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“Past Times” by Kerry James Marshall sold Wednesday night for $21.1 million at Sotheby’s, generating a windfall for a Chicago agency.

President Trump tweeted on Thursday that the F.B.I.’s investigative steps in the Russia inquiry could prove to be “bigger than Watergate!”

Kerry James Marshall’s “Past Times,” from 1997, an acrylic and collage on canvas, sold for $21.1 million at Sotheby’s Wednesday night.

Gina Rodriguez in “Jane the Virgin” on the CW. The show will end after its next season.

Supporters of Mahathir Mohamad outside the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on May 10, waiting for his swearing-in as Malaysia’s prime minister after his surprise election victory.

The cannabis leaf design for the flag and emblem of Kanepi, Estonia. A town official defended the decision as a “very democratic” process, even though the number of online voters in favor of it —

The guitarist Bombino, a master of North African desert blues, is releasing his sixth album, “Deran.”

Paul Simon kicked off “Homeward Bound — the Farewell Tour” in Vancouver, British Columbia.

For 60 years, James Harrison suppressed his strong distaste for needles — he says he has never watched one go into his arm — and gave blood every few weeks. He made his final donation last Friday.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the F.D.A. commissioner, has vowed to end drug companies’ practice of preventing generic manufacturers from getting samples as a means of lowering drug prices.

Mana Hashimoto, right, with Iliana Mejía, a student at the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School. Ms. Hashimoto was leading a hands-on workshop that enables visually impaired students to

The University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles. In 2016, the university conducted an internal investigation, which concluded that a doctor’s pelvic exams may have been inappropriate.

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, had been scheduled to meet Prince Harry for the first time this week.

Artcurial said its C.R.E.A.M. auction, held Wednesday in Paris, was the first to highlight street culture. (The photograph being auctioned was a 2012 image of Kate Moss wearing a Supreme T-shirt.)

The cover of T's spring Travel issue.

Senator Bill Nelson of Florida during a recent visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Holding political office in Florida increasingly requires trekking to the island, the former home of a growing number of

A 1911 photograph of Margarita Xirgu includes a dedication written in Catalan to the director Enric Jiménez. Xirgu, an actress and director, brought Federico García Lorca’s plays to life.

The #MeToo movement is shaking up the Cannes Film Festival in France. Above, women staged a protest on the red carpet on Saturday.

Preparing molds for Camembert in Isigny-sur-Mer, in northwestern France.

James Sloane, 68, from Brownsville, with arms up, during a basketball tournament at the Senior Games.