The Times Magazine’s annual New York issue this year is devoted to live performance. We picked 12 artists — including, from above left, the opera singer Ying Fang, the rapper Princess Nokia, and the subway dancer Ikeem Jones — to demonstrate what it takes to light up the stage.

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Here’s what else is happening

Uber: In its first earnings report listing its shares, the ride-hailing giant posted slowing growth and a steep loss of more than $1 billion for the first three months of the year, compounding its bumpy start as a public company.

Opioid crisis: A 1-year-old boy died after ingesting a potent cocktail of heroin and fentanyl — the sort of mixture that has led to a surge in overdose deaths in the U.S. — while at home in New York, where his parents were packaging the drugs for sale. His father fled the country, and his mother was charged with murder.

JPMorgan Chase: The bank announced a tentative settlement in a class-action case initiated by a male employee that would require the company to ensure that its parental leave policy is gender-neutral.

Pakistan: A Hindu man in the southern Sindh province was charged with blasphemy against Islam after a cleric said the man had delivered medicine wrapped in verses from the Quran. It’s the latest case under a controversial law that critics say has been used to marginalize members of religious minority groups. Riots broke out in the area and protesters burned down Hindu shops.

Afghanistan: An American-funded university in Kabul, one of the biggest development projects in the country from the U.S. government, risks losing its funding after investigators weren’t able to determine what happened to $63 million.