Representative Adriano Espaillat, the most powerful Latino leader in New York City, will back Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor.

The founders of the initiative, the States Forum, say they hope to extend successful Democratic policies across states and even to the national level.

Drawn to both the natural majesty and restaurant scene in Rappahannock County, Va., a recent empty-nester looked for a comfortable three-bedroom house for about $500,000.

Warm-weather party supplies, including lightweight sun hats and hand-carved plates.

The beloved pop singer’s fourth album, “Virgin,” once again ponders whether being famous and obsessed over is all it’s cracked up to be.

Iga Świątek, a semifinalist in this year’s tournament, introduced tennis fans to a beloved Polish dish — enter, makaron z truskawkami.

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.

A trove of periodicals is available for anyone to peruse at Library180, a project by two printheads who met as interns at a fashion magazine.

Organizations that track the material are reporting a surge in A.I. images and videos, which are threatening to overwhelm law enforcement.

Hannah Pittard wrote a memoir about the breakup. When she learned that her ex planned a novel about it, she took it back up, this time as fiction (sort of).

Beyond his social media talent and approaches on affordability and Israel, Democratic voters have been inching to the left for years.

In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today.

Majority Democrats, a new group of elected officials from all levels of government, has outsized ambitions to challenge political orthodoxies and remake the party.

The columnist Bret Stephens on what’s at stake for the Middle East and American Jews.

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users.

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Medford Lakes, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

The Calgary Stampede, an event that started more than 100 years ago, has grown into one of the world’s most popular rodeos and a reflection of Western Canada’s culture.

This week’s properties are in the West Village, on the Upper West Side and in Clinton Hill.

The I.R.S. lifted the ban on endorsements in houses of worship. That move could pose a challenge in a city that relishes religious diversity.