Ernie Barnes Paints What It Feels Like to Move

The artist, who once played professional football, captured the anatomical and experiential details of bodies in motion in an expansive survey at Ortuzar Projects.

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Trading Art for Politics, Former Uffizi Chief Runs for Mayor of Florence

Eike Schmidt, the former director of the Uffizi Galleries, is facing an uphill battle in his bid to become mayor, but he’s counting on his cultural clout to win.

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The Ingredient That Unites My Favorite Salads

A good salad can transport you, but the truly great ones all have one thing in common: plenty of cheese.

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Judge Denies Limited Gag Order Request in Trump Documents Case

The decision was made on procedural grounds and left open the possibility that federal prosecutors could try again to restrict Donald Trump from making statements that could endanger F.B.I. agents.

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Israel had not ordered Palestinians to leave the area it struck on Sunday.

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Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic

He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.

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Take Down the Dams on Maine’s Kennebec River

Currently, the fish are blocked from their most important spawning tributary.

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Teamsters Struggle to Unionize Amazon and FedEx Delivery Workers

The Teamsters union has made little headway in organizing workers at Amazon and FedEx despite wage and other gains it secured at UPS last year.

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Veteran Describes Grizzly Bear Attack as ‘Most Violent’ Experience Ever

Shayne Patrick Burke, a disabled veteran in the Army Reserve, said the attack was “the most violent” thing he had experienced, including being shot at.

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‘Furiosa’ Is a Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Dud

Memorial Day weekend ticket sales in North America are expected to total $125 million, down 40 percent from last year.

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Bawdy Comedy ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The movie about a sex worker, from the American filmmaker Sean Baker, took the top prize at a ceremony that also honored George Lucas.

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Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic

Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

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Taquería El Califa de León Went From Local Favorite to World Famous

Taquería El Califa de León, in Mexico City, became the first Mexican taco stand to win a Michelin star. Since then, it has been deluged with customers and fame.

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U.C.L.A. Police Make First Arrest in Attack on Protest Encampment

Edan On, an 18-year-old, was charged with assault. The police said he beat pro-Palestinian protesters with a wooden pole.

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Google AI Overviews Search Errors Cause Furor Online

The company’s latest A.I. search feature has erroneously told users to eat glue and rocks, provoking a backlash among users.

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House Passes Measure to Repeal D.C. Noncitizen Voting Law

Fifty-two Democrats joined Republicans in favor of the legislation, which has little chance of enactment but offered the G.O.P. a chance to amplify Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens.

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Hundreds Added to World War II Death Toll of a Small English Channel Island

A panel of academics said it found more conclusive evidence of how many people were killed during the Nazi occupation of Alderney, one of the Channel Islands in British territory.

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Kerry Kennedy Leads ‘Heart-Wrenching’ Campaign Against Her Brother’s White House Bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister has become the face of the Kennedy family effort to block his candidacy and re-elect President Biden. She has more at stake besides her relationship with her brother.

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Four Lawmakers Denounce Plan to Ease Sanctions on Mining Executive

A White House proposal to allow the billionaire Dan Gertler to sell off his assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparks a bipartisan rebuke.

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Trial to Begin for Ozy Founder Carlos Watson

Mr. Watson’s lawyer has argued that many other media leaders lured investors with “puffing and bluffing,” and that Mr. Watson is being singled out because he is Black.

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Congolese Army Says It Foiled a Coup Involving Americans

The U.S. ambassador said she was “very concerned” that Americans may have participated in what officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo called a failed coup attempt early Sunday.

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U.S. to Withdraw All Troops From Niger by September

The announcement spells out the terms of a pullout that the Biden administration unveiled last month and comes after a military junta ousted Niger’s president last July.

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Toxic Political Culture Has Even Some Slovaks Calling Country ‘a Black Hole.’

Slovakia has long been dogged by criticism that it is prone to authoritarianism, but a frenzy of blame since an assassination attempt has heightened such concerns.

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What Caitlin Clark’s Arrival Could Mean for WNBA’s Business

Clark’s arrival has many betting on the W.N.B.A.’s success. But certain structural disadvantages persist, including how much the players earn.

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Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening.

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate.

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The Night That Sotheby’s Was Crypto-Punked

The auction that was supposed to be an art world coming-out party for NFTs instead exposed the instability at the heart of the crypto world.

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113-Year-Old Death Valley Salt Tram Tower Toppled by Driver Stuck in Mud

A traveler used the tower as an anchor to try to pull out a pickup that was stuck in mud at the national park in California.

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Does an Upside-Down American Flag at Alito’s House Violate Judicial Ethics?

Judicial experts say an upside-down flag at the justice’s home raises thorny questions about potential ethics violations and what circumstances require recusal from cases.

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Intruder Who Bludgeoned Pelosi’s Husband Gets 30-Year Sentence

David DePape, convicted in November on federal charges, also faces a state trial that is set to begin this month.

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Hochul Meets the Pope, and Reflects on Her Father and Irish Catholicism

At a climate change summit at the Vatican, Gov. Kathy Hochul positioned New York State as a leader in pursuing environmental goals, but also recalled her late father.

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35 Years Later, the Remains Known as ‘Chimney Doe’ Have a Name and a Face

A skeleton found in the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 has been identified, relaunching a police investigation that had been dormant for decades.

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Dutch Right-Wing Parties Reach Preliminary Deal to Form a Government

The agreement excludes the populist politician Geert Wilders from becoming prime minister.

