Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.

Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten

In Montauk, chic rooftop lounges with cover fees and $20 cocktails have yet to overtake one marina.

How a Dive Bar in a Glam Beach Town Got a Second Chance

Prosecutors investigating Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, have accumulated more than six million pages of documents and other records.

Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook: The Mountain of FTX Evidence

Half of the world’s supply of the critical battery ingredient is mined in Australia, which ships virtually all of it to China. The government and business are betting they can change that.

Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining

Mira Nair’s 2001 movie about a couple brought together by their families becomes a song-filled pageant, with mixed results.

Review: In ‘Monsoon Wedding,’ an Arranged Marriage of Musical Styles

Beijing and Moscow are holding visits this week as alarm grows in China that Western countries backing Ukraine are turning their attention to Asia.

China and Russia, Targets at G7 Summit, Draw Closer to Fend Off West

Roman Protasevich became a symbol of the struggle for democracy when Belarus forced down a plane and arrested him. Now it has pardoned him, and former allies say he has turned on them.

Belarus Turns a Story of Love and Protest Into a Tale of Betrayal

Tens of millions of jobs could be automated by generative artificial intelligence. The makers of new technologies are looking to the government to step in.

A.I.’s Threat to Jobs Prompts Question of Who Protects Workers

The screenwriters’ strike threatened next month’s broadcast, a key marketing moment for the fragile theater industry. That’s when leading dramatists sprang into action.

How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards

“It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.

Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras After ‘Scary’ Sales Last Fall

The report by Dr. Vivek Murthy cited a “profound risk of harm” to adolescent mental health and urged families to set limits and governments to set tougher standards for use.

Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents

With right-wing Republicans all but certain to oppose any bipartisan compromise, the speaker has a narrow path to push one through the closely divided House.

McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: After a Year of Agony, Uvalde Is Fractured

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.)

The First 10 Words of the African American English Dictionary Are In

Using CT scanning on 16th-century books, researchers uncovered bits of parchment salvaged from handwritten manuscripts.

A Hospital Visit Reveals Medieval Secrets Hidden in Books

Georgi Gospodinov’s acclaimed satire, translated by Angela Rodel, is the first Bulgarian novel to win the prestigious award.

‘Time Shelter’ Wins International Booker Prize

A surge in government spending before the election this month and pressure on the country’s currency could hit the economy in coming months, experts say.

For the Winner in Turkey, One Prize Is an Economy at the Edge of Crisis

Stan Grant, an Indigenous journalist, was attacked on social media after talking during coronation coverage about the brutality of colonialism.

Australia Reckons With TV Host’s Exit Over Racist Abuse

The money is intended to reduce “incursions,” in which planes, vehicles and people mistakenly obstruct runways, and it will be used on infrastructure improvements.

F.A.A. Spends $100 Million to Help Prevent Runway Accidents

Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.

Money, Sex and Rumors: Tanzania Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV

War in the northeast African nation has forced pregnant women to drive “through hell” to reach the dwindling number of hospitals and clinics, or turn to overworked midwives to give birth at home.

‘Death on the Floor or Death in the Streets’: Childbirth Amid War in Sudan

Jonah Peretti, the company’s chief executive, has embraced artificial intelligence more than most publishers. His latest offering: Botatouille, an A.I.-powered kitchen assistant.

BuzzFeed Tries to Ride the A.I. Wave. Who’s Hungry?

In roles in HBO’s “Succession” and “A Doll’s House” on Broadway, politics are never far from mind for the Iranian American actor.

Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons

The best actress winner helped award the Palme d’Or in 2002 to “The Pianist,” but she found the process intense: “Whew! It was a little too emotional.”

Michelle Yeoh Has Some Advice for the Cannes Jury

The leader acknowledged that he had been told the government’s top human rights official was targeted by spyware, but sought to downplay the surveillance on Tuesday.

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Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten

How a Dive Bar in a Glam Beach Town Got a Second Chance

Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook: The Mountain of FTX Evidence

Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining

Review: In ‘Monsoon Wedding,’ an Arranged Marriage of Musical Styles

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