“The defamation campaign has caused reputation and public image damage to Costco and Smithfield,” prosecutors wrote. Justin Marceau, a law professor at the University of Denver and author of the book “Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment,” described the prosecution as an unsubtle attempt to chill the growing movement of activists who use subterfuge…
Minutes after immigration agents dropped Anna Sorokin off at her fifth-floor walk-up apartment in the East Village of Manhattan late Friday night, she returned downstairs dressed in black-framed glasses, a hoodie and sweats, a monitor loosely hanging from her ankle. Beneath her apartment was a check-cashing business. Ms. Sorokin, 31, lived for several years in…
TOKYO — Not to worry: A giant pumpkin sculpture by the artist Yayoi Kusama has been reinstalled on the Japanese island where it was thrashed by a typhoon last year. Technically, this particular specimen of polka-dot, reinforced plastic is a replica of the one that was irreparably damaged. But no matter. People are happy, and…
It’s soup season, is it not? I’ve been feeling that keenly this week, so I’ve got five recipes for you that fit the mood. (And here are even more: 16 favorites from The New York Times Food staff.) The thing about soup is that it isn’t typically that fast to make. Even if you’re starting with quick-cooking…
Throughout baseball’s long history, fans at games have typically drunk beer while snacking on peanuts and hot dogs. Behind the scenes, things weren’t much different. The game’s athletes were often fueled by pizza, hot dogs and nachos in the clubhouse, and all-you-can-chew quantities of bubble gum and sunflower seeds in the dugout. But as the…
The health system Kaiser Permanente called doctors in during lunch and after work and urged them to add additional illnesses to the medical records of patients they hadn’t seen in weeks. Doctors who found enough new diagnoses could earn bottles of Champagne, or a bonus in their paycheck. Anthem, a large insurer now called Elevance…
Reading Nancy Drew. Watching the birds every day. Counting yellow doors. Thousands of Times readers shared their wellness “non-negotiables.”
Climate change is making this allergy season longer and more intense. Here’s how to cope.
Name: Chloe Cherry Age: 25 Hometown: Lancaster, Pa. Now Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in Hollywood with a roommate. Claim to Fame: An acting novice who made her TV debut in Season 2 of “Euphoria,” Ms. Cherry played Faye, a wide-eyed, pouty-lipped girlfriend of a drug dealer who can’t seem to escape heroin and violence.…
Encontrarse en ese estado de ánimo, en un terreno igualmente inestable, puede ser aterrador y mágico, propicio para el desastre y el éxtasis en partes iguales. Creo que ese es el espacio mental en el que uno es más susceptible de unirse a una secta. Cerca de esa época, mi terapeuta me asignó una tarea,…