New York Times

Attempts by governments to rein them in might instead have to resemble diplomacy — a cautious search for detente with institutions that ultimately get to set their own laws.

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Wednesday: Spreading awareness about the earned income tax credit; Tom Petty was an unfussy rock ’n’ roll superstar and rope swings in Lake Tahoe.

Despite a disastrous start by Luis Severino, the Yankees got home runs from Didi Gregorius, Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge to win the A.L. wild-card game.

The European Commission said it would take Ireland to court for not clawing back billions from Apple, and ordered Luxembourg to recover around $293 million from Amazon.

Thesis and antithesis at Thom Browne and Miu Miu; synthesis at Louis Vuitton.

We look at how the National Rifle Association became a powerful lobbying group, and a gun store owner talks about selling military-style weapons to civilians.

Exercise changes the workings of new brain cells in ways that may protect against dementia, a study in mice suggests.

Wednesday: Examining laws around firearms in our city and state, art from inmates, and preparing for Open House New York.

Voyage, a driverless car service, is testing its vehicles with older residents in a gated community in San Jose, Calif.

Uber may have lost its license in London but there are plenty of other apps to choose from there and in New York. Here’s our guide.

The Burmese Star Tortoise was called functionally extinct by ecologists, but a captive breeding program in Myanmar has saved it, a study says.

Kevin Peraino’s “A Force So Swift” recounts a turning point that continues to haunt Washington and Beijing.

The collected poems in “Half-Light,” long-listed for the National Book Award, let readers trace the evolution of a sophisticated modern master.

Exploring nearly 30 years of genre-bending, improvisational work.

In “What She Ate,” Laura Shapiro offers biographical portraits of six notable women and their diets, including Helen Gurley Brown and Eva Braun.

Unlike most multipurpose furniture, nesting tables live up to their promise and do not disappoint.

After years as the industry’s top African-American talent agent, Charles D. King is building an audacious new production company — with a vision for bringing long-neglected stories to the screen.

President Trump told the victims of Hurricane Maria, “You really got hit, there’s no question about it.”

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