‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time
The story tracks Oppenheimer — played with feverish intensity by Cillian Murphy — across decades, starting in the 1920s with him as a young adult and continuing until his hair…
‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road
Written by Gerwig and her partner, Noah Baumbach, the movie introduces Barbie on yet another perfect day in Barbie Land, in which dolls played by humans exist in what resembles…
A Long Dip in the Hudson and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
This weekend, listen to a collection of articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote them. Written and narrated by Jesse McKinley During its…
DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History
After an overhaul to Florida’s African American history standards, Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state’s firebrand governor campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, is facing a barrage of criticism this week…
Yoko Ono and the Dakota
Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer of “Killing Me Softly,” had lived next door to Ms. Ono. In “Roberta,” a documentary about Ms. Flack, Sean Lennon said, “At first, you know,…
Tony Bennett’s 10 Essential Songs
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (1967) Bennett considered Count Basie and Duke Ellington the two greatest bandleaders he’d ever heard, and with the great Milt Hinton on bass and the…
A New Summer Camp Activity: Dealing With Extreme Weather
On a rainy Sunday in July, the Trailblazers began to arrive at Camp Squanto, a 100-acre sleep-away retreat in southern New Hampshire. Parents drove them. Made up of children about…
Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US
White House says it’s a ‘critical step’ towards the responsible development of the technology.
Tony Bennett: Legendary New York crooner dies aged 96
The New York crooner who duetted with Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Lady Gaga, dies aged 96.
Heat Expected to Abate (Slightly) in Much of the Southeast
The Latest The heat isn’t going away, but forecasters have said that temperatures should return to summertime normals for much of the United States this weekend — at least for…