Todays News flash

‘Dumbo’ Falls Short of Box-Office Expectations but Still Comes in First

Brexit, Indian Elections, the Kardashians: Your Monday Briefing

A Jewish Councilman Said ‘Palestine Does Not Exist.’ Now He May Be Punished.

Review: In ‘Mrs. Wilson,’ an Actress Uncovers Her Grandfather’s Lies

One of Brexit’s Rare Winners: Big British Law Firms

Ripped-Off Riffs? Rise in Plagiarism Claims Unnerves Pop Songwriters

Alessandro Mahmoud Performs at Studio in Milan

Where Prisoners Can Lock Their Cells for Privacy, and Guards Are Told to Knock

Italian Minister Pans Hit Song by an Immigrant’s Son

Review: The Met Makes a Case for Mozart’s Least-Loved Opera

Kenneth Gibson, 86, Dies; Newark Mayor Broke Race Barrier in Northeast

For High Schoolers Only

Review: A ‘Twilight Zone’ Trying to Find Its Dimension

Homage to a Dying Breed: Stick-Shift Cars

Freed From ISIS, Syrians Struggle to Rebuild Raqqa

Political Handlers With Trump Ties Take Their Election Playbooks to Africa

When a Criminal Record Is Erased, or Isn’t

Inside ISIS’s Former Capital: The Forgotten People of Raqqa

Kanye West Goes on Camera Tonight in ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’

The Spice Rack Can Wait

Michael Avenatti’s Biggest Case Yet: His Own

Trump Administration Defends Plan to Close the Border, Telling Democrats, ‘We Told You So’

David White, Hitmaker With Danny and the Juniors, Dies at 79

He Says He Found a Souvenir From the ’60s: The Stage at Woodstock

‘Race-Biased Dragnet’: DNA From 360 Black Men Was Collected to Solve Jogger’s Murder, Defense Lawyers Say

What to Cook This Week

3 Teenage Migrants Are Charged in Malta With Hijacking Ship at Sea

A TV Comedian Could Dominate Ukraine’s Election. That Is Not a Joke.

North Korea Calls Raid at Its Embassy in Spain a ‘Terrorist Attack’

Afghan Vice President Survives Attack on Convoy

How We Hang Out at Work Together Online Now

Why Courtrooms Are Kryptonite for Alex Jones

Brexit, Offshore Drilling, N.C.A.A.: Your Weekend Briefing

The Criminal Investigations That Sprouted From Mueller

The ‘Blue Prince of Montmartre,’ at 87, Still Rules Parisian Demimonde

Countries Want to Ban ‘Weaponized’ Social Media. What Would That Look Like?

Why Elizabeth Warren, a Presumed Front-Runner, Trails Her Rivals in Fund-Raising

‘Breaches Everywhere’: Midwest Levees Burst, and Tough Questions Follow

Homes That Sold for Around $600,000

The Week in Books

Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too.

Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.

The Legend of Zion

Virginia Fends Off Purdue and Naysayers to Reach the Final Four

New York Agrees to Congestion Pricing and a Mansion Tax in $175 Billion Budget Deal

This Week’s Wedding Announcements

Rebecca Isaacson, Taylor Lustgarten

Pressley Baird, Tanner Frevert