Energy companies shut down offshore oil and gas platforms, while Louisiana braced for a potential hurricane as Tropical Storm Nate continued on its course toward the Gulf of Mexico on Friday. Nate is forecast to strengthen as it enters the Gulf and develop into a hurricane by the time it …

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, lauded for the fabulousness of its exhibitions of Comme des Garçons, China and Alexander McQueen, finally has some healthy competition. After 70 years of neglect, the Museum of Modern Art has plunged headfirst into fashion, or something like it. “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” …

Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Khokeyma Reed assembles a watch at the Shinola Watch factory on January 4, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are a bit down after Thursday’s solid …

That’s not to say that Mr. Calderón or his able director, Sam Pritchard, are in any way flippant or glib about one of the more continually pressing issues of our time. But “B” largely works by stealth and by a sidelong, off-kilter sense of humor. A more feral approach to …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images From left Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg listen during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York, NY on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Investors are missing out on billions …

Alessia Pierdomenico | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Italian national flag, seen between statues, flies atop the Quirinale palace, the office of Italy’s president in Rome, Italy. The rise of populist politics in Italy should still be front and center for investors in Europe, despite recent tensions in Spain with …

Enrique Calvo | Reuters People hold Catalan separatist flags during a demonstration two days after the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, on October 3, 2017. Catalonia’s parliament will meet on Monday in defiance of a legal process to clamp down on those who want independence for the region, the …

“There’s this exploration of the edges of things,” Gregory Brown said in an interview in Boston. “Whether that edge is science and music, or religious and scientific, or sacred and secular.” Continue reading the main story In a telephone interview, Dan Brown said that he’s “always looking for big themes,” …

Matt Cardy | Getty Images Conservative MP Boris Johnson speaks as he visits Bristol on May 14, 2016 in Bristol, England. Jacob Rees-Mogg Educated at Eton College, Rees-Mogg gives the public impression of a Conservative transported from the 1950s. Another strong supporter of a “hard Brexit,” Rees-Mogg openly opposes abortion, …

Photo Seth Meyers and some other hosts on Thursday continued to focus on the controversy around Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s relationship with President Trump. Credit NBC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do …