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Borussia Dortmund, one of Germany’s most successful soccer clubs, is rooted in the industrial Ruhr region and prides itself on retaining its working-class roots, community engagement and anti-establishment mentality.That’s why, in the week before one of the biggest games in the club’s history, some Dortmund fans are angry about a sponsorship deal with Rheinmetall, a major German weapons producer. Everyone from club officials to lawmakers have weighed in on the move, which has provoked a debate about the normalization of the military in German society. Still, many fans would rather just focus on Dortmund’s appearance in the showcase game of…

1. Sarah McLachlan: “Building a Mystery”Though music of Lilith Fair has an unfair reputation for being soft and maudlin, this hit from Sarah McLachlan’s 1997 album “Surfacing” — released the same month that Lilith Fair began — is a razor-sharp portrait of a man who wears his eccentricities on his sleeve. “You wear sandals in the snow and a smile that won’t wash away,” she sings in that chiming tone. “Can you look out the window without your shadow getting in the way?”▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube2. Fiona Apple: “Sleep to Dream”Percussion rumbles like trembling earth at…

The Israeli military said on Friday that its forces had advanced into central Rafah, pushing even more deeply into the southern Gaza city despite an international backlash and pressure from allies to scale back the latest offensive and agree to a cease-fire.Israeli special forces were engaging in “intelligence-based targeted raids” in central Rafah, the Israeli military said in a statement. It added that troops were performing “focused and low-intensity operations” in the city. On Wednesday, the military announced that it had established “operational control” over the border zone with Egypt, an eight-mile-long strip known as the Philadelphi Corridor on the…

Friday’s remarks were Mr. Biden’s first public comments about the war since an Israeli strike and subsequent fire on Sunday killed at least 45 people, including children, and wounded 249 in an encampment for the displaced, according to Gazan health officials. A visual analysis by The New York Times found that Israel used U.S.-made bombs in the strike, forcing the White House to face difficult questions over American responsibility for rising death toll.Mr. Biden said on Friday that he saw the “terrible images” from the deadly fire.“The Palestinian people have endured sheer hell in this war,” Mr. Biden said after…

On May 20, during a night doubleheader in Atlanta, Fernando Tatis, Jr. ran 84 feet across the Atlanta outfield grass and hit the fence at Truist Park, snatching away good friend Ronaldinho. A shot from Ronald Acuña, Jr.”It’s just love for the game, more than anything,” Tatis told reporters afterward about the catch. “I know this is going to hurt.”Tatis, 25, has always played loud and uninhibited. Borderline reckless. He was known for leaping and diving to catch balls, dancing in the outfield, jumping around on the bases and stealing home. In 2021, Tatis became the youngest player ever to…

After the conviction of Donald J. Trump on all 34 felony counts in a hush-money trial in a New York court, TikTok users turned to the platform’s livestreaming feature to discuss the verdict.For hours, late into the night on Thursday and into Friday morning, thousands of people around the world watched these streams and heard from armchair experts, political commentators, lawyers and even Michael D. Cohen.Mr. Cohen, the key witness in the criminal case against his former boss, Mr. Trump, had already been using the platform throughout the trial to talk to the masses. (Earlier this month, Justice Juan M.…

The jury was unanimous. But the cable news verdict was a split decision.Viewers around the country scrambled to their television screens on Thursday to learn the outcome of the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump.Fox News scored the biggest audience for breaking coverage of the 34 guilty counts, pulling in 4.7 million viewers from 5 to 6 p.m., according to Nielsen. That is a huge viewership for a weekday afternoon and easily outstripped the audiences for CNN, MSNBC and the broadcast networks that cut into regular programming with special reports.By the evening, after word of the verdict…

Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, offered a personal tour of the electric carmaker’s factory in Austin, Texas, to select shareholders this week.“Please let us know if you have any questions about voting your Tesla shares!” Mr. Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he owns.It was just one of at least a dozen posts that Mr. Musk has published on X in recent weeks as Tesla’s shareholders have been voting on a $46.5 billion pay package for him.To encourage approval of the package, Mr. Musk has shared on X a sizzle reel of Tesla’s vehicles speeding through deserts at…

Jennifer Lopez announced on Friday that she has canceled her “This Is Me … Live” summer tour. In a message on her website she said she was “heartsick and devastated” about the decision.“Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary,” she continued, promising her fans that they’d be “together again.”An accompanying statement from Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said that “Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” and that tickets bought through Ticketmaster would be refunded automatically.The tour, scheduled for arenas across the country, appeared…

Residents who returned to the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya on Friday had expected to find mass devastation but said they were still shocked by the level of ruin they saw after three weeks of an Israeli offensive on the dense, urban area.“The destruction is indescribable,” said Mohammad Awais, who returned with his family to their home in Jabaliya on Friday. “Our minds aren’t able to comprehend what we’re seeing.”He said he and his family walked along devastated roads for nearly an hour in the heat and saw that no vehicle could navigate streets blocked by piles of rubble from…