The American ambassador to the United Nations signaled the change of position to help stop the violence convulsing the world’s youngest country.

“Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction” is the Museum of Modern Art’s first substantial show for an artist among the earliest proponents of Cubism and Dada.

The museum has announced the 63 participants in its survey of what’s happening now in contemporary art — the new, the influential and the provocative.

Alan Williams, a reserve center, is in his second season with the Phoenix Suns. His mother, Jeri Williams, is in her first month as the leader of the city’s police force.

A new feature allows you to use the simulator backward, to see who will finish last and secure the No. 1 draft pick.

The Rams of Tec de Monterrey are a college football power. Ask Cam Newton.

Eddie Redmayne stars as a visitor to the city with a very stuffed magic suitcase in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

Politics intruded on this year’s awards ceremony, where Mr. Whitehead, whose novel explores the horrors of American slavery, urged writers to “fight the power.”

The Q Brothers have concocted another mash-up of rap and Shakespeare. And the laughter grows, right along with the stack of corpses.

The songwriter, who hesitated before even acknowledging his prize, said that “pre-existing commitments” would prevent him from picking up his award for literature.