Payton Iheme’s wide-ranging career has taken her from collecting intelligence in the Army to advising the White House on science and technology. Working for a dating app wasn’t the most obvious next move. But as Bumble’s head of public policy for the Americas, Ms. Iheme, 43, has found a cause that synthesizes her past experiences,…
LOS ANGELES — I don’t want to be that person who recommends the chicken. Especially not here, at a restaurant you’ll likely wait months or weeks to get into — a bit less, maybe, if you can maintain a healthy working relationship with Resy’s “notify” button. But all of those people who say you should…
“Daebak!” — pronounced DEH-bahk, often with a long, guttural emphasis on the first syllable — can be a noun, an adjective or an interjection that expresses approval when something is truly great. It’s the Korean word my mother blurted out when she recently tasted my doenjang jjigae, a soybean-paste stew that has taken me years…
Taking a scan of an injured brain often produces a map of irretrievable losses, revealing spots where damage causes memory difficulties or tremors. But in rare cases, those scans can expose just the opposite: plots of brain regions where an injury miraculously relieves someone’s symptoms, offering clues about how doctors might accomplish the same. A…
There were Hollywood stars, athletes and even a wartime president (Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, in a recorded video). Time held its 100 Most Influential People in the World gala on Wednesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, with a dinner and a performance by Mary J. Blige. Free Arts, which brings art to underprivileged children in…
It is generally illegal for Americans to import drugs that haven’t been approved in the U.S. for personal use. But the F.D.A. website lists some exceptions that might apply to Albrioza, including if the drug has no serious safety issues and if it is to treat “a serious condition for which effective treatment is not…
Getty + Design Leah Romero Black people are often called resilient. We continue to survive the unthinkable while leaving the world more beautiful and equitable than we found it. More than resilience, it’s our innovation and ability to see what is not yet present—justice, joy, autonomy—and bring it to life. Anifa Mvuemba knows this. As…
My husband probably thought I had found someone else. Why else would I keep detouring off Interstate 90 to a town whose population is smaller than my daughter’s high school class? Even though I’ve lived in nearby Bozeman for 28 years, there’s something provocative about Fishtail, Mont., a tiny town with about 250 residents. But…
As televisions and speakers have become increasingly smart, streamlined and wireless, the mess of components and cables that once cluttered living spaces has been gradually disappearing. But it’s still helpful to have a good media console, whether you have the newest ultrathin TV, vintage stereo equipment or both. “They’re usually the centerpiece of a living…
Before tenants list rental homes for commercial use, they should look closely at their leases, according to Joshua Krefetz, a real estate lawyer at Ligris, a firm in Newton, Mass., who specializes in landlord-tenant litigation. “The laws are different in every state, but the main thing is the language of the lease,” Mr. Krefetz said.…