By JASON HOROWITZ
As the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell has been a constant foil to the president’s agenda. Now he’s expected to be the majority leader. Can two political combatants function together without driving each other crazy?
Design Notebook
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Because the only thing cuter than a tiny house is a tiny house on wheels.
The Upshot
By NATE COHN
The national Democratic party has been out of favor in the South for decades, and now the party has become a toxic brand for local politicians.
By JACK HEALY
Gov. John W. Hickenlooper’s narrow victory over Bob Beauprez defied a wave of Republican victories in races for governor in usual Democratic strongholds like Maryland, Massachusetts and Illinois.
On Location
By SANDY KEENAN
A bigger apartment required a radically new attitude about what went into it.
Scene City
By MONICA CORCORAN HAREL
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art draws the A-listers, including Kim Kardashian and Amy Adams.
Living In
By AILEEN JACOBSON
Change is coming to this quiet island, which is part of Manhattan, with several new developments and residential subsidy programs about to end.
Building Blocks
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Restoring three pieces from the federal Work Projects Administration at a hospital on Roosevelt Island presented many challenges.
Scene City
By JOHN KOBLIN
At the annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund dinner, Paul Andrew, a shoemaker from Britain, is the big winner.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
Republicans picked up seats in Arkansas, West Virginia, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa, consolidating their power on Capitol Hill.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
Republicans entered the end of the most expensive midterm campaign in American history confident they will take control of the Senate, but voter interest is low.
By JULIE TURKEWITZ
In Utah and nearby states, rodeo children — weaned on mutton-busting and goat-tying — grow up in a culture that prizes riding sheep over Facebook updates.
By RACHEL DONADIO
The Portuguese ensemble Buraka Som Sistema shows the melting-pot side of this former colonial power.
By JAMES BARRON
Condé Nast workers began moving into the new building, built on the lot where the twin towers once stood, and signs of a resurgence were everywhere.
By JEFF GORDINIER
Malcolm Livingston II prepares to make the jump from WD-50 to being Noma’s pastry chef.
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced the names of 55 parishes that will merge with neighboring parishes from Staten Island to the Catskills.
Scenes from a blustery 44th running of the New York City Marathon.
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Professional baseball is thriving in South Korea, with the festivities in the stands both raucous and organized to a degree that American fans might find startling.
By SHAILA DEWAN
Judicial races have been evolving into another political battleground for big money, as seen in Montana, where a sitting State Supreme Court justice is running in the most expensive race on state record.
Theater Review | Big Apple Circus
By ANDY WEBSTER
A clown, contortionists, jugglers and one sheepadoodle are among the attractions in “Metamorphosis,” the latest edition of the Big Apple Circus.
Vaujours Journal
By PATRICK REEVELL
Scientists blew up more than half a ton of uranium in 2,000 explosions at a fort only 14 miles from the Eiffel Tower. Now there is disagreement over whether the site should be redeveloped.
By SAM BORDEN
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, an Icelandic strongman best known for lifting cars or tugging trucks or throwing barrels, has parlayed his imposing size into a role on “Game of Thrones.”
By THOMAS FULLER
The police have arrested what they describe as the country’s dog meat kingpins, and the military government is considering banning the trade.
By NATASHA SINGER
Macy’s flagship has long tried to be everything to everyone. But in a $400 million renovation, it’s taking sharper aim at millennials and free-spending tourists.
By JAMES K. GENTRY
A tour of the Grove in Oxford, Miss., which comes alive each football weekend with one of the most elaborate pregame gatherings in the country.
By ANDREW ROTH
They are picking up the war-torn pieces in the rebel-held region, hoping someone — whether from Kiev or Moscow — can get essential services running again.
Music Review
By JON CARAMANICA
Power 105’s Powerhouse concert on Thursday in Brooklyn presented a lineup of rising talent, and bigger stars like Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Young Jeezy and T.I.
The parade, along Avenue of the Americas from Spring Street to 16th Street, brought out ghouls, zombies and Daft Punk.
By WILLIAM GRIMES
To promote a show of seascapes, a museum in Virginia is challenging visitors to find a forged painting hung alongside the real ones.
Album
By MOSI SECRET
Franck Bohbot, a French photographer living in New York, photographed several barbershops in the city during the past year. “You feel that so many stories happened there,” he said.
