Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again.

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls.

Desperate for munitions for the war in Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia have turned to their allies in South and North Korea, which kept stockpiling arms for decades after their own conflict.

History Turns Upside Down in a War Where the Koreas Are Suppliers

With brands like Tiffany, Dom Pérignon and Louis Vuitton, LVMH turned him into one of the world’s richest men. But with five children, he has a hard decision to make.

Bernard Arnault Built a Luxury Empire on ‘Desirability.’ Who Will Inherit It?

Sultan al-Jaber, the energy executive leading this year’s global climate summit, says fossil fuel companies are key to the world’s energy transition. Some disagree.

Meet the Oil Man in Charge of Leading the World Away From Oil

Michael Barr, whom President Biden appointed as the Federal Reserve’s top bank cop, has drawn blowback for his bank regulation push.

Meet the Man Making Big Banks Tremble

As it prepares to go public next week, Instacart shows that one secret to making money as a gig economy company is to become an advertising company.

Instacart Was All About Grocery Delivery. No Longer.

Cable companies have started to figure out a way to stay in the TV game: Reselling streaming services.

Cable TV Is on Life Support, but a New Bundle Is Coming Alive

The performance of the British chip designer’s shares signals that the I.P.O. market may revive after a very quiet year.

Arm Soars 25% in the Year’s Biggest Initial Public Offering

It’s a circuit that only exists on the Maryland and Virginia shores. And the watermen who compete sort of like it that way.

Welcome to the World of Competitive Boat Docking

The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up.

‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.

The “Time Pyramid” is being assembled slowly by the residents of a German town, who can scarcely imagine the world in which the artwork will be completed.

Until 3183 A.D., This Public Sculpture Is a Work in Progress

The movie about the daring mission to rescue American diplomats from Tehran portrayed a single C.I.A. officer sneaking into the Iranian capital. In reality, the agency sent two officers.

C.I.A. Discloses Identity of Second Spy Involved in ‘Argo’ Operation

“What the theater gives me is the feeling that I’m using everything,” the actress said of returning to the stage after a decade away.

In ‘The Refuge Plays,’ Nicole Ari Parker Comes Home

With “Scratching the Back,” the artist creates the most colorful and unsettling Facade Commission yet, chipping away at the gray stones of the museum.

Nairy Baghramian: Rubble Rouser Outside the Met

The Justice Department charged President Biden’s son after the collapse of an earlier plea deal and amid an impeachment investigation by House Republicans.

Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges

The House speaker abandoned efforts to move forward on a normally bipartisan military spending bill as far-right Republicans balked at the funding level, after pleading with his party to avert a shutdown.

McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown

The three established U.S. automakers could struggle to get new cars and trucks to dealerships and customers if the walkouts drag on.

U.A.W. Strike Looms Over Detroit Auto Show

The FTX founder wrote hundreds of pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, shedding light on how he may defend himself at his criminal trial next month.

‘One of the Most Hated People in the World’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 250 Pages of Justifications

Manhattan prosecutors contend that the art in question belongs to the heirs of a collector who was a Holocaust victim.

Schiele Works Believed to Be Stolen Are Seized From U.S. Museums

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, September 14, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: Pulitzer Prizes to Embrace a Broader Candidate Pool

Social media platforms are awash with videos of microapartments and tiny homes, amassing tens of millions of views. But do clicks translate into new occupants?

It’s Cozy and Cheap, but Do You Want to Live in This Social Media Magnet?

Researchers were not engaged in nautical nonsense when they discovered that a small shark species inhabits the absorbent and porous animals.

SpongeBob Lives in a Pineapple. These Sharks Live in Sponges.

Since 2000, the most expensive U.S. homes have quadrupled in value. At the low end, things are very different.

How Much Value Is Your Home Accruing? It Depends on What It Cost.

Inspired by art and artifacts, the English songwriter moves beyond pop on her fourth album.

Corinne Bailey Rae Breaks Free on ‘Black Rainbows’

Since Bloomingdale’s introduced the Big Brown Bag 50 years ago, it has become a totem of the store — as well as a mug, an umbrella and, now, a pickleball paddle.

September 14, 2023

Headlines from September 14, 2023

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls.

History Turns Upside Down in a War Where the Koreas Are Suppliers

Bernard Arnault Built a Luxury Empire on ‘Desirability.’ Who Will Inherit It?

Meet the Oil Man in Charge of Leading the World Away From Oil

Meet the Man Making Big Banks Tremble

Billboard 200

Zach Bryan

One Thing At A Time

Utopia

Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s)

Midnights

Historical Context for September 14, 2023