Around 2002, the artist, illustrator and writer Maira Kalman came across a copy of William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White’s “The Elements of Style” in a yard sale and decided that this legendary if sometimes contested guide to grammar and clear writing needed visual accompaniment. So she provided some, …

Wang He | Getty Images Jack Ma, founder of the Alibaba Group attends the 2017 forum on rural headmasters on July 12, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. “This transaction is a milestone step of Yunfeng FG becoming a financial conglomerate, integrating its existing fintech focused financial services with …

Photo Song Kang-ho, left, and Kim Sang-kyung as detectives in a police procedural by the South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho. IFC Center will begin showing the movie, “Memories of Murder,” on Friday; see listing below. Credit CJ Entertainment Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie …

Then again, “Mies lived in a very Beaux-Arts building,” Mr. Manfredi added, referring to the Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. Inside the clean-lined apartment, much more the couple’s style, hangs what Mr. Manfredi called “stuff we’ve collected over the years,” and several pieces have a distinct Italian flavor. (He …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, right, listens as Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer formally known …

It was while doing “A Flea in Her Ear” at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven that he heard about a fellow actor leaving rehearsal early to narrate a book, and he started doing “talking books” for the blind. “It was a gig between shows,” he said. Continue reading …

Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore | Getty Images Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the funeral service for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore on March 29, 2015 in Singapore. Li, 32, said he had been in Singapore to …

Mr. Oliver, a scrupulous researcher with a fluent writing style, opened the eyes of readers in Britain and the United States to a musical form that had been overlooked and often belittled. “He possesses broad sympathies and deep insights lacking in most American writing on the blues,” the folklorist Benjamin …

Apple has scoped out an idea for Bluetooth sensors that help cars communicate with each other, according to an updated patent published on Thursday. Sensors, likely Bluetooth short-range wireless technology, would scan the surroundings, communicating with other cars, sensors and a GPS system, updating a drivers’ dashboard display to reflect …

Evan Vucci | AP President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Trump’s remarks about the rally over the weekend have been widely criticized. On Tuesday, he blamed “both sides” for the violence that …