Jeffrey E. Epstein, the wealthy financier who is accused of sex trafficking, had an unusual dream: He hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his vast New Mexico ranch. Mr. Epstein over the years confided to scientists and others about his scheme, according to four people familiar with his…
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Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. By Klancy Miller It took all of Georgia Gilmore’s willpower not to explode at the driver of the crowded bus in Montgomery, Ala., one Friday afternoon in October 1955. She had just boarded and dropped her…
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Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, has become something of a panacea in the Democratic presidential race. Some candidates, including Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, want to give it to everyone and even expand its benefits. Others, like former Representative Beto O’Rourke, want to give it automatically…
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Grant Thompson, a YouTube host known for the popular channel “The King of Random,” died in a paragliding accident in Utah this week, his family announced. The authorities in Washington County responded to a call of an “overdue” pilot Monday evening after someone had tried to reach Mr. Thompson on his cellphone, according to a…
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Colorectal cancer is typically considered a disease of aging — most new cases are diagnosed in people over age 50. But even as the rates decrease in older adults, scientists have documented a worrisome trend in the opposite direction among patients in their 20s and 30s. Now, data from national cancer registries in Canada add…
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Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher Meredith Hall began corresponding with her son 21 years after placing him for adoption. The first letter she sent him was heavily edited by the New Hampshire courts. When it arrived, the letter read, “My name…
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It was near pandemonium at the recent Eberjey sample sale in downtown Manhattan, what with all the racks of lacy, flimsy little nothings twirling on their rickety plastic mini-hangers as stampeding bargain hunters dove in and swept them up in multiples. Eberjey, a loungewear-lifestyle company in Miami, has a reputation for these little nothings. They…
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A new study confirms earlier reports that anemia — a condition caused by having too little hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells — increases the risk for dementia. It found that having high hemoglobin levels does so as well. Dutch researchers looked at 12,305 people without dementia at the start of the study,…
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