Then came Nov. 4, 2001, a Sunday, 54 days after Sept. 11. Initially I had been as devastated and upset by the attacks as anyone. I hated that my beloved and adopted city had been so cruelly violated and that the American people, whose default goodwill and optimism I admired so much, had been so…
New footage of the Titanic wreckage released last week by a commercial exploration company shows the doomed ship in vivid detail and highlighted that the world for wealthy tourists not only extends to space, but also the deep sea. The one-minute clip was shared by OceanGate Expeditions, a company that takes paying tourists in submersibles…
I barreled into the world — a precipitous birth, the doctors called it — at a New York City hospital in the dead of night. In my first few hours of life, after six bouts of halted breathing, the doctors rushed me to the neonatal intensive care unit. A medical intern stuck his pinky into…
At first, Dana Guthrie thought she could help care for her parents, whose health had begun to decline, and still hold onto her job administering a busy dental practice in Plant City, Fla. “It was a great-paying job and I didn’t want to lose it,” Ms. Guthrie, 59, recalled recently. So she tried shifting to…
Cerrar los ojos y concentrarse en la respiración puede ser difícil para quienes se distraen con facilidad. Pero es posible.
It was Serena Williams’s night. Celebrities and politicians thronged the opening night of the U.S. Open on Monday, many dressed in pink — Ms. Williams’s favorite color. They cheered her on and helped raise $3 million for the United States Tennis Association Foundation, which supports underprivileged youth. Dr. Barbara Sturm, the German aesthetics doctor, held…