Neighborhood Joint
By LEAH KOENIG
At Liebman’s Kosher Delicatessen in the Bronx they’ve been slinging pastrami and brisket since 1953, and no one seems to care about New York’s deli resurgence, or think that it needed one in the first place.
What I Love
By DAN SHAW
Ben Daitz, an owner of the Num Pang Cambodian-style sandwich shops, lives in Greenwich Village among collections of shoes, hats and bourbon.
Vows
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK
The bride, an opera singer and the groom, a magician, have combined their acts.
By DANA JENNINGS
Zap Comix, that 1960s countercultural haven for artists like R. Crumb, Rick Griffin and Robert Williams, is now available in a boxed set.
Sunday Routine
By KARA MAYER ROBINSON
On Sundays, Amy Ryan, an actress known for her dramatic roles, gets in touch with her playful side in Brooklyn Heights, where she lives with her husband and daughter.
The Upshot
By ALAN FLIPPEN
A comparison of prices from a 1964 newspaper ad and from the same supermarket chain today yields some interesting results.
Art Review
By ROBERTA SMITH
The New Museum show “Chris Ofili: Night and Day” presents six distinct bodies of paintings and drawings, all with blackness as an underlying theme.
Sports of The Times
By MICHAEL POWELL
From his home in the Appalachian foothills, Kevin Bumgarner, the father of Madison Bumgarner, the World Series M.V.P., sent his son a text while watching him lead San Francisco to the title.
Pursuits
By ALEXANDER LOBRANO
On a trip to the Seine-et-Marne region, where Brie has been produced since the seventh century, the author goes on an indulgent cheese tasting tour.
Art Review
By KEN JOHNSON
“Bob and Roberta Smith: Art Amnesty,” at MoMA PS1, invites artists to pledge to stop making art and to deposit their work there, raising intriguing questions about how artists and art are valued.
Theater Review | 'The Dreary Coast'
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
In “The Dreary Coast,” an immersive theatrical work from Jeff Stark, Hades, king of the underworld, sits enthroned on the banks of the Gowanus Canal.
By BLAKE GOPNIK
The photographer Duane Michals talks about his art and the new retrospective of his work at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The foundation for AIDS research recognized Mr. Ford on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
By JAMES BARRON
The piano company Steinway & Sons, which sold its building on West 57th Street, is close to signing a 15-year lease for space at 1133 Avenue of the Americas.
Giants 3, Royals 2
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
With a star performance from Madison Bumgarner, the Giants beat the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium to became the first team in 35 years to win a Game 7 on the road.
By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE and JULIE TURKEWITZ
Smoking pot, some say, is now just part of everyday life at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Design Notebook
By KATE MURPHY
Hobbyists are flocking to workshops that teach the art of stuffing animals. Some do it for the fun of sculpting and sewing, others for ethical reasons.
Music Review
By BEN RATLIFF
The Allman Brothers Band has played an engagement nearly every year since 1989 at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan — more than 230 concerts. On Tuesday it played its last.
Living In
By ALISON GREGOR
This quieter, lower-slung section of Astoria, a longtime stronghold of the Greek immigrant community, is seeing an influx of young people in search of more affordable housing.
By JOHN KOBLIN
At the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner, tableside conversation turns to Halloween costumes and the World Series.
On Location
By ELAINE LOUIE
A whitewashed brownstone in Harlem, where the rooms have names and the chai is brewed to perfection.
By PETE WELLS
Dan Barber’s long search for flavor at his farm is evident downtown, where each new ingredient might be the best example of its kind you’ve tasted.
By NICOLA CLARK
A small airport in northern Sweden is showcasing technology that many expect will eventually transform the way air traffic is managed worldwide.
By RANA F. SWEIS
About 4,000 Christians left the Iraqi city of Mosul for Jordan in the last three months, forced out by Islamic State fighters.
Laugharne Journal
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
In a country that has long been ill at ease with its hard-living son, Thomas’s granddaughter is trying to refocus public attention on the poet’s work.
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Mexico is planning to do something it has not attempted in decades and never on its modern census: ask people if they consider themselves black.
Album
By COREY KILGANNON
Photographs of Broad Channel, an island in Jamaica Bay in Queens.
