Oscar de la Renta’s Red Carpet Looks Through the Years
From Diane Lane to Nicki Minaj, the designer’s dresses appealed to a range of actresses and entertainers.
Ben Bradlee, Washington Editor and Watergate Warrior, Dies at 93
By MARILYN BERGER
Mr. Bradlee, a quintessential newspaper editor, supervised The Washington Post’s exposure of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
Books of The Times
‘High Times’
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER
At a time when marijuana laws are loosening in the United States, High Times magazine is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a hefty book.
Oscar de la Renta, Who Clothed Stars and Became One, Dies at 82
By CATHY HORYN and ENID NEMY
Mr. de la Renta dressed the wives of American presidents and socialites, but it was Hollywood glitz that defined him for a new age and a new customer.
Protests Greet Metropolitan Opera’s Premiere of ‘Klinghoffer’
By MICHAEL COOPER
The Metropolitan Opera’s first performance of “The Death of Klinghoffer” was disrupted twice, but both protesters were ushered out.
Shipwreck Was Simple Murder, Migrants Recall
By JIM YARDLEY
Four days had passed since their overcrowded migrant boat had capsized in the Mediterranean, after being rammed in an apparent quarrel between smugglers. The Palestinians were now weak and hallucinating.
States in Play
With Farms Fading and Urban Might Rising, Power Shifts in Iowa
By MICHAEL BARBARO
A way of life is eroding as small towns hemorrhage younger residents, a potent but unpredictable undercurrent in a closely fought Senate race.
When the Royals Won the Crown
Images of major league baseball in Kansas City, which included the Athletics, who moved to Oakland, and the expansion Royals, who won a World Series in 1985.
Power Up
For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime
By PAUL MOZUR
The extent to which video games have become part of mainstream culture in South Korea may be a sign of things to come in the West.
Historic Loss May Follow Rise of Rents in Barcelona
By RAPHAEL MINDER
After 20 years’ warning of an impending rent increase, there is 11th-hour resistance to small shops’ being pushed from historic districts by an inundation of international brands.
A Train Ride Through Time: From Iraq’s Checkered Past Into an Uncertain Future
By TIM ARANGO
Grand ambitions to restore the country’s run-down train services to their former glory have been impeded by Islamic State’s advances.
Razed by Terror Attacks, a Church Will Rise Anew
By ALEX VADUKUL
The small Greek Orthodox church that stood as a reprieve from the city’s furious financial nerve center was crushed as the World Trade Center collapsed on Sept. 11.
Collegiate Fishing’s Added Lure: Cash on the Line
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
On the college fishing circuit, which is not under the N.C.A.A. umbrella, anglers can compete alongside professionals and win prize money without consequences like a challenge to eligibility.
Murano, Italy, Still Sparkling After 700 Years
By ANDREW FERREN
On this island in the Venice Lagoon, glassmaking has been revered by doges and tourists alike.
Music Review
For Def Jam, a Time-Traveling Tribute
By JON CARAMANICA
Def Jam celebrated 30 years in the hip-hop business on Thursday, with a concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Neighborhood Joint | Brooklyn
Where Strings Get Pulled
By GILI MALINSKY
Puppetworks theater in Brooklyn was founded in 1991 by Nicolas Coppola, a lifelong puppeteer. It has been a neighborhood institution ever since.
Scene City
A Casual Gym Crowd Gets Its ‘Freak On’
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Alexander Wang introduced his athletic-fashion collaboration with H&M in Washington Heights.
What I Love
So, Bowling, Anyone?
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
Mary Carillo’s work as a sports analyst and reporter has taken her around the world, but New York still beckons her.
The Upshot
Black Turnout in 1964, and Beyond
By ALAN FLIPPEN
Lyndon B. Johnson drew a larger percentage of African-Americans to the polls than anyone else before the Obama era.
Art Review
It Was Hip to Be Square
By ROBERTA SMITH
“Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases Picasso, Braque, Gris and Léger and one man’s generosity.
Album
Tremble, Mortals
By ALEX VADUKUL
In cosplay (short for costume play), fans dress up as comic book, movie and anime characters. Enthusiasts gathered in Manhattan last weekend for New York Comic Con.
Art Review
Cosmic Grumbling, Awash With Acid
By HOLLAND COTTER
“Goya: Order and Disorder,” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers the broadest view of this artist’s career in America in more than two decades.
