Drew Angerer | Getty Images Trump International Hotel Washington DC stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel turned an unexpected profit in the first four months of the year, helped by charging higher rates than initially planned, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The …

Photo Deborah E. Kennedy Credit Beth Behler TORNADO WEATHER By Deborah E. Kennedy 308 pp. Flatiron Books. $24.99. Entropy eats at Colliersville, Ind., the town at the center of Deborah E. Kennedy’s moving first novel. Teenagers prowl the edges of a defunct theme park. Apartments crumble under poverty and neglect. …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with Vice President Mike Pence at his side at Trump’s golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey U.S. August 10, 2017. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are …

Zhang made her name with Commune by the Great Wall, a sequence of villas (now a boutique hotel) in a valley next to a section of the Chinese landmark about 70 kilometers north of Beijing. Designed by 12 Asian architects, Zhang was awarded the Individual Patron of Architectural Works prize …

And while rap aficionados and theater nerds have exhaustively cataloged the rich referential web of Mr. Miranda’s “Hamilton” score, little attention has been paid to the show’s engagement with the music that Alexander Hamilton would have known in his lifetime. My Shot Video by Lin-Manuel Miranda – Topic American Revolutionary …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks about North Korea during an opioid-related briefing at Trump’s golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 8, 2017. North Korea state media said: “Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy (President Trump) bereft of reason and only absolute force …

Photo Seth Meyers told President Trump: “If you don’t want people to start taking drugs, stop making them think the end of the world is imminent.” Credit NBC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What …

Photo Voyager 2 at Cape Kennedy in 1977, as seen in “The Farthest.” Credit Abramorama For any believer in humankind’s instinct to transcend boundaries, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes, and the NASA team that produced them, inspire awe. “The Farthest,” a dazzling documentary written and directed by …

Miraflores Palace via Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with members of the Constituent Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela August 2, 2017. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called on President Donald Trump to engage in a “personal conversation” just days after being hit with new sanctions by the …

Photo David Berkowitz Credit CBS News David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the Son of Sam, speaks out on the 40th anniversary of his arrest. And on Netflix, a teenager with autism goes in search of a girlfriend. What’s on TV SON OF SAM: THE KILLER SPEAKS 10 p.m. on CBS. From July …