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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a Broadway production of “Othello” next year, setting up what is sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the 2024-2025 theater season.Kenny Leon, who won a Tony Award in 2014 for directing a revival of “A Raisin in the Sun” that starred Washington, will direct the production — the 22nd Broadway staging of “Othello” since 1751, according to the Internet Broadway Database. Leon also directed Washington’s Tony-winning performance in a 2010 production of “Fences.”Washington, an enormously successful film actor with two Academy Awards, for “Glory” and “Training Day,” has starred…

Josette Molland, who died at 100 in France on Feb. 17, was a young member of the French Resistance during World War II when she was captured by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Nazi forced-labor camps for women. She survived, after witnessing and enduring repeated episodes of brutalities. Later, after her return to France, she would speak to students about her experiences.In her 80s, however, worrying that her story wasn’t getting through to them, she concluded that telling them of her camp life was not enough. She would have to show them. So she set about painting, from painful memory,…

Since the 1992-93 season, 94 teams have been relegated from England’s top flight, but only a handful have ranked among the “worst Premier League teams ever”.The series will soon include Sheffield United for the 2023-24 season. Their season hit a new low on Monday night when they suffered a 6-0 defeat at Arsenal, becoming the first club in English league history to lose three consecutive home games by five or more goals. Let’s not forget that their season also included an 8-0 home defeat to Newcastle. Tell me a sad story in four words or less: Bramall Lane scoreboard.But Sheffield…

What led you to apply to the Air Force Academy?“I heard it was a great institution to not only get a stellar undergraduate education but also put you on the track to become a pilot or maybe an astronaut,” she told a reporter for the Air Force Institute of Technology.Ms. Marsh recently suggested a career as an astronaut may no longer be of interest. Her goals are to serve as a role model for girls, an educated and prepared military leader and advocate for cancer treatment policy.Tell us about your focus on pancreatic cancer.“My biggest passion is pancreatic cancer advocacy…

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said on Wednesday that he thought the central bank would begin to lower borrowing costs in 2024 but that policymakers still needed to gain “greater confidence” that inflation was conquered before making a move.“We believe that our policy rate is likely at its peak for this tightening cycle,” Mr. Powell said during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. “If the economy evolves broadly as expected, it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year.”Mr. Powell’s comments on economic policy were largely in line…

“Ricky Stanicky,” a sloppy shock comedy by the director Peter Farrelly (of the Oscar-winning “Green Book”), is named for an imaginary friend conjured up by three childhood pals (Zac Efron, Jermaine Fowler and Andrew Santino). As kids, the lads made their fictional buddy take the fall for a Halloween prank gone wrong.Decades later, they’ve rebranded Ricky as a heroic figure who lives in Nairobi, returning to the States only when the guys want an excuse to ditch their significant others for a bros-only vacation. After one weekend trip goes awry, the longtime liars are forced to prove that Ricky exists.That’s…

Haiti’s security crisis is reaching a breaking point. An alliance of armed gangs is pressing the country’s prime minister to resign, placing the United States in the middle of a power struggle gripping the country. Aiming to ease the standoff, the Biden administration is increasing pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Henry to enable a transfer of power.The United States was not actively “calling on him or pushing for him to resign,” Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the State Department, said. But, he added, “we are urging him to expedite the transition to an empowered and inclusive governance structure.”The impasse points…

Shortly after bargaining his way out of free agency purgatory and signing a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kique Hernandez asked his wife, Mariana, to investigate another market. She contacted former Dodge Ridge Hill’s wife, Caitlin, with a request: Could the Hernandez family live in Hill’s house again? The Hills purchased the property near Toluca Lake in 2017, shortly after Rich signed a $48 million contract. After Hill’s final season with the team in 2019, the family decided not to sell the house. The house has since become a popular destination for Dodgers personnel. Catcher Austin Barnes lived…

This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products.In the lineup of climate villains, architecture towers above many. The building and construction industries account for some 37 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions, according to the United Nations Environment Program. Three of the most commonly used building materials — concrete, steel and aluminum — generate nearly a quarter of all carbon output.But there is progress. The use of renewable organic materials like wood, hemp and bamboo is expanding. Carbon-absorbing plants and trees are more widely integrated into architectural design. And even concrete…

The trade relationship between China and the United States has plenty of friction. But at least one area is booming: Chinese start-ups looking to establish a presence in the West are spending billions of dollars for advertisements on services owned by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology companies.Temu, the international arm of the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo, is flooding Google with ads for absurdly inexpensive goods. With an initial public offering looming, the fast-fashion merchant Shein is inundating Instagram with ads for clothes and accessories at rock-bottom prices. Developers of China’s video streaming and gaming apps are dumping marketing dollars…