Art Review
At Home in a Wider World, Before It Was the Rage
By KAREN ROSENBERG
“Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper,” at El Museo del Barrio, is the artist’s first solo exhibition at a New York City museum.
Hungry City | Paet Rio
A Warm Feeling Spreads in Queens
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Paet Rio in Elmhurst, Queens, isn’t shy about sharing Thai cuisine’s often scorching splendor.
On an Island Under Vines, New York City Officials See a Future Park
By LISA W. FODERARO
North Brother Island once housed city residents under quarantine, including Typhoid Mary, and later World War II veterans, but it was abandoned in 1963.
Architecture Review
Stoking a Hearth for Human Rights
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
The design of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Kalamazoo, Mich., reflects the ideals behind the building’s creation.
Building Blocks
Along the D Line, Brooklyn Train Stations Are Platforms for Art
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
From Sunset Park to Coney Island in Brooklyn, D trains travel through one of the greatest concentrations of public artwork in the subway system.
Scheherazade Slept Here
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Actually, Doris Duke did. But her Mughal Suite, now on view, has about 1,001 delights.
Front Row
What Becomes a Classic Most? Excess and Expression
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour and Gisele Bündchen screen Chanel No. 5 film by Baz Luhrmann.
Living In
Affordable Manhattan in Hudson Heights
By C. J. HUGHES
The Hudson Heights section of Washington Heights offers more affordable housing options, much of it prewar, than other parts of Manhattan.
On Location: New Orleans
Between Apocalypses
By PENELOPE GREEN
An artist prepares her house in New Orleans for its next adventure: the end of the world.
Scene City
The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
The eager crowd at a “Fury” screening is left to wonder if Brad Pitt is underappreciated.
With a Forbidden Swim, Shining a Light on a City’s Verdant Waterways
By MELENA RYZIK
Justin Fornal, a.k.a. Baron Ambrosia, attempts to swim the Cooper River along Camden, N.J., in his quest to highlight urban and environmental renewal for the crime-ridden city.
Declining Wool Demand Forces Scramble to Adapt at New Zealand Farms
By MIKE IVES
Competition from synthetic fibers has damaged earnings for the country’s wool exporters, and farmers are retooling their operations in response.
It’s Alive! And It Grows Into a Jack-o’-Lantern
By JENNIFER MEDINA
With the strangely shaped “pumpkinstein,” a California farmer found a way to carve himself a piece of the $7 billion in business Halloween now generates.
At Forlorn Urban Churches, Mass Gets Crowded in a Flash
By MICHAEL PAULSON
The latest trend in Rust Belt Catholicism, the Mass mob, is bringing thousands of suburban Catholics to visit the struggling urban churches of their parents and grandparents.
New Zealand for Beginners
By JOE DRAPE
Finding himself in a country he’d never given much thought, the author manages to hurtle down slopes, go on a picturesque “tramp” and hit some pubs — all in a few days.
Ray K. Metzker, Art Photographer, Dies at 83
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Metzker, who experimented with photographic forms for six decades, is perhaps best known for his cityscapes and landscapes.
As Apprentices in Classroom, Teachers Learn What Works
By MOTOKO RICH
A charter school training program reflects the belief that teachers, like doctors, need to practice repeatedly with experienced supervisors before they can take the reins in classes of their own.
Officials Admit a ‘Defeat’ by Ebola in Sierra Leone
By ADAM NOSSITER
The decision to help families treat patients at home signifies a significant shift in the struggle against the rampaging disease.
Album
Aaron Siskind as City Documentarian
By SAM ROBERTS
“Aaron Siskind: Another Photographic Reality,” a book billed as the first complete retrospective of his work, is being released this fall.
Photographers Snoop on Their Kids’ Bedrooms
Interviews by BOB TEDESCHI
A child’s room is like a gallery for expressing creativity. (Well, like a gallery with clothes all over the floor.)
Pursuits
Want to Get Into an Artists’ Retreat? Go as a Tourist
By CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN
At some colonies, you can soak up the creative atmosphere as a visitor, not a resident.
Dynamite With a Laser Beam
By RUSS FRUSHTICK
Contrary to the prevailing trend of playing games on small personal devices, Killer Queen is a giant machine, with 10 joysticks.
