Serena Williams said every tennis match loss helped her “become Serena,” and that she’s applied the mindset of learning from losses to her investment decisions. Williams is used to shattering boundaries for Black women and female athletes: She won 23 Grand Slam tournaments, more than any woman in modern tennis. Since retiring from the sport, she has focused on Serena Ventures, her investment fund, which largely backs founders who are women or people of color. Follow our live coverage from the DealBook Summit at the link in our bio. #SerenaWilliams #Investing

In Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial, jury selection focused on whether anyone can judge him fairly. Maggie Haberman, our senior political correspondent, breaks down what to know. #TrumpTrial #Trump #2024Election

“The scenes I saw were more horrific than horror movies. But they are all real.” Days after they finished training, dentistry graduates at Al-Azhar University in Gaza found themselves plunged into days of burying the dead and fearing for the living when the Israeli assault in the Gaza Strip began.

A relentless deluge of rain battered the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week, killing at least 19 people in Oman, causing scores of delays and cancellations at Dubai’s airport and bringing other cities to a standstill. In Oman’s capital, flash flooding turned streets into raging rivers. #dubai #oman #uae #flooding #dubaiflooding2024

Watch as the "Civil War" director and writer Alex Garland narrates a sequence in which journalists, including Kirsten Dunst, make their way to Washington, D.C., and stumble across a field set up with Christmas decorations. #CivilWar #Movies #AnatomyOfAScene

Donald Trump has made false claims to defend his conduct and portray himself as a victim of political persecution. Our fact-check reporter analyzes some of Trump’s false and misleading statements about his ongoing court cases. #factcheck #trump

In New York City, trash has no dedicated space all its own. Is this how one of the world’s greatest cities still deals with garbage? Larry Buchanan, one of the New York Times reporters who walked miles around the city pondering trash for this story, explains what will be required to take New York’s trash bags off the street. Video by Larry Buchanan, Karen Hanley and Ruru Kuo #nyc #newyork

The old stock exchange building in downtown Copenhagen partly collapsed in a large fire early Tuesday, videos show. The 17th-century building is one of the city’s oldest and best known structures. #Copenhagen #CopenhagenFire

Donald Trump faces charges he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal while serving as president. Jury selection has begun, and the process could take two weeks or more. Follow live updates. #Trump #HushMoneyTrial

Protests over the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are disrupting the activities of Democratic officials from city halls to Congress to the White House. Our political correspondent explains. #Election2024