New York Times
Coach Inc. Is Dead. Long Live Tapestry.
The American fashion group is rebranding itself to reflect its new ambitions.
California Today: California Today: Now Comes the Insurance Challenge
Wednesday: Dealing with home insurance after the wildfires, more accusers for Harvey Weinstein, and a look back at California’s first Constitution.
Trinidad and Tobago 2, United States 1: United States Misses World Cup for First Time Since 1986
The stunning defeat to Trinidad and Tobago, combined with wins by Honduras and Panama, means the U.S. men’s team won’t be playing in Russia next summer.
U.S. Helicopter Crashes on Okinawa, Adding to Safety Concerns
Residents of the area have been protesting the placement of landing pads near civilians.
California, MacArthur Foundation, World Cup: Your Wednesday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
‘Everything Was Incinerated’: Scenes From One Community Wrecked by the Santa Rosa Fire
Household items were so deformed by the fires in Northern California it was sometimes difficult to know what they had been before.
Phys Ed: What Half-Marathons Teach Us About Running a Marathon
Running long distances is not enough to prepare the leg muscles for the great demands of an endurance event like the marathon.
The Daily: Listen to ‘The Daily’: Harvey Weinstein’s New Accusers
More women are coming forward to accuse the Hollywood producer of abuses. We talked to one of them.
Best of Late Night: James Corden Says Trump’s Feud With Senator Is Like a Playground Fight
Mr. Corden said, “Donny made fun of Little Bobby for being short. And if you’ve just tuned in, I’m not reporting things my 6-year-old saw on the playground today.”
Military Is Waiting Longer Before Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, Detainees Say
The military appears to be letting protesters deteriorate past a point that once prompted medical attention. One lawyer called it a new strategy to stop the hunger strikes.
The Cubs’ Secret to Success? Group Hugs
Wrigley Field is known as The Friendly Confines and the Cubs, with their pregame bonding ritual, seem to have become the friendliest of teams.
Pledge to Impeach Trump, a Key Donor Demands of Democrats
Tom Steyer, a prominent liberal backer, called on Democratic lawmakers to remove Mr. Trump from office if they take control of Congress in 2018.
State of the Art: The Frightful Five Want to Rule Entertainment. They Are Hitting Limits.
Apple, Google and other tech giants are pushing deeper into cultural industries — and stumbling in ways that suggest a certain cluelessness.
Nonfiction: Three Wealthy Women and Their Venetian Mansion
Judith Mackrell’s “The Unfinished Palazzo” traces the lives of its 20th-century owners: Marchesa Luisa Casati, Lady Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim.
Nonfiction: Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart?
In “The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World,” Michael Ignatieff grapples with whether people are only capable of living side by side.
Nonfiction: Biltmore House, America’s Original McMansion
Denise Kiernan unlocks the Gilded Age history of George Vanderbilt’s giant house and the aristocratic royalty that inhabited it.
Nonfiction: How a Villa on the Riviera Became the Year-Round Playground of the Superrich
Mary S. Lovell’s “The Riviera Set” eavesdrops on the glamorous entertainments staged by the various owners of a chateau in the south of France.
On Photography: The Photographer Who Saw America’s Monuments Hiding in Plain Sight
Lee Friedlander provided an early study of our national fascination with statuary.
New Surge of Rohingya Puts Aid Workers Back on ‘Full Alert’
The number crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar had slowed to around 2,000 a day. But over 11,000 crossed on Monday and thousands more are waiting to follow.
Epidurals Do Not Prolong Labor
Many obstetricians resist giving epidural anesthesia because they believe it lengthens the duration of labor, but a new study found it does not.