As they start a new year, Iranians are reckoning with bombardment, repression and economic misery. Still, many are holding fast to ancient traditions.

An adaptation has a twist that doesn’t track, and songs that benefit from an excellent cast, including Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess and Adam Jacobs.

[The layoffs affected several dozen employees at the news division, which is owned by the technology heir David Ellison.

For families displaced by Israeli airstrikes, the joy that usually marks the end of Ramadan has been replaced by uncertainty and hardship.

[Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, said he would support rate cuts later this year if the labor market continued to weaken.

Britain has a storied history of sketch comedy, but its humor has a very different flavor than the American variety.

[President Trump has directed that most federal payments be issued electronically, including tax refunds. Last year nearly 10 million people got their refund via a paper check.

Working for The New Yorker, he wrote about Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well is the Best Revenge.”