Belém Journal
By SIMON ROMERO
A Brazilian chef who passed up the glamour of São Paulo is helping change his country’s cuisine with the help of flavors from the rain forest.
By MAÏA de la BAUME
Resentment and fear have swept Calais, France, in the last year amid a new wave of migrants hoping to cross illegally to Britain, which they see as a better place than France to start a new life.
By SAM BORDEN
Hekkie Budler is preparing to defend the two belts he holds in the minimumweight division, the lightest sanctioned classification in boxing.
The Upshot
By NEIL IRWIN
Can China continue its torrid pace of economic growth for decades to come? The long arc of history suggests not, according to a paper by Harvard’s Lant Pritchett and Lawrence Summers.
By JEFFREY FURTICELLA
The white gravel roads in the vineyards and hills of Tuscany inspired L’Eroica, a vintage bicycle race that has grown to more than 5,000 participants.
Exclusive
By ROBIN FINN
A duplex in the south tower of the River House, the opulent Art Deco enclave perched above the East River, is poised to enter the market at $14.75 million.
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Assigned by a record label to take publicity shots, Mr. Wertheimer photographed rock ‘n’ roll’s earliest superstar in his earliest days.
By HILARIE M. SHEETS
An exhibition in New York, will display works by Picasso that were inspired by Jacqueline Roque, with whom he lived from 1954 until his death in 1973.
Dance Review
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
American Ballet Theater opened its fall season on Wednesday with a gala triple bill by young or youngish choreographers.
Art Review
By ROBERTA SMITH
“Grand Design,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents 19 large Renaissance tapestries designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst.
Art Review
By KAREN ROSENBERG
“Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, reappraises Strand as a modernist turned humanist as well as a cinephile.
By STEVE LOHR
Once reluctant to accept the virtual world, institutions are now using interactivity, 3-D imaging and “augmented reality” in displays.
By PATRICIA COHEN
There are several ways to organize your exhibition-hopping this season.
Hungry City | The Bao
By LIGAYA MISHAN
The new restaurant features soup dumplings, or xiao long bao, that are near perfect.
By JORI FINKEL
Colin Bailey left his post at the Frick Collection to help the the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco revamp their exhibits — and maybe their mission.
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI
The new museum designed by Frank Gehry combines technology, science and art to promote discovery of nature in the country.
By JANE L. LEVERE
The Jewish Museum highlights Helena Rubinstein, a pioneer of women’s cosmetics, whose taste reflected a combination of chutzpah and creativity.
By TED LOOS
Mark Mothersbaugh of the influential band Devo will have his first major solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
By BEN SISARIO
The Museum of Modern Art’s coming show will look at the ways design has played with music, from posters to electronic delivery systems.
By HANNAH SELIGSON
This Gulf Coast resort city has a vibrant downtown and high-end shops but also lush wetlands and white-sand beaches.
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Burri was a globe-trotting photographer who documented figures like Pablo Picasso and Che Guevara, as well as urban scenes and war.
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Pitcher Luther Taylor starred at a school for the deaf in the Kansas City metropolitan area before helping the Giants reach the 1905 World Series.
By PAUL SULLIVAN
Many established spas and retreats are retooling their offerings to attract the same target: wealthy, successful and highly stressed-out executives.
On Location: Gallatin, N.Y.
By ELAINE LOUIE
Described as a “ranch burger,” the house in Columbia County was remade to order.
In the Garden
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO
Dan Bussey has tracked down 17,000 varieties dating from Colonial times, the better to guarantee a world way beyond Red Delicious.
Living In
By LISA PREVOST
A smallish city of around 80,000, Danbury, Conn., just across from the New York border, is less expensive than most surrounding towns and far more diverse.
By JOHN KOBLIN
A black-tie benefit draws out celebrities like Sofia Vergara, Ryan Reynolds with Blake Lively and Kris Jenner on Monday night.
By RACHEL SYME
In Brooklyn, real-life good witches are concocting friendly brews for public consumption.
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.
From Diane Lane to Nicki Minaj, the designer’s dresses appealed to a range of actresses and entertainers.
Books of The 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.
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.
By MICHAEL COOPER
The Metropolitan Opera’s first performance of “The Death of Klinghoffer” was disrupted twice, but both protesters were ushered out.
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
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.
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.