When independent movies like “Rosemead” travel to a state for tax incentives, they save money but add creative challenges.

Filmed in New York, Hold the Taxis and Radiators

Winnie Greco, a top fund-raiser and senior adviser for Mr. Adams, has long had dealings with people and groups connected to China’s communist regime. He kept her close even so.

She Was a Key Aide to Eric Adams. Her Ties to China Ran Deep.

It is a reanimation story strange enough for a zombie movie, made possible by the fact that the original George trademark lapsed, only to be secured by a conservative lawyer.

John F. Kennedy Jr.’s 1990s-Era Magazine Is Back, With a QAnon Twist

Japan has been trying to boost its fertility rate for 30 years. Now the rest of the rich world is, too.

Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies?

A new film about the show doesn’t mention her. But in many ways her hit sketch series helped define the early vision of Lorne Michaels.

‘Saturday Night Live’ and the Underappreciated Influence of Carol Burnett

His first feature, “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” which opens Oct. 18, features paintings now on view at Gagosian in Los Angeles.

The Painter Titus Kaphar Wanted a Bigger Canvas, So He Made a Film

Both parties are frenetically chasing votes in the counties that could very well decide the election. In many places, inexperienced conservative groups are going up against a more tightly organized Democratic operation.

The Ground Game: Harris’s Turnout Machine vs. Trump’s Unproven Alliance

Quotation of the Day for October 13, 2024.

Quote of the Day: After Helene, Bradenton Beach Residents Left Town for Milton

The artificial intelligence chatbot’s Advanced Voice Mode feature has delighted some users and weirded out others.

Who Is That You Are Chatting With? Oh, Just ChatGPT.

When there are men in the room, a female colleague is made to feel invisible.

How Can I Get My Boss to Notice Me?

Can you guess which former New York Times critic won the newspaper’s intercollegiate contest as a student?

A Test of Knowledge and a Winning Entrant

The stars and director of “We Live in Time” explain how a delivery became an action sequence, complete with a real baby and a few unwelcome surprises.

A Birth Scene So Taxing, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh Needed to Rest

Placing a high value on personal growth, millennials and Gen Z appear more likely than older generations to make hobbies and nonessential purchases a spending priority.

A Hedgehog, a Centrifuge and Other Millennial Life-Improvement Splurges

The company completed a successful test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built. Some residents near the Texas site experienced shaking as the landing vehicle was caught by mechanical arms.

SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch

The woman at the center of revelations of bacchanals at the former Italian prime minister’s villa is still fighting a court case, and a negative public image, 14 years later.

Silvio Berlusconi Died. But for Her, the ‘Bunga Bunga’ Scandal Lives On.

Remembering a best friend, packed into a subway car and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

‘We Would Take the Bus to Her Home on East 37th Street After School’

The activist Sonam Wangchuk is leading protests to demand more autonomy for India’s remote Ladakh region, which shares borders with China and Pakistan.

Ladakh’s Local Hero Wants India to Pay Attention to His People

The deli-meat company made its owners fabulously wealthy. But they have remained silent, even as the company faces the biggest scandal in its history.

The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand

The New York Philharmonic under Matthias Pintscher brought dramatic urgency to “Pelleas und Melisande” in commemoration of the composer’s 150th birthday.

Review: Philharmonic Pays Tribute to Schoenberg

The Liberty, an original W.N.B.A. franchise, have been to the finals five times and lost each time. But their fans can’t help believing, again, this year.

Can the New York Liberty, the Best in the W.N.B.A, Finally Win It All?

Years after making his name with the sketch comedy series “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”, he’s singing wry ballads and watching the kids.

A Day in the Life of Tim Heidecker, Glendale Dad

The strike, which wounded dozens, showed that the militant group remains a force.

Hezbollah Drone Strike Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers on Military Base

The Pentagon announced it would send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and its crew as Israel considered retaliatory attacks against Iran.

U.S. to Deploy Missile Defense System and About 100 Troops to Israel

Israel’s military showed journalists parts of what it said was Hezbollah’s deeply entrenched military infrastructure across the border in southern Lebanon.

Just Over the Border from Israel, a Hezbollah Cache of Explosives and Mines

In 1973, Joe Holtz helped start the Park Slope Food Co-op, a Brooklyn institution that is equally loved and ridiculed. Will it survive his retirement?

October 13, 2024

Headlines from October 13, 2024

Filmed in New York, Hold the Taxis and Radiators

She Was a Key Aide to Eric Adams. Her Ties to China Ran Deep.

John F. Kennedy Jr.’s 1990s-Era Magazine Is Back, With a QAnon Twist

Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies?

‘Saturday Night Live’ and the Underappreciated Influence of Carol Burnett

Billboard 200

Short n' Sweet

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

Mixtape Pluto

One Thing At A Time

Hit Me Hard And Soft

Historical Context for October 13, 2024