Rough Gems, Brought to a Fine Polish
By DAVID SHAFTEL
A restoration expert in Allentown, Pa., has only one customer: Nicola Bulgari, the Italian jewelry magnate, whose collection focuses on workaday prewar American models.
Kids at Play
By JESSICA GROSS
To create playgrounds for everyone, Monstrum’s designers let their imaginations run wild.
To Become a Doctor
By SUSAN HARTMAN
Born and raised in Guatemala, Dr. Daniel Sanchez navigated a summer of big changes and fast learning as a first-year resident at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn.
What I Love
The Real-Life School of Decorating
By DAN SHAW
Good design matters to Amanda Dameron, the editor in chief of Dwell, but no one in her home goes around screaming, ‘Don’t touch.’
Neighborhood Joint | Astoria
A Place to Go After the Curtain Falls
By GLORIA DAWSON
Snowdonia, on 32 Street, caters to the growing population of creative types who have moved to the area known in certain circles as Actoria.
The Ebola Ward
Heart-Rending Test in Ebola Zone: A Baby
By SHERI FINK
In a country devastated by a terrible disease, what to do when the task is caring for an hours-old baby whose mother might have died of Ebola?
Art Review
Wisps From an Old Man’s Dreams
By HOLLAND COTTER
“Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs,” at the Museum of Modern Art, presents about 100 painted-paper works, produced during a difficult era for the artist.
Art Review
3 Men and a Posse, Chasing Newness
By ROBERTA SMITH
The Guggenheim’s “Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s” is an alternately dazzling and thin walk-in history lesson about the three Zero artists of postwar Germany.
Rekindling That Old Tulane Spirit
By BRETT MICHAEL DYKES
The unveiling of Yulman Stadium, and the departure from the Superdome, has brought out an enthusiasm that has not been associated with the university’s once-proud football program in decades.
Hungry City | Arepa Lady
The Comfort of Her Embrace
By LIGAYA MISHAN
The Arepa Lady of Jackson Heights, Queens, has expanded from her street cart to a small restaurant two blocks away.
As Energy Boom Ends, a Political Identity Crisis in Alaska
By KIRK JOHNSON
Economic anxiety amid a dwindling oil and gas industry is raising difficult questions about the future. It is also shaping a Senate race in which a Democrat is seeking re-election in a state long dominated by Republicans.
The Race of Gentlemen Looks Back to a Simpler Time
By BENJAMIN PRESTON
Prewar hot rods, greaser clothes and beach races set in 1950s-period-correct Wildwood, N.J., made a motorsports event feel like a step back in time.
In the Garden
One Woman’s Pipe Dream
By ANNE RAVER
Transforming an awkward corner lot into a vibrant rain garden.
Celebrities Galore, but Only One Dog
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
A benefit for the National Theater draws a sparkling crowd to a new Broadway play.
On Location
In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a House for a Rainy Day
By PENELOPE GREEN
The blueprint for rebuilding the house followed the post-Sandy building codes in clever and thrifty ways.
Living In
Maplewood, N.J.: If Brooklyn Were a Suburb
By JILL P. CAPUZZO
Residents, many of whom are Brooklyn transplants, see their town as an extension of the cultured, community-involved lifestyle they knew in New York.
The Ebola Ward
Life, Death and Grim Routine Fill the Day at a Liberian Ebola Clinic
By SHERI FINK
Health workers tend to people sickened by Ebola and those quarantined while they wait to learn if they have the virus.
Same State, but Divergent Paths
By TIM ROHAN
A drive across Missouri starts amid the euphoria of Kansas City and ends in the been-there-before atmosphere of St. Louis.
Scenes of Exultation in Five States as Gay Couples Rush to Marry
By JACK HEALY, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ERIK ECKHOLM
Preparations moved swiftly for legalized same-sex marriage in six other states where bans were almost certain to be overturned in coming days and weeks.
Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Painter and More, Dies at 84
By JENNIFER DUNNING and WILLIAM McDONALD
Mr. Holder used his manifold talents to infuse the arts with the flavor of his native West Indies — and in television ads for “the Uncola” in the 1970s and ’80s.
Scenes of Exultation in Five States as Gay Couples Rush to Marry
By JACK HEALY, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ERIK ECKHOLM
Preparations moved swiftly for legalized same-sex marriage in six other states where bans were almost certain to be overturned in coming days and weeks.
