Banks have suddenly shut down the accounts of scores of customers. Here’s how you can avoid becoming one of them.

How to Keep Your Bank From Closing All Your Accounts

This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.

Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?

The city has spent billions of dollars to provide fresh water to its residents and tourist attractions, but experts say the efforts are straining the Persian Gulf’s natural resources.

Dubai’s Costly Water World

Financial service companies often avoid what they deem high-risk industries like adult entertainment. When workers lose their accounts, they are left with few options.

Sex Workers Have Been Shunned by Banks, Even When Their Work Is Legal

The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem.

Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

Thousands of children have been killed in the enclave since the Israeli assault began, officials in Gaza say. The Israeli military says it takes “all feasible precautions” to avoid civilian deaths.

The War Turns Gaza Into a ‘Graveyard’ for Children

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, November 18, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: A Dying Anticorruption Crusader Considers His Life’s Own Misdeeds

Tricia Shimamura keeps busy by welcoming immigrants, helping women get into politics and chasing around her two young children on the Upper East Side.

How a Political Insider Spends Her Sundays

In August, The Times began publishing regular reviews of audiobooks, a booming segment of the publishing industry.

But How Does the Book Sound?

The minivan life takes a turn when the kids are old enough to drive.

Crushing It

New York City requires building owners to provide heat between Oct. 1 and May 31.

How Do I Make My Building Turn on the Heat (or Turn It Up)?

Imagining the unlikely scenario in which she actually wins the nomination.

Can Nikki Haley Beat Trump?

An S.E.C. lawsuit against a software company hacked by Russian state actors in 2020 could affect how companies handle cybersecurity risks.

The Cybersecurity Lawsuit That Boards Are Talking About

Some people are pulling back — in socializing, spending, eating — not to avoid Covid, but to bolster their mental health.

Excuse Me While I Do My Holiday Preset

For my annual giving guide, these three nonprofits are the top reader favorites.

For the Holidays, These May Be the Best Gifts

Biden should aim more barbs at Trump, not at fellow Democrats.

The Axe Is Sharp

Tariq Trotter, the Roots frontman and author of the new book “The Upcycled Self,” loves a period drama when it’s done right.

Black Thought Is Here for ‘The Gilded Age’ and ‘1883’

Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction and death but inflicted its worst blow on the yacht crews and other boat workers who are a pillar of the tourism industry.

In Hurricane’s Sudden Fury, Acapulco’s Yacht Crews Went Down With Their Ships

President George Weah, a former soccer star whose administration had weathered accusations of corruption, announced that he had lost his bid for re-election to Joseph Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president.

Liberia’s President Concedes Election Defeat in a Knife-Edge Vote

With the contentious Rwanda plan in disarray, experts say the U.K. government should focus on a huge backlog of asylum cases, including 50,000 people in hotels.

‘It’s Like I Am Blind’: Waiting for Asylum in a British Hotel

The wrestling superfan, Tim Rivera, leads a troupe of performers that cosplay as their childhood heroes in front of unsuspecting subway riders.

‘Subway Mania’ Brings the Cartoonish World of Pro Wrestling to Commuters

The Battle of Tarawa, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, took a heavy toll on American forces and led to outrage at home.

The Bloody, 76-Hour Battle on a Tiny Atoll That Helped End World War II

Large-scale, “light touch” interventions have backfired.

This Is Not the Way to Help Depressed Teenagers

The location has changed, but clients such as Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart remain loyal to Parvin Klein, a colorist who perfected an iconic hair color.

The Bergdorf Blonde Moves to Park Avenue

Germany, Norway, Britain and others are increasing weapons production to help Kyiv. But the aid may be coming too late as winter looms and Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia stalls.

November 18, 2023

Headlines from November 18, 2023

How to Keep Your Bank From Closing All Your Accounts

Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?

Dubai’s Costly Water World

Sex Workers Have Been Shunned by Banks, Even When Their Work Is Legal

Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

Billboard 200

1989 (Taylor's Version)

Golden

For All The Dogs

One Thing At A Time

Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana

Historical Context for November 18, 2023