By KENNETH CHANG
The ambitious mission succeeded, despite a potential showstopper problem, when a signal arrived at Darmstadt, Germany, just after 11 a.m. Eastern time.
Design Notebook
By PENELOPE GREEN
With walls made of glass, the bathrooms in the penthouse apartments of new Manhattan towers leave little to the imagination. But only the birds will get an eyeful.
Dance Review
By BRIAN SEIBERT
American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, a repertory company for musical-theater dance, made its debut at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday.
Living In
By JOHN FREEMAN GILL
Nestled within these gritty urban boundaries of this waterfront enclave, interspersed with warehouses and industrial buildings, are some of the city’s most beguiling scraps of streetscape.
Front Row
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Nicole Kidman, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Chloë Sevigny were among the stars at a dinner at the Museum of Modern Art.
On Location
By STEVEN KURUTZ
A house veiled in corrugated aluminum panels with countless cutouts of the Hebrew word for “love.”
Opera Review
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Eva-Maria Westbroek stars as a poignantly restless housewife in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Shostakovich’s earthy “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.”
By KIM SEVERSON
From the Southern chef Regina Charboneau, tricks and tips for an elaborate and elegant Thanksgiving dinner without endless hours in the kitchen.
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
In the DOC NYC nonfiction film festival, honesty and truthfulness are often in conflict with painful images on which people would rather not dwell.
By COREY KILGANNON
Toby, the rat kept by the teenager with autism in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” is so popular her role has been expanded.
By GAIA PIANIGIANI
Thirteen artifacts from the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in Assisi underwent meticulous last-minute restoration before beginning their journey on Monday.
By ALISON SMALE
Chancellor Angela Merkel led Germany in celebrations flavored with a mix of triumph and tragedy to commemorate the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
By VIVIAN YEE
The dazzling Fulton Center, opening Monday, is seen by some as Lower Manhattan’s answer to Grand Central Terminal.
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Waves of declassified photographs and movies from the nation’s push to make Little Boy and Fat Man — the world’s first atom bombs — are exciting to a generation less familiar with the United States’ atomic past.
Video Feature
By RAPHAEL MINDER
The tradition of castell building has become a rallying point of national pride as the region goes into a straw vote on independence from Spain.
By JESSICA BENNETT
Jake Browne, the first pot critic for The Denver Post, is paid to smoke marijuana and then write about the high.
By PAUL HOCKENOS
The Trabant, the flyweight car produced by East Germany, remains a beloved artifact in Germany.
Vows
By JANE GORDON JULIEN
Ten days, four dates and dozens of phone calls later, the couple was engaged after a first date through a matchmaker operating in New York’s subways.
What I Love
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
Leonard Lopate, the talk show host, and his wife, Melanie Baker, an artist, live in Brooklyn.
Scene City
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Dior sponsored the Guggenheim’s big fall gala, held in the museum’s landmark rotunda.
By JANE PERLEZ
A government plan to resettle Muslim minorities who cannot meet strict standards for naturalized citizenship has spurred a major exodus, rights groups say.
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Recent changes to state policy and a growing national affection for the shellfish have led to an oyster farming boom that is hampering the traditional fishing ways of the watermen.
Art Review
By HOLLAND COTTER
Bill Cosby’s rarely seen collection is part of an exhibit juxtaposing black Americans’ art with African works at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art.
Art Review
By KEN JOHNSON
One participant’s experience of Marina Abramovic’s “Generator,” at the Sean Kelly Gallery, in which visitors wear blindfolds and headphones, are led into a gallery and are let go.
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Mr. Redfern’s images of greats like Miles Davis, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix became the basis for an important picture archive.
By SCOTT SHANE
On a visit to this low-key island near Puerto Rico, you could find yourself sharing a spectacular beach with a few people, or with no one at all.
By TED LOOS
The sculptor Thomas Houseago, who made his name with towering figures, will exhibit a single large installation which he considers his “first proper New York show.”
Hungry City | Hard Times Sundaes
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Burgers from a food truck in a remote corner of the borough prove their greatness in the God-given talent of their maker.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Nicole Kidman in Roberto Cavalli, Faith Hill in Naeem Khan, and more at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday night.
By ASHLEY PARKER and JONATHAN WEISMAN
The midterm election results that rolled in on Tuesday night were unremitting good news for Republicans.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MONICA DAVEY
With the states acting as laboratories for legislation that cannot advance in Washington, Republican policy changes are likely on a variety of issues.
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 Roosevelt 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.