Suffolk Downs Is Put Out to Pasture
By JESS BIDGOOD
There will be no more live racing at the Massachusetts track, which in its heyday hosted crowds of 35,000 people, cheering on legends like Seabiscuit.
Unearthing a Barbarous Past in Poland
By RICK LYMAN
The dead here were not only victims of the Soviets and the Nazis, but also victims of Poland’s own postwar, Communist-era security forces.
Theater Review | 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
Plotting the Grid of Sensory Overload
By BEN BRANTLEY
Simon Stephens adapts Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
Suffolk Downs Is Put Out to Pasture
By JESS BIDGOOD
There will be no more live racing at the Massachusetts track, which in its heyday hosted crowds of 35,000 people, cheering on legends like Seabiscuit.
In Ukraine, Civilians in Crossfire
By ANDREW ROTH
Civilian casualties have soared as separatist rebels with heavy artillery attack the airport in Donetsk and Ukrainian forces respond with often ill-directed fire.
Jean-Claude Duvalier Dies at 63; Ruled Haiti in Father’s Brutal Fashion
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Mr. Duvalier returned to Haiti in 2011 after a 25-year exile and continued to defend what human rights workers called one of the most oppressive governments in the Western Hemisphere.
In Golan, Imagined Risks Become All Too Real
By JODI RUDOREN
The Golan Heights, long Israel’s quietest frontier, is now one of its most unpredictable, and residents are training to handle the worst.
This Land
A Couple Gaining Independence, and Finding a Bond
By DAN BARRY
After a federal inquiry in Rhode Island turned the workplace of their repetitive jobs upside down, a couple with intellectual disabilities is marrying, learning to budget and adjusting to a new freedom.
Clashing Visions of Conservation Shake Brazil’s Presidential Vote
By SIMON ROMERO
Satellite data shows that Brazil’s annual deforestation rate in the Amazon is rising again after years of declines.
Dining | New Jersey
In a Culinary Event on the Road, It’s Bike to Farm to Tent to Food
By TAMMY LA GORCE
In Blairstown, the “Tour de Farm” took riders through a 35-mile trek with stops at four farms and one country market.
Gowanus Is Counting on a Cleanup
By RONDA KAYSEN
The gritty neighborhood emerges from the shadows of its neighbors, with construction underway for several developments and a $500 million cleanup of the nearby canal.
Antiquities Lost, Casualties of War
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Antiquities guardians around the world are asking themselves if it’s better to raise the alarm about what’s in harm’s way — or keep quiet to avoid the militants’ gaze?
Violence Erupts in Hong Kong as Protesters Are Assaulted
By CHRIS BUCKLEY, AUSTIN RAMZY and EDWARD WONG
Protesters in several districts came under attack on Friday from men seeking to break apart their sit-ins, tearing down tents and surrounding demonstrators.
Album
In Bicycle Race, Breaking Away in Stages
By PETER MADSEN
This year’s East Coast Messenger Stage Race shifted from a tempered Tour-de-France-style endeavor to a frantic alley cat race.
Neighborhood Joint | Forest Hills
The 30-Second Silk Road Disco Party at Salute
By LEAH KOENIG
The Bukharian kosher restaurant with a vast array of kebabs has a birthday ritual, including pulsing green strobes, that transforms the dining room.
Critic's Notebook
Auteurs From Near and Far
By MANOHLA DARGIS
The New York Film Festival showcases new work by some of the best directors shooting today and old work by some of the greats.
Paris Motor Show
As Show Season Opens, Automakers Recast the Meaning of ‘New’
By JERRY GARRETT
New at this show often looked a lot like existing models with facelifts and fresh electronics. Design studies were little more than thinly disguised future production models.
What I Love
His Décor: Absolutely in Character
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
The apartment of the actor Billy Porter is a study in self-expression.
Art Review
Reality Skewed and Skewered (Gushing, Too)
By ROBERTA SMITH
Robert Gober’s brooding realism, at the Museum of Modern Art, is as American as apple pie — with the sugar left out.
Hong Kong Leader Refuses to Resign, but Deputy to Meet With Protesters
By AUSTIN RAMZY and KEITH BRADSHER
Leung Chun-ying, the chief executive, said any talks with protest leaders would be within the parameters of Beijing’s blueprint for political change in Hong Kong.
Art Review
The Artist Next Door
By KEN JOHNSON
“Crossing Brooklyn,” at the Brooklyn Museum, showcases artists who live and work in the borough.
