The Evening: A strike looms in a battleground state

Also, Biden said he would be “happy to debate” Trump. 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Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. - A looming strike in North Carolina - A Biden-Trump debate - Plus, new Broadway shows [Shawn Fain, wearing a red polo shirt, signs a bright yellow campaign sign promoting the United Automobile Workers. The sign reads, “Union Yes” and the U.A.W.’s logo forms the O of “Union.” ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy9kYWltbGVyLXRydWNrLXVhdy1zdHJpa2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) Shawn Fain, the president of the United Automobile Workers. George Walker/Associated Press A strike looms in a battleground state More than 7,000 workers who make trucks and buses at Daimler Truck plants in North Carolina are [poised to go on strike at midnight](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy9kYWltbGVyLXRydWNrLXVhdy1zdHJpa2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), barring a last-minute breakthrough. The United Automobile Workers, the union that represents the workers, said it was demanding a “historic deal” from the truck maker, including pay raises and more job security. The planned walkout would open another front in the U.A.W.’s campaign to expand its power in Southern states, where organized labor has long been weak. The union is hoping it can build on the success of its work stoppages last fall at the three largest U.S. automakers not just by securing higher wages elsewhere, but also by forming more unions in the South. “It’s our generation-defining moment,” Shawn Fain, U.A.W.’s president, said. A strike in North Carolina — a battleground state that has a Democratic governor, but that President Biden narrowly lost in 2020 — [could also have repercussions on the 2024 campaign](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy91YXctc3RyaWtlLW5vcnRoLWNhcm9saW5hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). Biden, who has proclaimed himself the “most pro-union president in history,” has indicated that he could step in aggressively to support the Daimler workers. That could find him clashing with the state’s more pro-business Democrats, just months before Election Day. [President Biden walks past a guard who salutes. An aircraft is visible behind them.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi1kZWJhdGUtdHJ1bXAuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) President Biden has faced pressure from television networks to agree to participate in debates. Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times Biden said he would be ‘happy to debate’ Trump President Biden said today that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump. [His comments were a striking shift](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi1kZWJhdGUtdHJ1bXAuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) after months in which he declined to commit to a debate. Trump’s campaign responded: “OK let’s set it up!” Biden made the announcement during an interview with the radio host Howard Stern — a move that, my colleague Jeremy Peters suggested, could be an effort to reach a more working-class audience. “Hillary Clinton told Mr. Stern in 2019 that she might have done better with those voters if she’d agreed to do his show in 2016,” Jeremy said. In related news, Biden has recently embraced the kinds of [insults and taunts](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi10cnVtcC10YXVudHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) more commonly associated with Trump. [Men in uniform with guns pointed ahead. Some hold red flags.] Soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda battalion of the Israeli military during a training exercise in 2014. Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. will not deny aid for Israeli units accused of abuse The Biden administration has decided that it [will not suspend aid](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9pc3JhZWwtZ2F6YS13YXItaGFtYXMvdXMtaXNyYWVsLW1pbGl0YXJ5LWFpZD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZzbWlkPXVybC1zaGFyZSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) to three Israeli military units and two civilian units whose members committed gross human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank, so long as Israel holds the units accountable. Secretary of State Antony Blinken notified House Speaker Mike Johnson of the decision in a letter. Johnson complained to the White House last week after news broke that the U.S. was considering withholding aid from the units. Blinken will [visit Israel next week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2lzcmFlbC1nYXphLWJsaW5rZW4tcmFmYWguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) to discuss efforts to free the remaining hostages held in Gaza and the Israeli military’s planned invasion of Rafah, which the U.S. opposes. [Jerome Powell seated at a desk, with a microphone and a stack of papers in front of him. ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy9lY29ub215L2ZlZC1yYXRlLWN1dC1mb3JlY2FzdC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, is not seeing the progress on inflation that he would like. Kenny Holston/The New York Times Hopes for substantial cuts in interest rates are fading The latest reading of the Fed’s most closely watched inflation measure showed this morning that [price increases remained notably faster](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy9pbmZsYXRpb24tZmVkLXJhdGVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) than the policymakers’ goal of 2 percent. It was just the latest sign that, after months of steady improvement in 2023, progress on cooling inflation is stalling out. The data could prod the Fed to keep borrowing costs [high for a longer period](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy9lY29ub215L2ZlZC1yYXRlLWN1dC1mb3JlY2FzdC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), as many economists are now forecasting. More top news - China: A meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, yielded some progress. But there was [no budging on core differences](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2JsaW5rZW4teGktamlucGluZy1jaGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Trial: Prosecutors called their second and third witnesses to the stand in Trump’s hush-money trial: Rhona Graff, [Trump’s former longtime executive assistant,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9ueXJlZ2lvbi90cnVtcC1odXNoLW1vbmV5LXRyaWFsL3RydW1wLXRyaWFsLXBlY2tlci1jcm9zcy1leGFtaW5hdGlvbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZzbWlkPXVybC1zaGFyZSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) and Gary Farro, [a banker](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9ueXJlZ2lvbi9nYXJ5LWZhcnJvLXRydW1wLXRyaWFsLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Health: The Biden administration delayed a decision on [whether to ban menthol