Ex-Senate Aide Pleads Guilty to Lying to F.B.I. About Contacts With Reporter The guilty plea by James A. Wolfe, a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide, winds down a convoluted case that grew out of a leak investigation. By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65 Mr. Allen and Bill Gates started the company in 1975, helping to usher in the personal computing revolution. He died after a recurrence of cancer. By STEVE LOHR
New York Stories A ‘Sugar Date’ Gone Sour In the fuzzy space between jobs and relationships, there’s a lot that can go wrong. By KATHERINE ROSMAN
Held Hostage by Health Insurance Every career choice I made was determined by my epilepsy. If the Affordable Care Act is killed, I’ll be back in the same trap. By KURT EICHENWALD
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion The goal, said L. Rafael Reif, the president of M.I.T., is to educate “the bilinguals of the future.” Blackstone’s Steven A. Schwarzman is contributing $350 million. By STEVE LOHR
On Pro Football Tom Brady Has the Upper Hand on Patrick Mahomes, for Now The Patriots beat the Chiefs in a battle of the A.F.C.’s best. By JOE DRAPE
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce She’s Pregnant The news came as the couple were beginning a tour of Australia and the South Pacific. The child is expected in the spring of 2019, Kensington Palace said. By ILIANA MAGRA and DANIEL VICTOR
Metropolitan Diary ‘A Woman on the Platform Said That Her Glasses Had Just Blown Off’ A favorite hat falls onto the subway tracks, considering a violinist’s dexterity and other reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pilot Killed Off Long Island Owned 2 Other Planes That Crashed Munidat Persaud’s plane crashed in the ocean off Long Island. The bodies of two passengers were recovered on Sunday. By WILLIAM NEUMAN and NATE SCHWEBER
With Sniffer Dogs and Hope, Rescue Teams Comb Through Hurricane Michael Damage Under an unflinching Florida sun, the teams looked for the tiniest signs of life amid the wreckage and thick brush. By PATRICIA MAZZEI and AUDRA D. S. BURCH
Taylor Swift, the Grown-Up in the Room Tennessee progressives were unhappy with their options in a close Senate race. A 28-year-old pop star explained the stakes. By MARGARET RENKL
Lenny Bruce Is Still Talking Dirty and Influencing People The influential “sick humor” comic, who died of a drug overdose in 1966, is having a resurgence in pop culture. By LAURA M. HOLSON
On Baseball A Familiar Place for the Boy and the Man in Craig Counsell The Brewers’ manager is taking a different route to what he hopes will be a return to league championship series success and joy, dating to age 12. By TYLER KEPNER
Republican Candidate in Pennsylvania Threatens to ‘Stomp All Over’ Opponent’s Face A spokesman for Scott Wagner said he made a video threatening the incumbent, Gov. Tom Wolf, in order to criticize his opponent’s use of negative campaign ads. By LIAM STACK
Editorial Observer War by Other Means Some American officials appear to hope that resumed sanctions on Iran will lead to a popular uprising. Have they thought that through? By CAROL GIACOMO
Sidney Shachnow, 83, Is Dead; Holocaust Escapee and U.S. General After leaving a forced labor camp in Lithuania under his uncle’s coat, he found his way to America, where he eventually commanded the Special Forces. By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Trump’s New Iran Sanctions May Hit Snag With Global Financial Service As it tries to cut off Iran, the United States must decide what do with a little-known entity at the heart of the world’s financial plumbing. By PETER EAVIS
Energy Partnerships Rebound as U.S. Oil and Gas Output Rise After a deep decline for funds that invest in energy infrastructure partnerships, it could be time for a turnaround. By NORM ALSTER
For the Astros and the Red Sox, a Playoffs Reunion Red Sox Manager Alex Cora, a coach on the Astros’ 2017 World Series champions, isn’t the only link between the teams as they meet in the playoffs for the second year in a row. By TYLER KEPNER
