For months, the dwindling ranks of staffers at the Kennedy Center have been bracing for July, when the Washington, D.C., arts complex had been slated to shut down. How the bruised institution would ...

Relationships are full of small, subtle shifts—some great, like more frequent texts, spontaneous plans, or a sudden burst of openness. Others? Not so great: a left-on-read message, a vague “we’ll see, ...