The Weekender

Times editors have handpicked 11 stories for you to enjoy. Welcome to The Weekender.

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The company’s approach has paid off to a degree that even the C.E.O. could hardly have believed possible.

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The music mogul, 53, has a new album, a new (psychedelics-fueled) self-image and a fresh sense of purpose.

A proposal evokes memories of 1980s China, when opening up to the world set off a debate over what the government called “weird attire.”

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In an era of Instagram tourism, some young people are searching for less curated travel experiences.

Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match.

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As Michelin’s universe of dining guides expands to new places, some chefs fear the honors are fostering a world of restaurant clones.

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It’s a circuit that only exists on the Maryland and Virginia shores. And the watermen who compete sort of like it that way.

A group of bull sharks spent 17 years in a lake by a golf course’s 14th hole, suggesting that the predators can live in low-saltwater environments indefinitely.

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Shao took a novel approach to attracting an audience for its debut.

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Lawmakers and activists in Los Angeles are trying to stop the demolition of the Spanish colonial-style home where the actor spent her final years.

Work has already invaded our homes, evenings and weekends. Now it’s coming for the fun part of your phone.

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Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next weekend.

This edition of The Weekender was edited by Jonathan Wolfe.