Charter School Backers Rally, Hoping to Influence de Blasio’s Policies
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Demonstrators filled Foley Square to highlight what they said was a crisis of quality in New York City public schools.
Hungry City | Com Tam Ninh Kieu
Rice and Noodles in Many Guises
By LIGAYA MISHAN
The menu at Com Tam Ninh Kieu in the Bronx focuses on broken-rice dishes and noodle soups.
A Hospital From Hell, in a City Swamped by Ebola
By ADAM NOSSITER
Ebola is sweeping into areas of West Africa that had been largely spared the onslaught. The consequences in one Sierra Leone hospital have been devastating.
House Proud
The 12-Volt Solution
By SANDY KEENAN
Building an energy-efficient house on a tiny island means zero utility bills. The trick is not leaving your phone in a tree.
For Half of a Dance Duo, a Venture Alone in a Crowd
By GIA KOURLAS
Eiko, of the performance team Eiko & Koma, is staging a solo work in the cavernous 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
Scene City
At CR Fashion Party, Justin Bieber, Karl Lagerfeld and the Kardashians Mingle
Capping another season on fashion parties, Carine Roitfeld celebrated the latest issue of CR Fashion Book at a glamorous soiree.
Images of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
For nine days, waves of pro-democracy protests engulfed Hong Kong, swelling at times to tens of thousands of people and raising tensions with Beijing.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Photographs by NICHOLAS NIXON
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.
Photo Essay
The Women of West Point
Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.
The Peculiar Soul of Georgia
Photographs by ALEC SOTH
A journey through the state, featuring Jimmy Carter, Civil War re-enactors and newborn Cabbage Patch Kids.
A View of Ground Zero
Photographs by BEDEL SAGET
A panoramic view of the progress at the new World Trade Center site exactly 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson
Scenes of sorrow and violence in a Missouri town after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a police officer.
Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza
By JEREMY ASHKENAS, ARCHIE TSE, TIM WALLACE, DEREK WATKINS and KAREN YOURISH
The damage to Gaza’s infrastructure from the current conflict is already more severe than the destruction caused by either of the last two Gaza wars.
First Fires: The Fears and Rewards
The Times asked firefighters to submit their first fire experiences on City Room. Read a selection of those stories.
The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day
By KAREN YOURISH and JOSH KELLER
The daily tally of rocket attacks, airstrikes and deaths in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
A Changing Landscape
The reporter Damien Cave and the photographer Todd Heisler traveled up Interstate 35, from Laredo, Tex., to Duluth, Minn., chronicling how the middle of America is being changed by immigration.
The War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.
By STEVEN ERLANGER
World War I destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force.
Hopes of a Generation Ride on Indian Vote
By
Despite a period of rising incomes, a tide of economic discontent helped make Narendra Modi the prime minister-elect.
Which Team Do You Cheer For? An N.B.A. Fan Map
By TOM GIRATIKANON, JOSH KATZ, DAVID LEONHARDT and KEVIN QUEALY
Highlights from a map of N.B.A. fandom based on Facebook “likes.”
Chernobyl: Capping a Catastrophe
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
A 32,000-ton arch that will end up costing $1.5 billion is being built in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to all but eliminate the risk of further contamination at the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.
50 Years After the New York World’s Fair, Recalling a Vision of the Future
By LIZ ROBBINS
Fairgoers share memories of family outings and moments of inspiration at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie
By JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN
On the trail of the phantom women who changed American music and then vanished without a trace.
Surviving the Finish Line
Runners, spectators and volunteers who were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded reflect on how their lives have been affected. Here are their stories of transformation.
Honoring Mandela
Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.
Quiz
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.
Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath
Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.
Mapping the Destruction 
The Real Mayors of New York
Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.
Essential Thanksgiving
Your guide to the year’s most important meal, with our best recipes, videos, techniques and tricks.
Turning the Page – The International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, has become The International New York Times. A look at its journey.
The Russia Left Behind
By ELLEN BARRY
Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.
Early Days
For the first time in over a decade, New York City will vote in a new mayor. A look back at the 2013 primary campaign for mayor in New York City, in photographs.
The Refugees
More than 6.5 million Syrians have been displaced by the war, according to the United Nations. The New York Times visited the homes of four of them to hear their stories.
