INTERVIEW: PLANNING SUMMER TRAVEL? YOU'LL HAVE LOTS OF COMPANY

To save money, book your tickets well ahead of time, use technology and avoid popular destinations.

DON'T PAY MORE THAN NECESSARY TO PREPARE YOUR TAX RETURN

Many DIY taxpayers have access to free options, but whether you qualify depends on the fine print.

HOW TO HELP VICTIMS OF LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES

Recovery could take years, and victims will need assistance long after the fires have been extinguished.

PLAYTIME

The old film studios had house styles: M-G-M’s was plush and sentimental, Warner Bros.’ stark and intense.

LIP SERVICE

Zyn and the new nicotine gold rush.

Louisa Thomas on John Updike's "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu"

The original idea was an assignation. On a dreary Wednesday in September, 1960, John Updike, \"falling in love, away from marriage,\" took a taxi to see his paramour.

TIME AND PLACE

“Tatlin: Kyiv” explores a Russian Constructivist’s Ukrainian identity.

INDESCRIBABLE

The human disaster of the Irish famine.

WHERE'S ELVIS?

Bandits grabbed a kitschy plaster bust. Was it a theft or a liberation?

HOUSE CALL

To rent or to buy is the eternal question.

Techniques and Idiosyncrasies Yiyun Li

Lilian was the only patient that morning.

FEAR FACTOR

How the Red Scare reshaped American politics.

MOURNING BECOMES HER

Akram Khan’s “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth.”

TESTING THEIR LIMITS

Two prodigious young pianists from South Korea.

TEXAS ROUNDUP

How Greg Abbott made his state the staging ground for Donald Trump's mass-deportation campaign.

THE WAY THE NEXT PANDEMIC WORKS

A virus run rampant, health systems hollowed, public trust destroyed ... Can anything stop bird flu?

MOVE FAST AND BREAK LAWS

SHAYNE COPLAN upended political polling on his way to creating the billion-dollar betting platform POLYMARKET. Maybe it's even legal.

The Resilient Natasha Rothwell

The writer and actor returns to The White Lotus just as the show she created, How to Die Alone, has been canceled.

Neighborhood News: It's Zohran's Party

The mayoral candidate reignited downtown's radical class with an Avenue A fundraiser.

300 MINUTES WITH...Will Shortz

After two strokes that nearly ended his career, the longtime editor of the Times' crossword puzzle is finally back at work.

The Lost Do-Gooders

Most civil-service Ivy Leaguers will land jobs post-DOGE. They may not find a new calling.

COMMISH TISCH TO THE RESCUE

The NYPD's Jessica Tisch has spent her career quietly taking on intractable city problems— but what happens when the biggest problem is the mayor himself?

Home Sweet Home?

Meghan Markle pioneers new frontiers of unrelatability.

Free Country Sam Adler-Bell

Playing Dead For Democratic leadership, giving up is the strategy.

Maximum Capacity

Ha’s Snack Bar is already too full, but it’s also too good to ignore.

From Hot to Not

Chefs across the city are toning down the spice levels on their most fiery recipes.

Going Stealth

Torrey Peters reimagines transness in a new collection.

Toni Morrison's Lost Play

Why did the novelist's only staged drama disappear for so long?

Odd Jobs

Bong Joon Ho sets a bitterly funny take on America in space.

UTAH BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION REQUIRING APP STORES TO VERIFY AGES

Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices.