How I Hold It Together: ‘Distress Walks’ and More
A senior staff editor for Well shares six simple tips for staying happy, healthy and balanced.
Celebrities Embrace Wraparound Sunglasses
In the last few weeks, wraparound sunglasses were spotted on Rihanna, Bella Hadid, Kylie Jenner, Kaia Gerber and Addison Rae, and, within the past few months, on Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny, ASAP Nast, Offset and Pharrell Williams. Kim Kardashian, the influencer in chief, has posted about 40 photos of herself in wraparound sunglasses to her…
The Voyeur in Repose
Two Great Danes, Prince and Harlow, lay in front of him on the parquet floor. Side tables had diamond skulls. On his bookshelves were several novels by Joyce Carol Oates, David France’s exhaustive history of the AIDS era, “How to Survive A Plague,” “The Photographs of Ron Galella” and Gay Talese’s recent book “The Voyeur’s…
Los Angeles Pedestrians Look Forward to Relaxed Jaywalking Law
LOS ANGELES — Early one recent morning, Brandon Robinson decided to cross a dead-end street in downtown Los Angeles. It seemed safe enough, although the red figure on the pedestrian sign was illuminated. The neighborhood was quiet, and there was almost no car traffic. Still, it was something of a risk. For nearly a century,…
Domestic Fliers Will Need Real ID Compliant Identification in 2023
Can I get a Real ID regardless of where I live? Real ID-compliant licenses and identification cards are now being issued in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and the majority of U.S. territories. American Samoa is not yet issuing them. What do I need to get a Real ID? Each…
CVS and Walgreens Near $10 Billion Deal to Settle Opioid Cases
CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis, a development that could signal the beginning of the end of years of opioid litigation. Since 2013,…
Cheap and Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving, for a lot of us, means a glistening table practically buckling under the weight of the food: a burnished bird, overflowing side dishes, every kind of pie and several bottles of wine. But with food costs soaring and continued supply chain issues, this year’s feast might look a little different. How do you create…
Campaigns Pay Influencers to Carry Their Messages, Skirting Political Ad Rules
The Federal Election Commission, which oversees campaign finance law including political advertising, does not have specific regulations for influencers, meaning they are not subject to the same rules as traditional advertisements like TV and radio ads, which mandate disclosure of who paid for the content. Political action committees must report how they spend their money,…
The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant
Amy Pittman was thrilled about her first pregnancy. She immediately downloaded a pregnancy app, and she was charmed when it showed her baby had grown from the size of a lavender bud to the size of a chocolate chip. When she miscarried, she deleted the app and the chocolate chip avatar, but the internet never…
Karoline Vitto Wants to Celebrate Everything We Were Told to Hide
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Growing up in Brazil during an era when supermodels felt like the country’s major export, Karoline Vitto didn’t exactly see herself represented on the runway. The favored body type of the time was, as she describes it, “this hourglass figure, where…