Photo Credit Madeline Whitehead Each year, the Brooklyn Book Festival brings together hundreds of authors and literary personalities for panels, readings and events around the city. On June 15, the festival announced its initial list of attendees. Among the more than 130 participants scheduled to appear at the event on …

Photo A young visitor to “Shinique Smith: Secret Garden Laughing Place,” an installation at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. See listing below. Credit Michael Palma Mir Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with children and teenagers. EMOTI-CON at the Celeste Bartos …

Getty Images Jared Kushner sits in Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s car outside of Trump Tower, December 7, 2016 in New York City. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating business and financial dealings of White House aide Jared Kushner, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing officials familiar with the matter. …

Kevin Hagen | Getty Images News | Getty Images Traders finish the day at the NYSE after markets took a sharp turn downward after news reports of former FBI Director James Comey’s interactions with President Trump on May 17, 2017. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Finisar …

Ms. Dunmore’s first collection of poetry, “The Apple Fall” (1983), was published when she was 30, but it was her celebration of nature in “The Raw Garden” (1988) that established her reputation. After flirting with autobiographical novels (which were never printed), she published her first novel, “Zennor in Darkness” (1993), …

Timothy Fadek | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers play skee ball at a Dave & Buster’s Entertainment location in Pelham, New York. Jefferies shared its top current stock picks going into its global consumer conference next week. The bank will have 74 companies at the event, which is scheduled to …

“That’s what I am, a digger,” he said. Mr. Jordan carries home the bottles, cleans them and tags them with information about their history and where they were found. He then sells them at the Grand Bazaar NYC flea market on Columbus Avenue and 77th Street, where he is known …

Mark Ralston | Reuters Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during their third and final 2016 presidential campaign debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, October 19, 2016. Playing defense after the latest twist in the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump turned back the …

Photo A scene from the documentary “F(l)ag Football.” Credit Steve Dong Lee/Greenleaf Productions The most exciting part of “F(l)ag Football” arrives at the end, when two bitter rivals face each other. But the most insightful scene comes in the middle of this documentary, when the New York Warriors of the …

Alessia Pierdomenico | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of Fiat Chrysler New York’s top financial regulator has sent subpoenas to Fiat Chrysler, seeking information on whether vehicles sold in the state were equipped with devices that defeated emissions testing, a source told CNBC. The New York …