New York Times

It’s an A above high C — the equivalent of a pole vault to the sun. Few performers can hit it, but it’s a requirement in “The Exterminating Angel.”

A renowned scholar of Islam, he will take a leave of absence from the university after two women in France filed complaints with police.

Building bridges. Also walls.

The former vice president writes about facing the death of his son Beau, deciding not to pursue a presidential run and dealing with foreign crises.

The mass killings in Texas and New York help us see what we value in common, but where is our sense of community the rest of the time?

She can’t remember a time when she had a relationship with him that wasn’t built on lies. And yet she’s still in pain.

The tech giant has found a tax haven in the island of Jersey, leaving billions of dollars untouched by the United States, leaked documents reveal.

An engraved stone with a finely detailed battle scene was found in the grave of a warrior buried about 1450 B.C.

Saudi Arabia’s claim that a missile fired from Yemen was provided by Iran escalates tensions between the regional powers, who are fighting proxy wars in Yemen, Syria and Iraq.

Three choreographers tackle the question of “what is ballet?” Only Twyla Tharp seems to know the answer.

The Emirates’ aim: to promote the capital as a tolerant global city, and its flagship museum, opening this week, as a bridge between civilizations.

Figuring out her husband had Asperger’s meant everything would be fine between them, right? Not so fast, says Kristen Finch.

Tuesday: Visitors blocking narrow roads, an averted teachers’ strike, and an oil spill’s anniversary.

The heavy portable shrine is known as the mikoshi. I was invited to help carry it in a local festival. It was a strenuous lesson in community.

If you were given the chance to bring peace to the Middle East, would you also make that about you?

They met at a wedding. She had a husband. It was brief, fiery, and the memory lingers even if the specifics are a little hazy.

A memorable essay recounted a man’s chance encounter (and coffee date) with the wife of his wife’s lover. But what did she make of the meeting?

A year after filing for bankruptcy, a beloved cultural institution returns to Lincoln Center.

Behind a wall, in a garden, at the foot of an old stone staircase, is the underground tomb of Hazana of Amadiya, a Jew celebrated by some Muslims and Christians, too.

Syria announced Tuesday it would sign the Paris agreement. Now the United States stands alone among nations on climate change.