Jeff Bezos is officially an astronaut. Really — just ask the federal government. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it was ending a program that awarded small gold pins called “Commercial Space Astronaut Wings” to certain people who flew to space on private spacecraft. But before the program officially retires in January, all…
LOS ANGELES — It was an atypically chilly night, but that didn’t stop fans from turning out to see Kanye West and Drake perform together on Thursday at the L.A. Coliseum. The unlikely duo, who have exchanged direct and indirect slights over the years, took the stage for a benefit for prison and sentencing reform,…
Courtesy Supply chain issues, global warming, the hoards of stuff we’ve all already accumulated—turns out there are plenty of reasons to avoid buying your loved ones any more Things this holiday season. Instead, give something you know they’ll use, but won’t end up in the trash or being regifted for their next White Elephant. Maybe…
It has been two years since the holidays felt “normal,” and you’re determined to make it special. You spend hours combing through your go-to department store, dodging Santa Clauses and unruly crowds to find the right gift. You open and close a dozen browser windows before adding that perfect item to your basket, sending a…
Jessica Alexander, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay, and her husband, Andy, grappled with how to tell their twin sons about a tragedy in their father’s past: Andy had lost his first wife and two young sons in the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. One day, 10 years later, Andy decided to tell…
Global roundup A Covid-19 intensive care unit at University Hospital Leipzig last month. German lawmakers voted on Friday to make coronavirus vaccines obligatory for health care workers.Credit…Jens Schlueter/Getty Images German lawmakers voted on Friday to make coronavirus vaccines obligatory for health care workers — a significant move in a nation where protests against pandemic restrictions…
Citing the widespread staffing shortages in his industry, Mr. Parkinson said his group would continue to pursue a testing alternative to prevent workers from leaving for other jobs. In Philadelphia, hospitals are the largest employer, with some 57,000 workers, according to an estimate from Philadelphia Works, a nonprofit. The city’s experience also underscored the work…
MOSCOW — With tensions building between Russia and the West over Ukraine, the migration crisis in Belarus and rising natural gas prices, it might be a surprise that President Vladimir V. Putin is a patron of an art exhibition celebrating European unity. But there his name is, displayed on the wall at the entrance to…
December seems like a strange time of year to get excited about new weeknight recipes. There’s just so much to do as the holidays approach. Lean on standbys! Order takeout! You’re busy. And yet — this is surely a procrastination technique — I’m in full cooking mode, trying recipes I’ve never made a few nights a…
All year, I write and cook recipes that, beyond tasting delicious, have a reason and a season. The recipes are pegged to fixed moments in time, ideas rooted in the vegetables coming out of the ground. By the time December comes around, truth be told, I look at my cooking a little differently. Maybe it’s…