Lucas Jackson | Reuters A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., March 22, 2017. Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell: Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill dropped more than 2 percent in …

To a listener skeptical that anything coherent might emerge from either mélange, each proved an absolute delight. They largely shared a single creative team: in addition to Mr. Blin, Kathleen Fay, the festival’s executive director, as executive producer; Anna Watkins, costume designer; and Melinda Sullivan, dance director and movement coordinator. …

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (C) and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. President Donald Trump on Monday joked to technology …

The strongest glue holding liberal democracies together, Luce argues, is economic growth, and when that growth stalls or falls, things tend to take a dark turn. With growing competition for jobs and resources, losers (those he calls the “left-behinds”) seek scapegoats for their woes, and consensus becomes harder to reach …

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House. The White House is considering shifting press secretary Sean Spicer away from the daily spokesman role and into a senior communications role but no …

Kyodo | Reuters Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea’s top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016. An American college student who was released by North …

Ben Nelms | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pedestrians walk past a Hudson’s Bay Co. store in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Litt has spent nearly three decades focused on the real-estate industry – beginning his career at BrookHill Properties in 1988 and then moving to …

“Turn Up the Quiet” is also her last album with her champion, the producer Tommy LiPuma, who died at 80 in March. Mr. LiPuma, who first worked with Ms. Krall on her 1995 sophomore album, “Only Trust Your Heart,” produced “Quiet” with her, and was indefatigable to the end, she …

Pascal Rossignol | Reuters A U.S. soldier stands guard as a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft is moved, on the eve of the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France June 18, 2017. The U.S. Department of Defense says the presence of the world’s most …

Photo The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene’s production of “The Megile of Itzik Manger” in 2013. Credit Michael Priest The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, a downtown cultural mainstay for 100 years, has recently placed an emphasis on cross-cultural pollination: its annual KulturfestNYC festival started in 2015 and has brought together performers …