The crossword constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub join The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games editor, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, to share their insights into crafting the perfect puzzle.

A long-running legal battle over Iowa’s school book ban took another turn Thursday with opponents and lawyers for the state arguing their case before a federal judge.

Jazz musician John Coltrane playing in June 1966 at the Drome Lounge in Detroit. (Leni Sinclair / ) On Dec. 9, 1964, ...