Takoma Park, Md.: A Diverse Washington, D.C., Suburb
By JULIE LASKY
The Washington suburb of Takoma Park, Md., offers convenient transportation, good schools and comparatively low housing prices.
Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Jack Manning/The New York Times
Fidel Castro was seen as a ruthless despot by some and hailed as a revolutionary hero by others.
Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Mumbai Xpress, a Good Reason to Stray for a Snack
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A restaurant in Floral Park, Queens (a trek for some), specializes in chaat, the tangy bites sold on Indian roadsides.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Angels in Autumn
By DENNY LEE
Last week’s galas include: Guggenheim International Gala, Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation, the Humane Society and the American Museum of Natural History.
A Joyful Thanksgiving Parade, Beyond the Barricades
By SARAH MASLIN NIR
Perhaps three million people and 3,000 police officers were at the annual Macy’s spectacular in Manhattan amid stepped-up security measures.
Living In
Downtown Brooklyn: Commercial Center to Neighborhood
By DAN SHAW
Building has surged in the neighborhood, with 6,758 new apartments in the last decade alone; about 6,000 more are under construction.
Crops of Old and New Farmers in Delaware County
By ANNIE CORREAL
The photographer Tess Mayer, interested in “how farming shapes people,” documented new farmers with urban ties and the deeply rooted farm families in New York’s Southern Tier.
Does Cranberry Sauce Come With That Flogging?
By JOSHUA DAVID STEIN
Lust straddles the worlds of sex, performance art and dining in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever
By GUY TREBAY
The guests wore black tie and couture dresses. But with its unlikely mix of attendees, the Black and White Ball helped to break down the old order.
How Apple Empowers, and Employs, the American Working Class
By VINDU GOEL
The tech giant probably won’t bring all production to the United States, as Donald Trump has suggested, but it provides diverse opportunities for thousands of Americans, along with a ladder to climb.
The Alabama Crimson Tide of Mexico
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
The Rams of Tec de Monterrey are a college football power. Ask Cam Newton.
L.G.B.T. Gamers Huddle for a Postelection Reality Check
By MICHAEL SCHULMAN
GaymerX East, a convention that embraces gender diversity in gaming, took place amid fears of a Trump-era backlash.
For a Welsh City, the Tides Offer Renewal
By STANLEY REED
Swansea, once a hub of industrial activity, has fallen on harder times. A project to harness tides in the nearby bay offers a chance at rejuvenation.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Arts and Science
By DENNY LEE
Last week’s galas included the Whitney Museum, the French Heritage Society and the New York Hall of Science.
Voyeur
New York City’s Sconces
Photographs by GEORGE ETHEREDGE for THE NEW YORK TIMES
They are often overlooked and for good reason: You have to watch where you are going. But many are surprisingly handsome.
What I Love
At Home With a Star of the New Courtroom Drama ‘Bull’
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
The actress Geneva Carr lives in an art-filled apartment in Harlem.
Album
At Gleason’s Gym, Years of Sweat and Grime
By ALEX VADUKUL
Thierry Gourjon spent thousands of hours at Gleason’s, in Brooklyn, and his black-and-white photos portray the sport’s intoxicating swirl of violence and grace.
Party Coverage: Scene City
A Salute to Tom Hanks at the MoMA Film Benefit
By JEREMY ALLEN
Hollywood’s Mr. Nice Guy is honored, with speeches by Steve Martin and Emma Watson, among others.
Hungry City
Tamales, for Many Meals and Courses, at Alimentos Saludables
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Pulled out of their corn husks, the tamales at this tiny restaurant in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, almost seem to breathe.
Living In
Glen Ridge, N.J.: Neighborly and Close to Midtown
By DAVE CALDWELL
This cozy, residential borough 20 miles from Midtown Manhattan has gas lamps, historic homes and great schools, but property taxes run high.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Gwen Stefani, Bono and Zendaya Honored at Glamour Women of the Year Awards
By MONICA CORCORAN HAREL
The annual awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles and honored its first Man of the Year.
Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Watch Becomes Frosted Gold
By RACHEL GARRAHAN
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the women’s model, an Italian jeweler puts a new style on the iconic timepiece.
What’s Organic? A Debate Over Dirt May Boil Down to Turf
By STEPHANIE STROM
With investment up in hydroponic and aquaponic systems that grow plants without soil, the question rages over whether the produce can be labeled organic.
London Bridges Are Lighting Up
By ROSLYN SULCAS
The “Illuminated River” project aims to transform the Thames into a glowing spectacle.
In the Shadow of Art Basel and Frieze
By SCOTT REYBURN
The Artissima art fair in Turin seeks to compete by emphasizing quality and internationality. But Italy’s export restrictions are a limiting factor.