Ex-Senate Aide Pleads Guilty to Lying to F.B.I. About Contacts With Reporter The guilty plea by James A. Wolfe, a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide, winds down a convoluted case that grew out of a leak investigation. By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65 Mr. Allen and Bill Gates started the company in 1975, helping to usher in the personal computing revolution. He died after a recurrence of cancer. By STEVE LOHR
New York Stories A ‘Sugar Date’ Gone Sour In the fuzzy space between jobs and relationships, there’s a lot that can go wrong. By KATHERINE ROSMAN
Held Hostage by Health Insurance Every career choice I made was determined by my epilepsy. If the Affordable Care Act is killed, I’ll be back in the same trap. By KURT EICHENWALD
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion The goal, said L. Rafael Reif, the president of M.I.T., is to educate “the bilinguals of the future.” Blackstone’s Steven A. Schwarzman is contributing $350 million. By STEVE LOHR
On Pro Football Tom Brady Has the Upper Hand on Patrick Mahomes, for Now The Patriots beat the Chiefs in a battle of the A.F.C.’s best. By JOE DRAPE
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce She’s Pregnant The news came as the couple were beginning a tour of Australia and the South Pacific. The child is expected in the spring of 2019, Kensington Palace said. By ILIANA MAGRA and DANIEL VICTOR
Metropolitan Diary ‘A Woman on the Platform Said That Her Glasses Had Just Blown Off’ A favorite hat falls onto the subway tracks, considering a violinist’s dexterity and other reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pilot Killed Off Long Island Owned 2 Other Planes That Crashed Munidat Persaud’s plane crashed in the ocean off Long Island. The bodies of two passengers were recovered on Sunday. By WILLIAM NEUMAN and NATE SCHWEBER
With Sniffer Dogs and Hope, Rescue Teams Comb Through Hurricane Michael Damage Under an unflinching Florida sun, the teams looked for the tiniest signs of life amid the wreckage and thick brush. By PATRICIA MAZZEI and AUDRA D. S. BURCH
Taylor Swift, the Grown-Up in the Room Tennessee progressives were unhappy with their options in a close Senate race. A 28-year-old pop star explained the stakes. By MARGARET RENKL
Lenny Bruce Is Still Talking Dirty and Influencing People The influential “sick humor” comic, who died of a drug overdose in 1966, is having a resurgence in pop culture. By LAURA M. HOLSON
On Baseball A Familiar Place for the Boy and the Man in Craig Counsell The Brewers’ manager is taking a different route to what he hopes will be a return to league championship series success and joy, dating to age 12. By TYLER KEPNER
Republican Candidate in Pennsylvania Threatens to ‘Stomp All Over’ Opponent’s Face A spokesman for Scott Wagner said he made a video threatening the incumbent, Gov. Tom Wolf, in order to criticize his opponent’s use of negative campaign ads. By LIAM STACK
Editorial Observer War by Other Means Some American officials appear to hope that resumed sanctions on Iran will lead to a popular uprising. Have they thought that through? By CAROL GIACOMO
Sidney Shachnow, 83, Is Dead; Holocaust Escapee and U.S. General After leaving a forced labor camp in Lithuania under his uncle’s coat, he found his way to America, where he eventually commanded the Special Forces. By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Trump’s New Iran Sanctions May Hit Snag With Global Financial Service As it tries to cut off Iran, the United States must decide what do with a little-known entity at the heart of the world’s financial plumbing. By PETER EAVIS
Energy Partnerships Rebound as U.S. Oil and Gas Output Rise After a deep decline for funds that invest in energy infrastructure partnerships, it could be time for a turnaround. By NORM ALSTER
For the Astros and the Red Sox, a Playoffs Reunion Red Sox Manager Alex Cora, a coach on the Astros’ 2017 World Series champions, isn’t the only link between the teams as they meet in the playoffs for the second year in a row. By TYLER KEPNER