Nobody advanced or cherished the English language more than Stoppard, Tim Curry noted. Colleagues and fans agreed.

Four years ago, my husband and I made an increasingly common choice: We hugged, apologized for our shortcomings and freed each other.

The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama “Leopoldstadt.”

Injuries and deaths are rising — but the law hasn’t kept up.

David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.

The New York Times Communities Fund has partnered with charities that invest in education at critical junctures across people’s life spans.

Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.

David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.

Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.

In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.

President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.