The Fix
Getting Organized in a Tiny Apartment
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Tips on making optimum use of small spaces.
Party Coverage: Scene City
November Nights
By DENNY LEE
Last week’s galas: Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Apollo Circle and the Aspen Institute.
How the Rolling Stones Became Fashion Icons
By ALEX WILLIAMS
A new show on the Rolling Stones, “Exhibitionism,” opens in New York, and makes clear that Mick, Keith and company invented the very image of the modern rock star.
Living In
Carnegie Hill: A Quiet Enclave Bordering the Park
By AILEEN JACOBSON
This enclave of townhouses, museums and upscale boutiques bordering Central Park is prized by some residents for its tranquillity.
Hungry City
At Thursday Kitchen, Cocktails Glow and Korean Food Relaxes
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A chef engineers treats for her young East Village audience.
Arnold Mesches, Artist Who Was Recorded by the F.B.I., Dies at 93
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Mr. Mesches was a scenic artist in Hollywood when his work for the Communist Party came to the attention of the bureau in 1945.
Neighborhood Joint
Honky-Tonk Brunch Spot for Brooklyn’s Hellbound
By RYAN BURLESON
Hank’s in Boerum Hill, successor to the Doray Tavern, where Mohawk ironworkers once hung out, is a grimy but endearing contrast with its neighborhood.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Harry Belafonte, Peggy Noonan and Carolina Herrera at New York Public Library Gala
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
The Library Lions gala commemorates the 50th anniversary of Truman Capote’s Black & White Ball.
Pursuits
Keeping the Fire of Irish Lighthouses Alive
By JESSICA COLLEY CLARKE
The golden age of lighthouse construction is long gone, but in its wake are beautiful vistas and stories that bring modern Irish history to life.
Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and MICHAEL BARBARO
His surprise victory ended an erratic and grievance-filled campaign that took direct aim at his own party and long-held ideals of American democracy.
Hunting Pigeon in the Pyrenees — for Supper
By ALEXANDRA MARSHALL
For centuries, the men of the Basque Country have hunted wild pigeon. Their weapons of choice: paddles and nets.
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign opened a coordinated attack on Mr. Comey, the F.B.I. director, accusing him of smearing her with innuendo late in the race.
Donald Trump Won’t Say if He’ll Accept Result of Election
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN
“I will keep you in suspense,” Donald Trump said at a debate that began cordially but turned caustic. Hillary Clinton replied that his statement was “horrifying.”
They Dressed for Bill
By RUTH LA FERLA
Social figures, fashion magnates, models, actors and rafts of the largely unsung turned out in all their finery on Monday to honor Bill Cunningham.
The Look
Distinctly New Delhi
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bright colors and dark, wild-patterned and plain, traditional and modern: the men of New Delhi and environs have a sharp, distinctive style.
What I Love | Gerard Alessandrini
Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of the “Spamilton,” and his partner, Glenn Bassett, share a weekend getaway in Eastern Connecticut.
On the Market
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in Greenwich Village, and in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
On the Market
Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties are six-bedroom homes in East Hills, N.Y., and Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Vows
Geneviève DeBose and Tosin Akinnagbe: He’s No Shakespeare. Romeo? Maybe.
By TAMMY La GORCE
He was a bit too brief in his OkCupid overture, but love wins with song.
Album
Images of a Less Crowded New York
By ANNIE CORREAL
Philip Trager’s photographs of the city in the 1970s, published in a new book, show a sparer skyline and streets less traveled.
Living In
Freeport, N.Y.: A Waterfront Community Rebuilds
By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER
This incorporated village in the town of Hempstead took a beating from Hurricane Sandy four years ago, but it’s making a comeback and rebuilding.
On the Runway
In Versace, Michelle Obama Sends a Powerful Message at Her Final State Dinner
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The first lady’s choices, through eight years in the White House, have changed expectations about the role of dress at ceremonial occasions.
Visiting Italy’s Ceramics Workshops With a Buzzy Multimedia Artist
By HETTIE JUDAH
As the Max Mara Prize winner Emma Hart reaches the end of a residency there, she takes T on a tour of workshops keeping an ancient ceramic tradition alive.
A Brand Inspired by a Hardworking Father
By TAS TOBEY
Jerome Peel, whose shirts have become popular with skateboarders and fashion editors, began by designing for his dad.
Louis Stettner, Who Photographed the Everyday New York and Paris, Dies at 93
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Mr. Stettner, who considered the two cities his “spiritual mothers,” chronicled the poetry of daily life, with his subjects unaware of his presence.
