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Follow our Olympic coverage in the lead-up to Paris.TORONTO — Summer McIntosh waited before taking the field.It was mid-May, the fourth night of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic swimming trials. McIntosh had swum the previous two nights and was preparing to compete in the 400m individual medley, an event in which the 17-year-old is already the world record holder and two-time world champion.”Summer McIntosh!shouted the public address announcer.McIntosh stands beneath a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Pan American Sports Center in Toronto. She was the last swimmer called. McIntosh walked to Lane 5 to the cheers of the…

After the comedian Joel Kim Booster performed recently at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., he posted about an interaction he had with a heckler, who was standing up and motioning a thumbs-down at Booster.Writing about the episode on social media, Booster, 36, remarked, “The fact that I have to deal with this,” adding an expletive, “at the Kennedy Center of all places.”Though it looked like the type of confrontation that is becoming more common at stand-up shows, those in the audience knew better: The heckling was staged, and Booster had invited the audience member to take part. A separate…

The news business is in upheaval. A presidential election is barreling down the pike. Facing financial challenges and political division, several of America’s largest news organizations have turned over the reins to editors who prize relentless reporting on a budget.And they all happen to be British.Will Lewis, a veteran of London’s Daily Telegraph and News UK, is now the chief executive of The Washington Post, where reporters have raised questions about his Fleet Street ethics. He recently ousted the paper’s American editor and replaced her with a former colleague from The Telegraph, dumbfounding American reporters who had never heard of…

5Charging CablesI kind of hate technology, but I can’t lie about how much I use it — all the time. There are these essential things you need to bring with you, like power cords. I get very frustrated when I’m out in the world and don’t have my charger, and I’m like, “Oh no, I’ve got my headphones in and I’ve got my little vibe cooking, but my vibe is going to die any minute now!”6Art SuppliesI have a particular addiction to a watercolor and gouache brand called Kissoh. The colors are so bright, and you can manipulate them with…

An American-made, precision guided bomb that homes in on specific targets and, ideally, limits civilian casualties, was used in airstrikes in Gaza that killed dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.The weapon, the GBU-39, or small-diameter bomb, was used in an attack at a former United Nations school on Thursday and in a May 26 strike in Rafah. In both cases, the Israeli military defended its actions, saying the strikes were aimed at militants using civilians as human shields. The Gaza health authorities said that civilians had also been killed, and there were videos and pictures of women and children…

A day after Israeli forces bombed a U.N. school complex in central Gaza that had become a shelter for displaced Palestinians, some of the facts remain unclear or under contention.Israel said it struck three classrooms used by 20 to 30 Palestinian militants, including some who participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and that it was unaware of civilian casualties. Gazan health authorities said that among the dozens of people killed, many were children and women. Here is what we know and do not know.What was bombed?The multistory building was one of several that made up the UNRWA…

Even in games where Angel Reese was ejected, her impact was undeniable. The Chicago Sky rookie was ejected with a second technical foul with just over two minutes left in Tuesday’s loss to the New York Liberty. A day later, the WNBA reversed her second foul.Nonetheless, Reese had recorded her second double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. That’s exactly what Chicago expected with the seventh overall pick in April’s draft. Reese has been a steady contributor through the first month of the WNBA season, but she’s not the only one in the rookie class.From their final college seasons to…

Before the air around Chloë Sevigny can be spritzed with her rose-scented perfume, it must first be cleared.Ms. Sevigny gasped when she learned that some people interpreted a remark she recently made on Instagram as passive-aggressive.“Always nice to be included,” she had written beneath a Variety magazine cover that she shared with Kim Kardashian. They had been paired for an “actors on actors” conversation, which Variety released online on Wednesday.“Because I just come off as snarky?” Ms. Sevigny laughed. “The inside scoop is I wasn’t supposed to be there.” She had replaced another actress who was sick with Covid. And…

The U.S. economy keeps throwing curveballs, and the May employment report is the latest example.Employers added 272,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported on Friday, well above what economists had expected as hiring had gradually slowed. That’s an increase from the 232,000-job average over the previous 12 months, scrambling the picture of an economy that’s relaxing into a more sustainable pace.Most concerning for the Federal Reserve, which meets next week and again in July, wages rose 4.1 percent from a year ago — a sign that inflation might not yet be vanquished.“For those who may have thought they would…

When the producer Sophie died at 34 in 2021 after an accidental fall, it felt like a singular loss, as well as the end of a nascent era in electronic music. The innovative Scottish artist, who worked with Charli XCX, Vince Staples and Madonna, was a linchpin of the U.K.’s experimental scene in the 2010s and advocated for a radical reframing of the way creators and listeners think about music. “The language of electronic music shouldn’t still be referencing obsolete instruments like kick drum or clap. No one’s kicking or clapping,” she said in 2014. “It makes more sense in…