Ms. Pao lost. But in the process she gave many women in corporate America a crash course in gender discrimination (the subtle kind). “I think in many ways it was an affirmation: that these aren’t outliers, this is a very real problem,” said the law professor Anita Hill, whose testimony …

Getty Images Partially submerged boats caused by Hurricane Irma sit in the water in a marina in downtown Miami, Florida, September 11, 2017. Hurricane Irma will cause insured losses of $20 billion to $40 billion in the U.S., according to an updated projection from risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide. The …

“They’re one of a handful of regional theaters around the country that really make a difference,” said Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose play “Cleo” had been scheduled to premiere at the Alley in late September. (It is now expected to open there next spring.) Continue reading the main …

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 10, 2017. As U.S. stocks surged Monday, CNBC’s …

“The U.S. Open challenged me to give the stadium the energy rather than a player,” Max wrote in an email from his studio on the Upper West Side. “With all sports, it’s about movement, energy, and color, expressed through my brush strokes.” Photo T-shirts with Peter Max’s official painting for …

Getty Images A prototype of Apple’s new HomePod is displayed during the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California. I don’t think we’ll see Apple’s new Mac Pro, which it said it will launch this year, but …

Photo Daniil Simkin at the Guggenheim in August. Credit George Etheredge for The New York Times Daniil Simkin, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, will join the Staatsballett Berlin in September 2018. Mr. Simkin, 29, who was born in Russia, but grew up in Germany, will retain his position …

Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images CEO of German carmaker Daimler and Mercedes-Benz, Dieter Zetsche. The company’s Mercedes-Benz brand is preparing to launch the “EQ” electric car, which shares the underpinnings of the Mercedes-Benz GLC, a model that sells at a rate of around 1,000 cars a day. If …

Red Huber | Orlando Sentinel | TNS | Getty Images Palm Bay officer Dustin Terkoski walks over debris from a two-story home at Palm Point Subdivision in Brevard County after a tornado touched down on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Wal-Mart on Sunday promised another round of donations to help those …

The season started with a glimmer of hope for Issa and Lawrence, then their relationship burns to the ground. In the end, you show what they could have been, just before showing her back at Daniel’s door. How do you think viewers will handle this narrative swerve? People have seen …