. A boxing consultant helped keep it gritty.

Putting the Brutality of a Prize Fight on the Met Opera Stage

Craig Coyner’s descent onto the streets of Bend, Ore., came after decades spent fighting as a lawyer and politician for those on the edge of society.

Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor

As global warming threatens the two main varieties, coffee growers in Uganda are betting on a type that can stand up to heat, drought and pests.

What Climate Change Could Mean for the Coffee You Drink

Harrison Ball is retiring. After battling addiction, he is engaged to Zac Posen, serious about acting and grateful for his career.

The Wild Life and Times of a Soon-to-Be Former City Ballet Dancer

When it had a Democratic majority last year, the North Carolina Supreme Court voided the state’s legislative and congressional maps as illegal gerrymanders. Now the court has a Republican majority, and says the opposite.

North Carolina Gerrymander Ruling Reflects Politicization of Judiciary Nationally

The first widespread barrage on civilian targets in more than a month underscored the vital role of Ukrainian air defenses.

Deadliest Russian Attack in Months on Ukraine’s Cities Kills at Least 25

Quotation of the Day for Friday, April 28, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: In Almost Every Kitchen in Ukraine, a Symbol of What War Has Stolen

In the new season of “The Run-Up” podcast, the host Astead W. Herndon interviews some of the political establishment’s loudest voices. It’s not always easy.

Seeking Clarity Amid Confrontation

Shamel Pitts’s “Touch of Red,” at New York Live Arts, takes place in a boxing ring. It’s not a competition, though. It’s a relationship.

Review: Where a Boxer’s Clinch Is a Slow-Dance Embrace

Vision Zero, the initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities, seems to have stalled, if the reoccurring tragedies on a single Brooklyn avenue are any proof.

When a Walkable City Becomes a Death Trap

The oil industry enjoyed record profits in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, but the prices of oil and natural gas have fallen sharply in recent months.

Exxon and Chevron Report More Modest Profits as Oil and Gas Prices Ease

Economic downturns are rough on stocks, but history shows that handsome returns can pile up anyway if you stick with it, our columnist says.

Worried About a Recession? Patient Investors Can Ride It Out.

A day after nearly 1,100 people were laid off, the struggling company told its remaining workers to prepare for a series of changes.

Lyft Employees Told to Return to Office as New C.E.O. Lays Out Vision

Some Twitter users are rushing to join Bluesky, a social platform funded by Jack Dorsey, a founder of Twitter.

What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?

Private equity firms make loads of money when their schemes succeed and lose very little when they fail.

Private Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With It

As nonprofit workers unionize, negotiations can make things awkward in mission-based workplaces.

They Want to Change the World. They Would Also Like a Raise.

He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most ​hair-raising — and ​bizarre — moments ​on the world’s most heavily armed border.

‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier

The company agreed to a set of election rules that make it likely for workers at its flagship ice cream shop to unionize.

Ben & Jerry’s Paves Way for Union at Vermont Store

The countries that use the euro recorded economic expansion of 0.1 percent in the first quarter, a slight improvement over the previous quarter’s flat output.

April 28, 2023

Headlines from April 28, 2023

Fed Slams Its Own Oversight of Silicon Valley Bank in Post-Mortem

A ‘Rocky and Bumpy’ Economy Where Wages Are Up and Inflation Persists

Hollywood, Both Frantic and Calm, Braces for Writers’ Strike

Go Ahead, Judge This Book by Its Cover. There’s Nothing Inside.

The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze

Billboard 200

One Thing At A Time

72 Seasons

SOS

Midnights

Dangerous: The Double Album

Historical Context for April 28, 2023