President Xi Jinping is presiding over a conclave to draft a new economic program. The stakes are high, but expectations for big changes are modest.

China Is Holding a Major Meeting on the Economy That You Can’t Watch

More than a decade after N.C.A.A. Football was shelved amid legal challenges, the rebranded franchise is back. For the first time, the real-life players are getting paid.

To Bring Back a College Football Video Game, It Took 11,000 Paydays

Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.

Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents

At 50, and after some promising years for her business, the designer and former Spice Girl has softened up (a little).

Victoria Beckham Has Learned to Smile

Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.

By Burning Down Buildings, Insurers Want to Change How They’re Built

No rule requires Japan’s elementary school students to wear the boxy, bulky backpack known as the randoseru. But for nearly 150 years, nearly all of them have.

The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society

Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Mr. Smith’s office said he would appeal.

Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump

The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring.

Caterpillar Factory in Mexico Draws Complaint of Labor Abuses

In an interview, the actor discusses his new series, humble origins and the freedom age brings. “That gives me a tremendous amount of energy to move forward,” he said.

‘Acting Is a Trick’: Anthony Hopkins on ‘Those About to Die’

The Republican Party is rejecting elite economic ideas in a bid for blue-collar votes, abandoning long-held free-market principles in the process.

Trading Free-Market Ideals for Protectionism, G.O.P. Goes Full Trump

As inflation worries dominate, the Biden administration is struggling to take credit for infrastructure and industrial policy in the battleground state.

Biden Policies Offer Benefits, but Little Political Payoff, in Pennsylvania

As Brenda Walsh, Doherty was the engine of the series that set the template for what a modern teen drama would look like on television.

In ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ Shannen Doherty Redefined Teen TV Drama

Michelle Dorrance’s new work, “Shift.,” honors Gene Medler, the teacher who founded the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble.

The Yoda-Like Mentor Behind the Masters of Tap Dance

A political newcomer and former Trump critic turned ally, Senator Vance is an ambitious ideologue who relishes the spotlight and has already shown he can energize donors.

J.D. Vance Is Trump’s Pick for Vice President

Claims that President Biden and his allies ordered the attack on Donald J. Trump, or that Mr. Trump staged the attack, started quickly and spread fast across social media.

The Gunshots Rang Out. Then the Conspiracy Theories Erupted Online.

Overlapping investigations will focus on the decisions the protection agency made before and immediately after bullets nearly hit former President Trump directly.

Secret Service Faces Questions About Leaving Building Out of Security Zone

Quotation of the Day for Monday, July 15, 2024.

Quotation of the Day: Sanders Still Believes in a Breakthrough for the Buffaloes

Having spent her career on the cool-girl fringes, the model rocketed to mainstream fame with a high-profile engagement and a mention from Charli XCX.

Who Is Gabbriette? Meet the Model ‘Brat.’

After a strong start to the year, spending has slumped as a real estate downturn weighs on consumers. Communist Party leaders are meeting this week to discuss what to do about it.

China’s Economy Slows Sharply as Housing Troubles Squeeze Spending

The British luxury group appointed Joshua Schulman to replace Jonathan Akeroyd, and said it expected earnings to suffer as an industry downturn deepened.

Burberry Replaces C.E.O. Amid ‘Disappointing’ Results

Conventional toilet paper has a big environmental impact. We’ve got the lowdown on alternatives, from bamboo tissue to bidets.

What’s Greenest and Cleanest When Nature Calls?

The Wall Street investment bank earned $3 billion in the second quarter, more than double the tally from a year earlier.

Goldman Sachs’s Revamp Takes Shape With Another Profit Haul

Our critic traces J.D. Vance’s shift from bootstrap memoirist to vice-presidential candidate.

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Gets a Blockbuster Sequel

The Central African nation is voting on a potential fourth term for President Paul Kagame. Opposition figures say they have been threatened and arbitrarily detained.

With Rivals Restricted, Kagame Looks Set for Another Term in Rwanda

ABC and CNN gear up for the Games. CBS airs the season premiere of the reality competition show.

July 15, 2024

Headlines from July 15, 2024

China Is Holding a Major Meeting on the Economy That You Can’t Watch

To Bring Back a College Football Video Game, It Took 11,000 Paydays

Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents

Victoria Beckham Has Learned to Smile

By Burning Down Buildings, Insurers Want to Change How They’re Built

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Historical Context for July 15, 2024