The offer by Edgar Bronfman Jr., the former head of Warner Music Group, comes days before a crucial deadline in the scramble to acquire control of Paramount.

Paramount Draws a New Bid, Complicating Deal With Skydance

Efforts to build new ports and expand existing docks could determine whether India emerges as a legitimate option for global factory production.

Global Trade Needs a China Alternative. India Needs Better Ports.

Framers say they aren’t getting rich protecting some of your most precious memories and art, but they know you have sticker shock.

Why Is Custom Framing So Expensive? One Man Investigates.

Some families are spending more than they can afford on Disney vacations. They say it’s because they know their children won’t stay young forever.

Families Are Going Into Debt for Disney Vacations

Ethics rules barred Dr. Jeffrey E. Shuren from working on matters involving clients of his wife’s law firm. But he did not always step aside.

He Regulated Medical Devices. His Wife Represented Their Makers.

Hitting the road for a trip from Maine to Massachusetts in a giant boot on wheels.

A Shoe That Goes 65 M.P.H.

The airlines said the Justice Department had declined to challenge the merger in court.

Alaska Airlines’ Acquisition of Hawaiian Clears Key Antitrust Review

Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water lily and finding the largest one. He has been called the “plant messiah.”

Risking His Own Extinction to Rescue the Rarest of Flowers

A Massachusetts professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta using a novel interpretation of Section 230, a law known primarily for shielding social media companies from liability.

How a Law That Shields Big Tech Is Now Being Used Against It

Tarell Alvin McCraney, the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, is focused on bringing marginalized people to the theater.

He Wants People Restarting Their Lives to See Themselves Onstage

Kamala Harris’s decision to support Barack Obama in a 2008 primary race dominated by Hillary Clinton was a political risk. It paid off, and the former president never forgot it.

Behind the Obama-Harris Friendship: A Key Endorsement and a Kindred Spirit

One student’s turbulent coming-out journey in the 1990s put Mr. Walz, then a football coach, at the center of gay rights in a Minnesota high school.

25 Years Ago, a Gay Student Sought Support. His School Turned to Tim Walz.

The historic room in Memphis has a thriving after-hours life, and generations of players come to capture a bit of the magic where rock ’n’ roll took shape.

By Day, Sun Studio Draws Tourists. At Night, Musicians Lay Down Tracks.

Our interim critic reviews Bungalow in the East Village, where the celebrity chef Vikas Khanna’s variations on regional dishes blaze new paths without cutting corners.

No More Butter Chicken: Where Indian Food Finally Gets to Be Itself

In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.

Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat

More than 100 million people visit the retailer for their groceries — and gas and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins — but saving money may not be the only motive.

How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, August 20, 2024.

Quotation of the Day: As Mennonites Settle in Amazon, Environmentalists Raise Flags

The Salzburg Festival is synonymous with excellence and fame. But it’s also a place where artists on the cusp of stardom can shine.

5 Breakouts From Classical Music’s Most Prestigious Festival

After a chaotic and fun season, even more drama unfolded on social media in the weeks that followed. This Peacock special broke everything down.

5 Takeaways from the ‘Love Island U.S.A.’ Season 6 Reunion

Multiple shows at the Edinburgh Fringe make camp fun out of the 2023 civil action that spurred a thousand memes — and one of them is a triumph.

Want to See a Play About Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Trial? How About 2?

With a convention in Chicago and a Minnesotan on the ticket, Democrats suddenly can’t stop talking about the Midwest. We turned to our Illinois and Indiana natives to consider this development.

For Democrats, Midwest Is Best: Two Reporters From the Region Discuss

To mourn the closure of Crest Hardware, a beloved family business in Williamsburg, fans of the store held a wake and staged a second line march.

After 62 Years, Brooklyn Says Goodbye to a Local Hardware Store

In the abandoned industrial sites that serve as the festival’s venues, our critic witnessed beauty struggling to be born: fitfully, clumsily and sometimes stunningly.

At the Ruhrtriennale, Searching for the Sublime Among the Ruins

Rødgrød med fløde takes Mette Hay, a co-founder of the home goods company Hay, back to her grandparents’ garden.

A Berry Pudding That Tastes Like Danish Summertime

The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.

August 20, 2024

Headlines from August 20, 2024

Paramount Draws a New Bid, Complicating Deal With Skydance

Global Trade Needs a China Alternative. India Needs Better Ports.

Why Is Custom Framing So Expensive? One Man Investigates.

Families Are Going Into Debt for Disney Vacations

He Regulated Medical Devices. His Wife Represented Their Makers.

Billboard 200

The Tortured Poets Department

Vultures 2

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

One Thing At A Time

Hit Me Hard And Soft

Historical Context for August 20, 2024