Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.

Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’

European Central Bank governors are highlighting cooler inflation as a sign the bank could cut interest rates before the Federal Reserve.

Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed

The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.

‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

Amputees who try to join the U.S. armed forces are rejected, no matter how capable they are. Hannah Cvancara wants to change that.

Losing a Foot Never Held Her Back, Until She Tried to Join the Military

Many parents and nutritionists applauded stricter federal regulations, but food companies say the changes could increase costs and waste.

With New Salt and Sugar Limits, School Cafeterias Are ‘Cringing’

Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor, is among the fans of Donald J. Trump who helped turn Trump Media into a meme stock with volatile prices.

How a Pirate-Clad Pastor Helped Ignite Trump Media’s Market Frenzy

As his bullet-riddled panels go up at Gagosian, the artist, in a rare in-person interview, tells why he turned his sardonic gaze on a violence-filled world.

Maurizio Cattelan Turned a Banana Into Art. Next Up: Guns

“We are a literary city”: Will Evans started saying it in 2013, when he started the publisher Deep Vellum. Alongside the bookstore Wild Detectives and others, they’ve put Dallas on the literary map.

They Saw Dallas as a Literary Hub, Then Got to Work Making It One

Such a ruling would probably send the case back to a lower court and could delay any trial until after the November election.

Conservative Justices Appear Poised to Rule Ex-Presidents Have Some Level of Immunity

The president signed a bill that could ban TikTok even as his re-election team uses it to reach young voters. It was hardly the first internal disparity on matters around the globe.

Juggling Campaign and Foreign Policy, Biden Sends Complicated Messages

The 2,500 decks being issued to correctional facilities in southern Mississippi seek clues on missing persons and unsolved murders. Cold case cards sometimes bring useful tips to dormant investigations.

These Playing Cards Have an Extra Motive. Flushing Out Suspects.

Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year.

U.S. Growth Slowed in First Quarter, but Inflation Remained a Bug

In a staggering 4-to-3 decision, the state’s highest court overturned the conviction of the disgraced movie producer, who in 2020 was found guilty of two felony sex crimes.

Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned by N.Y. Court of Appeals

REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play friends, lovers and foes on and off the tennis court in Luca Guadagnino’s latest.

‘Challengers’ Review: Game, Set, Love Matches

David Pecker, former publisher of The National Enquirer, testified that Donald J. Trump thanked him for burying stories.

In Trump Tower, the President-Elect Praised the Man Who Kept His Secrets

The 144-year-old Los Angeles institution has not had a reputation for campus activism, but it now finds itself embroiled in controversies over the war in Gaza.

University of Southern California Confronts an Unfamiliar Era of Protest

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Quotation of the Day: Battered but ‘Unbreakable,’ Kharkiv Carries On

A study suggests that Gen Z has it better in the housing market than the millennials who came before them.

The Gen-Z Advantage in Housing

The spring season at New York City Ballet opened with an all-Balanchine program and a vintage miniature from 1975: “Errante,” staged for a new generation.

A Wanderer, Ravel and Suzanne Farrell: Life Is Good at City Ballet

The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff.

The Onion Is Sold by G/O Media

Canceled by Disney before it even aired, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” found a new home at Roku and has so far “delivered results beyond expectations,” its creator said.

Disney Scrapped Their Show. An Unlikely Champion Saved It.

Sending in the police to arrest students only inflamed tensions on campus then. Why would this time be different?

What Columbia Should Have Learned From the Protests of 1968

ByteDance owns both TikTok and Douyin, and although TikTok has more users around the world, Douyin is the company’s cash cow and a China mainstay.

There Is No TikTok in China, but There Is Douyin. Here’s What It Is.

A traveler spent $53.98 to reserve a bus ride from Philadelphia to Boston. But the company canceled the trip and returned only $49.99, prompting an 18-month fight over a principle.

April 25, 2024

Headlines from April 25, 2024

Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’

Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed

‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

Losing a Foot Never Held Her Back, Until She Tried to Join the Military

With New Salt and Sugar Limits, School Cafeterias Are ‘Cringing’

Billboard 200

We Still Don't Trust You

Cowboy Carter

We Don't Trust You

One Thing At A Time

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