Welcome. It was midway through Thanksgiving dinner when my phone buzzed with The Times’s push alert about the new variant. I contemplated not sharing the news with the table — better to let them enjoy the meal in peace — but I remembered that these were the very people from whom the virus had kept…
WASHINGTON — Of all the “bitter disappointments” he had as president, Harry Truman once wrote, the “one that has troubled me most, in a personal way,” was the failure to enact a national program that would assure all Americans “a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health.” More than 75 years after…
Good morning. What a run it’s been this past week, from Thanksgiving into Hanukkah, and Christmas looming with its ham and sugar cookies. You’d be excused if tonight all you want to do for dinner is eat celery stalks with peanut butter while listening to “(Not So Ancient) Yul-Tide Carols” on Spotify. It’s exhausting, what…
Hi, I’m Batsheva Hay. I’m a fashion designer, and I live in New York City. I’m going to be baking homemade challah today. Bread is always an intimidating thing, but I make it from scratch, and if I can do it, you definitely can, too. [MUSIC PLAYING] You need yeast, sugar, some lukewarm water, and…
When it comes to being properly outfitted for the slopes, it’s all about finding gear that can stand up to the elements— and still look chic for après-ski cocktails. MOUNTAIN HIGH Lindsay Vonn for Thom Browne Courtesy Nuke Suit Jacket Aztech Mountain Aztech Mountain $1,650.00 Army Leather Patrol Glove Hestra Moosejaw $103.96 Kendall Sweater ANR…
The first case of infection with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been reported in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Wednesday. The patient, a traveler who returned to California from South Africa on Nov. 22, is in isolation and aggressive contact tracing is underway. The individual was…
Ruth Reichl has practiced food journalism in nearly every form imaginable. She’s gone from a job as restaurant critic at a weekly California magazine to a similar post at The New York Times. She’s held the top editing spot at Gourmet magazine, written memoirs, produced television shows and once served as editorial adviser to Gilt…
Federal health officials have directed airlines to provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the names and contact information of all passengers who boarded flights bound for the United States since Nov. 29 and who had been in southern Africa during the prior two weeks. The directive, issued Wednesday, applies to passengers who…
JOHANNESBURG — The detection of the Omicron variant in Africa signals the next stage of the battle against Covid-19: getting many more people inoculated in poorer nations where vaccines have been scarcest in order to deter new mutations from developing. But while world leaders sometimes talk about this as if it were largely a matter…
Mr. White, who did not style Ms. Farris for Afropunk, but has also styled Megan Thee Stallion, Latto and Summer Walker, said: “Everyone has their own style and idea of what they’re comfortable with, but for her, I think she’s just a little bit freer and more open.” “I don’t think she’s scared to do…