For relaxing in comfort, there’s nothing better than a hammock. Just ask the London-based designer Ilse Crawford, or her husband and partner in Stuidoilse, Oscar Peña. They not only have their own at home, but also frequently install them in interior design projects for clients. “We love them,” Ms. Crawford said. “Hammocks have been part…
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Image A new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics said clinical settings need to be a “culturally safe” place where providers are “sensitive to the racism that children and families experience.”CreditEdwin J. Torres for The New York Times This month the American Academy of Pediatrics put out its first policy statement on how racism…
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For more than a year, Newark officials denied the city had a widespread lead problem with its drinking water. Then, in an abrupt shift last fall, New Jersey’s largest city began giving out water filters to some residents. On Sunday — two days after a scathing letter from the E.P.A. raised concerns about the safety…
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The Teen Choice Awards are tonight in California’s Hermosa Beach, and already, young Hollywood is showing up in statement fashion as the show’s red carpet begins. From KJ Apa’s light blue suit to Lucy Hale’s red mini dress, here’s a look at all the award show style as the stars arrive at the ceremony. Nominees…
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Good morning. We’re hurtling through the season now, “the best of the summer gone and the new fall not yet born,” is how Sylvia Plath put it in her journal. “The odd uneven time.” We’re waiting on the corn from the patch by the harbor, for the better tomatoes to come in alongside the tiny…
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BERLIN — They go to the rescue when others would flee. They are the Schwarmfänger, Berlin’s 30 or so swarm-catchers, on call to collect honeybees by the thousands when they gather where people do not want them. This year, the Schwarmfänger have been very busy. While much of the Western world is worried about bees…
DetailsAlthough there is evidence that exercise can boost mental health, scientists know less about whether physical fitness can prevent the onset of mental health conditions. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis take a closer look. Can physical fitness protect against mental health conditions? Common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, are a growing…
DetailsResearchers, using data from more than 40,000 women, conclude that eating red meat is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, but consuming poultry appears to link to a lower risk. A recent study investigates the impact of meat on breast cancer risk. Breast cancer affects around 1 in 8 women in the United…
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Kelsey McCollum Moran and Andrew Olufemi Okuyiga were married Aug. 10 at Republic Restoratives, a distillery in Washington. Felicia Goldstein, a friend of the couple who received authorization to preside at this event by the clerk of Washington’s Superior Court of the District of Columbia, officiated. The bride, 30, is the chief of staff to…
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Nancy Sammis Seem and Andrew James Shanahan were married Aug. 10 at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Princeton, N.J. The Rev. Michael P. McLoughlin performed the ceremony. The couple met in 2013, when both took part in a Dartmouth program that sent them to Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific…
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