This article is part of our latest special report on Waterfront Homes. Every generation has had its own fixation with the deep, expressed in film, book or television: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne; “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau”; Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”; and “SpongeBob SquarePants,” to name just a few. Beneath…
The strengthened dollar sweetened the deal for Callie Colvin, 23, from North Richland Hills, Texas, who in September began a yearlong master’s program in modern history at the London School of Economics. Ms. Colvin said that she applied primarily to U.S. colleges, but that she chose the London university in part because the tuition was…
Can I get a Real ID regardless of where I live? Real ID-compliant licenses and identification cards are now being issued in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and the majority of U.S. territories. American Samoa is not yet issuing them. What do I need to get a Real ID? Each…
The rain soon stopped and I pulled over to open the sunroof just as my iPhone’s shuffle setting landed on Patty Griffin singing “Heavenly Day.” The newly showered flora was aromatic and, mid-afternoon on a Tuesday, there was not another car for miles. Elvis’s Tupelo Roughly 30 miles north of Tupelo, I approached the Pharr…
CROYDE BEACH, England — The sea already had a bit of a winter chill, but the girls in their purple swim gear were undeterred, dragging their foam boards into the relentless swell. Back on shore were all their problems — worries about school and friends and the troubling world around them. But in the ocean,…
“Violets are good in my book,” affirmed Anna Matzinger, who makes wine along with her husband, Michael Davies, under the label Matzinger Davies Wine Company in McMinnville, Ore., about 40 miles southwest of Portland in the heart of the wine-growing Willamette Valley, as we nosed into a sample of her pinot noir. “I’m looking for…
AMHERST, Mass. — “Here is our Wizard of Oz moment,” a guide asked on a recent afternoon, before opening a door and stepping into the front foyer of the Emily Dickinson Museum. It’s not a comment you expect at the former family home of a poet cemented in the public imagination as the reclusive woman…
North Korea. East Timor. Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave that for decades has been a tinderbox for ethnic conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. They’re not your typical top tourist destinations. But don’t tell that to Erik Faarlund, the editor of a photography website from Norway, who has visited all three. His next “dream” trip is to…
The company said on Wednesday that 737 production was mainly being held back by engine deliveries and that it was working closely with suppliers, including CFM International, a joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and General Electric, to address the problem. “We are clearly on the same page, ourselves and our suppliers,” Mr. Calhoun said.…
Market Overview In its annual Financial Stability Report, released in June 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) noted that the Indian economy “remains on the path of recovery,” though the authors note that the “tightening of financial conditions and spikes in volatility warrant careful handling and close monitoring.” Overall, the India House Price Index…