New York Times

Over 20 years, hundreds of performers have joined the show in cities around the globe. These are some of their stories — laced with hope, tragedy, homesickness and triumph.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Independent, understated, anonymous, even: A trio of sought-after labels specialize in the sort of thoughtful, well-made garments categorized as slow fashion.

How the Museum of the American Revolution found the only known depiction of George Washington’s traveling headquarters during the Revolutionary War.

The military has taken President Robert Mugabe into custody, but says it only plans on “targeting criminals” around the 93-year-old leader.

A new boxed CD set helps shine a light on the band — born out of the Bar-Kays — that backed this soul star on “Hot Buttered Soul” and beyond.

In this superhero jamboree, the Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg sign on with the DC Comics team leaders Batman and Wonder Woman. (Psst … where’s Superman?)

Over more than five hours, Mr. Sessions on Tuesday still forgot a lot of things most people would remember.

It’s the only spot in the DMZ where soldiers from the North and South stand just feet from one another. It’s also one of the few where someone could make a break for it.

There has been a backlash to students’ talking more openly about misconduct.

High levels of a substance called ruthenium 106 detected over the Continent have prompted concern about a possible cover-up by Moscow.

The last two years in American politics have revealed our very different senses of loyalty, from its purpose to its objects.

The Republican proposals promise a needed update, but instead will just leave America in the past.

To some, it’s government overreach; to others, benevolent technocratic necessity.

“These Impressionist sales aren’t the events they were, but the prices gave buyers some confidence,” said a London dealer.

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old president who has ruled for almost four decades, has been put under house arrest by the military.

The manufacturers of the two drugs to treat opioid addiction are competing fiercely for market share and drawing scrutiny from lawmakers and prosecutors.

Less health insurance for some, more tax cuts for others.

Rosemarie Koczy, whose works memorialized genocide victims, was accused by archivists of faking a past in Nazi concentration camps.

Two exhibitions, one in Washington, the other in Paris, explore how the actress sought to express the many facets of her fluid personality.