Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. Bitcoin surpassed $6,500 on Wednesday to hit a new record high after the CME announced plans to launch bitcoin futures later this year. The price of the cryptocurrency hit a …

Photo Engraving depicting a courtroom scene during the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Credit CORBIS/Bettmann This week, Harvard University Press released Cass R. Sunstein’s latest book, “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide.” The timing is fortuitous. Although the charges filed by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, did not implicate the …

Photo Frank Serpico, the subject of a new documentary that bears his name. Credit Trevor Tweeten/IFC Films This movie’s intention is in its title. The documentary “Frank Serpico” fills out an American classic that is now almost 45 years old. “Serpico,” the 1973 movie directed by Sidney Lumet and starring …

Thierry Monasse/Corbis via Getty Images Dismissed Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó gives a statement during a press conference at International Press Club of Brussels on October 31, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Puigdemont was dismissed from the post after Spanish Government implemented the Spanish Constitution’s article 155 in response …

“I want you to be the very best version of yourself,” says her judgmental, habitually disappointed mother, Marion (Laurie Metcalf). Video Trailer: ‘Lady Bird’ A preview of the film. By A24 on Publish Date October 31, 2017. Image courtesy of Internet Video Archive. Watch in Times Video » “But what …

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg via Getty Images Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. South Korea will never tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday, as …

Photo A concert performance of “Parable of the Sower,” an operatic adaptation of two novels by Octavia Butler. Credit Kevin Yatarola The Public Theater’s 2018 Under the Radar Festival will feature pieces inspired by the work of the pioneering science fiction writer Octavia Butler and the influential rock critic Lester …

MarketInvoice Market Invoice co-founders Ilya Kondrashov, left, and Anil Stocker, right. A digital invoice finance platform in the U.K. will provide business loans to its customers for the first time, it was announced Wednesday. Financial technology company MarketInvoice enables businesses to sell their unpaid invoices to provide working capital. The …

Toru Hanai | Reuters Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference to announce snap election at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2017. Japan’s Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc’s big election win last month and days before U.S. President …

TOTAL DIVAS 9 p.m. on E! WWE’s recent surge into mainstream consciousness got another boost when John Cena proposed to Nikki Bella at WrestleMania this April. As the drama races forward both inside and out of the ring, this reality show provides a behind-the-scenes look at wrestling’s biggest female stars …