Zaatari Camp
A Broader Look at the War Across Syria
Uncertainty about how an outside attack could affect Syria’s civil war is one of the factors leading to disagreement among Western countries about how to respond.
Video Feature: Watching Syria’s War
Countdown to Fashion Week
In a five-part series of reports on young, under-the-radar fashion designers we visit each at a different stage in the process as they prepare for New York Fashion Week.
Born to Ride
At age 55, the jockey Russell Baze is still making all the right moves
in a dangerous sport.
Farmers’ Market Recipe Generator
More than 50 ways to make use of the things you’re most likely to find in a market or your C.S.A. basket.
Finding the Quiet City
New York may be noisier than ever, but pockets of peace exist – if you know where to look. Here is a selection from readers.
New York’s War on Noise
Browse archival photographs, video and articles chronicling the city’s quest for quiet.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Twenty Pies to Make This Summer
Revel in the season with a pie (or a tart, or a cobbler). Here are 20 recipes to carry you through the warm months.
Save My Blockbuster!
Lynda Obst, Mike Vollman, Erik Feig and others help The Times make the next big tent-pole movie.
Build Your Own Blockbuster
Through a New Lens
Times coverage from the late 1960s and the 1970s shows the South Bronx as a crumbling, desolate and dangerous place. Ángel Franco, a Times photographer, revisited neighborhoods featured in that coverage to see how the view has changed.
Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour
The mean streets of the borough that rappers like the Notorious B.I.G. crowed about are now hipster havens, where cupcakes and organic kale rule.
The Teardrop Shot, Up Over the Giants
A sequence revisiting how Chicago’s Nate Robinson, one of the best at teardrop shots, scored over the Nets’ Brook Lopez in a game at the end of the season.
Syrian Refugees Struggle at Zaatari Camp
About 120,000 Syrians are calling the tents and trailers of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan home, at least for the foreseeable future.
4:09:43
On April 15, the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Here are the stories of the runners, spectators and others seen in this image.
INTERACTIVE MAP: The Hunt for the Boston Bombing Suspects
One suspect in the Boston bombings is dead and the second was taken into custody Friday night.
PHOTOGRAPHS: Westminster’s Best of Breed
Fred R. Conrad, a New York Times photographer, set up a studio at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this week and invited Best of Breed winners to pose.
VIDEO FEATURE: Bloomberg’s First and Last State of the City Addresses
New York City was a vastly different place when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gave his first State of the City address in 2002, and his focus has shifted on various issues.
Super Bowl XLVII | Video
VIDEO FEATURE: Big Game Advice From Those Who Know
Ray Lewis, Randy Moss and others with Super Bowl experience share the advice they have given their teammates.
Europe’s Debt Crisis: No Relief on the Horizon
European Union officials have struggled to turn things around — debating new treaties, shoring up banks, securing more funding. The people of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Latvia have dealt with economic troubles in various ways.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: The Year on Page 1
Forty-two memorable front pages from the past year, picked by editors on the Times news desk who oversee the content, design and production of Page 1.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, a Times Publisher, Dies
Mr. Sulzberger shaped the destiny of The New York Times for 34 years as its publisher and as chairman and chief executive of its parent company.
PHOTOGRAPHS: The Party Conventions: Pictures of the Day
A day-by-day recap of the conventions in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C.
PHOTOGRAPHS: London 2012 in Pictures
Emotional victories, stunning defeats and fierce competition from the Olympic Games.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Build a Pop Song
See the most prominent vocal producer in the music industry, Kuk Harrell, in action, and then listen along with him as members of the girl group Calvillo perform a part of their song “Right Now.”
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: In Performance
A selection of Tony Award nominees, including Josh Young from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” perform songs and scenes from this year’s shows.
The Facebook Offering: How It Compares
What has happened after 2,400 technology, Internet and telecom I.P.O.’s.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Connecting Music and Gesture
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.
Audio, Photos and Video
MULTIMEDIA FEATURE: The Lady Jaguars
The players on the Carroll Academy girls basketball team have little experience with organized sports and myriad troubles outside of school.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Lives Restored
A series profiling people who are functioning normally despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out about their struggles.
MULTIMEDIA FEATURE: Vanishing Minds Series
Examining the worldwide struggle to find answers about Alzheimer’s disease.
Lens Blog
October 22, 2014 — Pictures of the Day
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Photos from the Netherlands, Spain, France and Hong Kong.
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