The Maverick Bride
By RUTH LA FERLA
Last week, designers introduced their fall 2017 bridal collections. Look for off-the-shoulder creations, perhaps even thigh-high satin boots.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Autumn in New York, So Inviting
By STUART EMMRICH
Top social events in the city recently included Carnegie Hall’s opening night gala, the N.A.A.C.P. New York State Conference’s 80th anniversary benefit and the Olana Partnership gala.
Exclusive
$14.5 Million Loft in a Celebrated Y.M.C.A.
By VIVIAN MARINO
A loft at 213 West 23rd Street, a building that once housed the Y.M.C.A.’s celebrated McBurney branch, is about to enter the market at $14.5 million.
Celebrating 35 Years of Carolina Herrera
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
Priyanka Chopra, Karlie Kloss and more gathered downtown to honor a new book about the designer.
Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Redefining Boundaries of Literature
By BEN SISARIO, ALEXANDRA ALTER and SEWELL CHAN
The singer and songwriter was recognized for “new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, People’s King of Thailand, Dies After 7-Decade Reign
By BARBARA CROSSETTE
The king, one of history’s longest-reigning monarchs, was a unifying figure in a deeply polarized country.
Art Review
At ‘Doomocracy,’ It’s Fright Night in Brooklyn
By HOLLAND COTTER
You know that Pedro Reyes’s political house of horrors in the Brooklyn Army Terminal is theater, but some acts make your pulse jump and disarm your defenses.
Nirvana, Nordic Style, at Grand Central’s New Food Hall
By LIGAYA MISHAN
The chef Claus Meyer’s Great Northern Food Hall is an oasis of simple delights in a fast-paced setting.
Living In
Red Hook, Brooklyn, on the Rebound
By JULIE BESONEN
Four years after Hurricane Sandy, the low-lying coastal community is coming back with several new developments.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Art Takes a Back Seat to Politics at a Museum Fund-Raiser
By MONICA CORCORAN HAREL
For guests attending the annual fund-raiser for the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, angst over the presidential campaign was a theme of the evening.
America’s Pumpkin Queen Has a Request: Don’t Carve, Cook
By KIM SEVERSON
Sarah Frey, who has made a fortune farming the basic orange models, wants people to start eating the quirky heirlooms.
Review: Taylor Mac’s 24-Hour Concert Was One of the Great Experiences of My Life
By WESLEY MORRIS
I’ve slept on it, and I’m sure. “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” is sublime.
Centuries of Buddhist Tradition Make Room for Bhutan’s First Law School
By KAI SCHULTZ
In a nation with a long-held tradition of resolving disputes through conciliation, a legal education is being melded with old values.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.
Olympic Bodies: Can You Guess Their Sport?
Members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams shed some clothing — whatever they thought was appropriate — to let you try to guess their sport.
A Look Back at the Greatest
Muhammad Ali, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion, was among the most controversial and charismatic sports figures of the 20th century.
Pope Francis’ Visit to America, in Pictures
Photographs of the pope’s first trip to the United States, as Catholics and non-Catholics alike will navigate crowds in three cities to catch a glimpse of the “people’s pope.”
Two Weeks in New York
By JOHN BRANCH
Behind the scenes of Serena Williams’s historic Grand Slam bid — and ultimate collapse.
Desperate Crossing
By SCOTT ANDERSON and PAOLO PELLEGRIN
For 733 migrants crammed aboard two tiny boats somewhere between Libya and Italy, a leaky hull was neither the beginning nor the end of their troubles.
Francis in America
A Gift to New York, in Time for the Pope
Pope Francis, the fourth pontiff to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will find it brighter, cleaner and in better repair than it has been for decades.
10 Years After Katrina
The New Orleans of 2015 has been altered, and not just by nature. In some ways, it is booming as never before. In others, it is returning to pre-Katrina realities of poverty and violence, but with a new sense of dislocation for many, too.
Illuminating North Korea
Photographs by DAVID GUTTENFELDER
A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world’s least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.
Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal
When Nepal was hit with a powerful earthquake the tremor shattered lives, landmarks and the very landscape of the country. The scope of the disaster in photographs.
Your Contribution to the California Drought
By LARRY BUCHANAN, JOSH KELLER and HAEYOUN PARK
The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there.
Foot Soldiers
Photographs by CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH
Finding unexpected beauty in the hands of shoe shiners.
Rosetta Follows a Comet Through Perihelion
By JONATHAN CORUM
The Rosetta spacecraft is following Comet 67P/C-G as it makes its closest approach to the sun.
2014 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Movies, Music, Books, Clothes & More
The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season.
Braving Ebola
Photographs by DANIEL BEREHULAK
The men and women of one Ebola clinic in rural Liberia reflect on life inside the gates.
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
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Despite a period of rising incomes, a tide of economic discontent helped make Narendra Modi the prime minister-elect.
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.
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
By EMILY S. RUEB and KIRK SEMPLE
Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.
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