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After Ill-Advised Shortcut, 2 Horses Are Rescued in a 5-Hour Mission

Nearly 50 people were needed to get the horses, Damascus and Beau, out of a swampy area and over a makeshift bridge during the rescue in Lebanon, Conn.

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A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived

New chatbot technology can talk, laugh and sing like a human. What comes next is anyone’s guess.

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GameStop Stock Soars as Roaring Kitty Returns to Social Media

Keith Gill, the trader who helped turn the video game retailer into a high-flying “meme stock,” posted cryptic messages online after a three-year hiatus.

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OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Listens, Looks and Talks

Chatbots, image generators and voice assistants are gradually merging into a single technology with a conversational voice.

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At Art Auctions Market Seeks Its Footing After Stumbling Sales and a Hack at Christie’s

Speculation drove art prices to new heights during the pandemic, but declining sales and a cyberattack ignited new worries.

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Disabled Adults Shouldn’t Have to Pay This Price to Marry

Benefits programs force disabled adults who want to wed to choose between the support they need and the independence they deserve.

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Transgender Athlete Ban in a Long Island County Is Struck Down in Court

A judge ruled that the Nassau County executive did not have the authority to ban transgender women from playing on women’s sports teams in county-owned facilities. The executive said he would appeal.

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Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Returns to the Republican Arena

Eight years after helping Donald J. Trump get elected — and four years after being released from prison — the longtime political operative is back to help organize the G.O.P. convention.

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Giuliani Is Suspended by WABC, and His Radio Show Is Canceled

The radio station disciplined Rudolph W. Giuliani after he violated company policy by trying to discuss the legitimacy of the 2020 election on the air.

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U.S. Military’s Plea to Israel: Do More to Protect Gazans in War Zone

The Biden administration says it is still waiting to see a detailed plan for how Israeli forces plan to evacuate civilians from the city of Rafah.

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People Leaving Rafah Describe Fearful Flight From Israeli Assaults

‘We feel depressed and so exhausted from repeating the same suffering,’ one mother of 11 said.

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Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors

Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company’s most significant reorganization in a decade.

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Financier Found Guilty in Trump Media Insider Trading Trial

Bruce Garelick was convicted of securities fraud for leaking confidential information about a merger involving the parent company of Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media site.

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Homeowners Who Planned to Demolish Marilyn Monroe House Sue Los Angeles

The owners of the property where the actress lived and died accuse the city of engaging in “backroom machinations” to landmark her home and save it from demolition.

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Workers Recall the Night Protesters Occupied Hamilton Hall

Maintenance workers had a firsthand view of how protesters seized the building, and wondered why the university failed to stop it.

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Olympic Flame Arrives in Marseille

The flame will be carried on a 79-day journey across France and its territories, culminating in Paris with the start of the Olympic Games on July 26.

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Macron Hosts Xi Jinping, China’s President, in the French Pyrenees

The French president took Xi Jinping to his childhood haunts high in the Pyrenees, hoping to forge a bond. If only the weather would have cooperated.

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How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really?

They’re clearly linked to poor health. But scientists are only beginning to understand why.

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Here’s Why Stormy Daniels Was Ordered to Pay Trump in 2018

Stormy Daniels sued Donald J. Trump for defamation and lost. Her lawyer wound up in prison for stealing from her.

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Assaults on German Politicians Raise Election-Year Worries

Recent attacks came to a head on Friday when a victim was left with broken bones. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democrats have been a target, denounced the attacks as a threat to democracy.

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How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really?

They’re clearly linked to poor health. But scientists are only beginning to understand why.

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Sweet Tea-Brined Roast Chicken for Sunday Supper

With horseradish-Cheddar tuna melts and vegan tantanmen for the coming week.

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‘Fall Guy’ Movie Opens With Just $28 Million in Ticket Sales

While enough for No. 1, the big-budget original movie gave Hollywood its lowest start to its summer box office season since 1995.

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As States Resist Federal Gender Rules, Schools Are Caught in the Middle

Conservative state governments are forbidding school districts from doing what the Department of Education says they must, under new Title IX regulations on students’ gender identity.

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Mississippi’s First Serious Bid to Expand Medicaid Collapses

State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income residents and supporting struggling rural hospitals.

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The Fed Is Looking for a Job Market Cool-Down. It Just Got One.

Wage growth and hiring slowed in April, prodding investors to slightly increase their bets on rate cuts this year.

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Calls to Divest From Israel Put Students and Donors on Collision Course

To get protesters off campus lawns, Brown University and others have agreed to consider ending investments linked to Israel. But how?

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Chris Christie and Bill Barr Have Some Explaining to Do

Supposedly principled Republicans can’t reconcile condemnation of Trump with refusal to back Biden.

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Torrential Rain in Brazil Kills at Least 13, With More Missing

Four days of pounding rain have inundated many parts of a southern state, cutting off towns and leaving people trapped as they await rescue by helicopters.

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Sony, Apollo Express Interest in Buying Paramount

Paramount has been exploring a potential deal for months, talking to suitors including Skydance, producer of “Top Gun: Maverick.”

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Law Roach, Stylist to Zendaya and Other Stars, Is the Most ‘Unretired Retired Person’

The stylist Law Roach on his role as an “image architect,” being a diva and his master plan for what’s next.

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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Companies for Aiding Russia’s War Effort

The penalties came after top Biden administration officials warned China not to help Moscow restock its arsenal to attack Ukraine.

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