Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday they were now applying to the Food and Drug Administration for supplemental approval of a coronavirus vaccine booster shot for those aged 16 and up, and will submit all their supporting data by the end of this week. The move came as the companies said that a third shot…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago said on Wednesday that all city employees will have to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 15. The action by the city, the second-largest in the United States to impose such a requirement, came as coronavirus infections continue to spread rapidly across the country. The policy will apply to more than…
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This is a preview of the At Home and Away newsletter, which is now reserved for Times subscribers. Sign up to get it in your inbox twice a week. Welcome. We’re fast approaching Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer in the United States. For some, this means back to school, whether for themselves…
Delta Air Lines is intensifying pressure on employees to get vaccinated with a series of increasingly burdensome requirements over the coming weeks and months, though it stopped short of the mandates that other airlines and businesses have put in place. In a letter to employees on Wednesday, the carrier’s chief executive, Ed Bastian, said those…
Lorde, though, is hardly alone in this sentiment. It is somewhat remarkable to consider how many pop albums of the past year have taken up the sometimes-debilitating stress associated with modern-day fame as their main theme: Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” Clairo’s “Sling,” and Lana Del Rey’s “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” all chronicle their…
Did someone say beveragino? At its simplest, a beveragino is a cocktail enjoyed among friends. (The term was popularized last summer by British TikTokers — and cleverly deployed by a group of cheeky ladies hanging out in a garden.) But a beveragino can also be a coffee, a tea, a limeade or a mocktail. Much…
It is hard to overstate the degree to which OnlyFans reversed the general downward trajectory of being an adult entertainment performer. Before the subscription service arrived in 2016, so-called tube sites — video platforms that aggregated stolen pornographic content, disseminated it for free, and sucked up revenue from banner and video ads — drove many…
Let it simmer for a minute or two to reduce the liquid a bit, then add the mussels and cover the pot. Check them after 5 minutes. Many will have opened, and as they do, use tongs to pluck them from the pot and put them in a bowl, re-covering the pot in between. If…
Looping in view of Mount Fuji, the Do-Dodonpa roller coaster in Japan has been one of the prized fixtures of the Fuji-Q Highland Park since the ride opened in 2001. One of the world’s fastest roller coasters, the Do-Dodonpa can hurtle from a standstill to 112 miles per hour within 1.56 seconds. But local government…