cigarettes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9oZWFsdGgvbWVudGhvbC1jaWdhcmV0dGVzLWJhbi1iaWRlbi1mZGEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - Protests: Video surfaced of a leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia saying “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” Today, [he said his comments were wrong](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9ueXJlZ2lvbi9jb2x1bWJpYS1zdHVkZW50LXByb3Rlc3QtemlvbmlzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Transportation: New York City’s congestion pricing program, the first in the U.S., [will go into effect June 30](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9ueXJlZ2lvbi9jb25nZXN0aW9uLXByaWNpbmctbnljLWp1bmUtMzAuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - Real estate: The brokerage HomeServices of America agreed to [pay $250 million to settle claims](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9yZWFsZXN0YXRlL3dhcnJlbi1idWZmZXR0LWhvbWVzZXJ2aWNlcy1sYXdzdWl0LXNldHRsZW1lbnQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) brought by home sellers who said they were forced to pay inflated commissions. - Ukraine: Russia attacked railway facilities in three Ukrainian regions after its defense minister [promised to target Western weapons](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvcnVzc2lhLXN0cmlrZXMtdWtyYWluZS1haWQtcmFpbHdheS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) arriving in Ukraine. - Cars: The federal auto safety agency is investigating Tesla’s recall of its Autopilot system because of concerns that the company [has not done enough to ensure safety.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9idXNpbmVzcy90ZXNsYS1hdXRvcGlsb3QtcmVjYWxsLW5odHNhLWludmVzdGlnYXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) - South Africa: The country will celebrate 30 years since the end of apartheid tomorrow. We looked at [how far South Africa has come in meeting its freedom goals](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9hZnJpY2Evc291dGgtYWZyaWNhLWFwYXJ0aGVpZC1mcmVlZG9tLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Royals: King Charles will [return to public duties next week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUva2luZy1jaGFybGVzLWlpaS1yb3lhbC1kdXRpZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), nearly three months after he disclosed that he had cancer. TIME TO UNWIND [A young woman in an orange jersey shirt and blue jeans dances with other performers.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi90aGVhdGVyL3RoZWF0ZXItbmV3LXNob3dzLWNhYmFyZXQtbWFyeS1qYW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) “Hell’s Kitchen” draws from Alicia Keys’s own coming-of-age story. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Broadway is buzzing The past 10 days have been the busiest stretch Broadway has seen in a long time: A dozen new plays and musicals opened ahead of last night’s deadline for the Tony Award nominations. (The nominees will be announced on Tuesday.) The season has become so stuffed that the producers of “Forbidden Broadway” [scrapped their plans for a summer opening](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi90aGVhdGVyL2ZvcmJpZGRlbi1icm9hZHdheS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNDI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMTY3MyZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY0OTMxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmJ_QcLGbixCZUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). Now that the rush is over, theatergoers have many options. Our critics put together [a list of nine shows that they think are worth considering](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi90aGVhdGVyL3RoZWF0ZXItbmV3LXNob3dzLWNhYmFyZXQtbWFyeS1qYW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). [Beth Linker, wearing a bright pink blouse and jeans, lies across an armchair in her living room with one leg kicked up, holding a copy of her book.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9zY2llbmNlL2xpbmtlci1wb3N0dXJlLXNjaWVuY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) Beth Linker, a historian of science at the University of Pennsylvania. Hannah Beier for The New York Times A new take on slouching For many decades, proper posture has been considered a necessity — initially as a matter of etiquette, but more recently as a way to improve health. But the historian and sociologist Beth Linker argues in a new book that the “posture panic” has been misguided. We sat down with her to talk about [what science says about uprightness](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9zY2llbmNlL2xpbmtlci1wb3N0dXJlLXNjaWVuY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). [The top N.F.L. prospects pose on a stage ahead of the first round of the draft. ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9zdHlsZS9uZmwtZHJhZnQtZm9vdGJhbGwtY2FsZWItd2lsbGlhbXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) The top N.F.L. draftees had style.  Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Dinner table topics - Football fashion: Here are the [best looks from the first day of the N.F.L. draft](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi9zdHlsZS9uZmwtZHJhZnQtZm9vdGJhbGwtY2FsZWItd2lsbGlhbXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - Titanic treasures: Collectors are ready to pounce on artifacts from the Titanic, including a violin case, [coming up for auction](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdGl0YW5pYy1hdWN0aW9uLW1lbW9yYWJpbGlhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyNDA0MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIxNjczJm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjQ5MzEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYn9BwsZuLEJlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Tremaine Emory: The raconteur of streetwear’s Black history survived Ye, Supreme and a near-death experience. 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He clicked on it and scrolled past pricey necklaces and watches until he came across a pair of rose-gold earrings listed at just 237 Mexican pesos, or about $13. [He bought two pairs](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoDqH0P0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8yNi93b3JsZC9hbWVyaWNhcy9tZXhpY28tY2FydGllci1zYWxlLWNvbnN1bWVyLXByb3RlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDI0MDQyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjE2NzMmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NDkzMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZif0HCxm4sQmVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). Cartier later adjusted the price to 237,000 pesos (well over $13,000) and made several attempts to cancel Villarreal’s order within a week of his purchase. The jeweler offered Villarreal a few gifts in exchange, but he declined. Finally, after filing a complaint to Mexico’s consumer protection agency, Villarreal said that Cartier informed him this week that his order would be fulfilled. 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