According to data published in 2021 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one-quarter of women of reproductive age who have sex with men answered yes to the question: “Have you ever used emergency contraception, also known as ‘Plan B,’ ‘Preven,’ ‘Ella,’ ‘Next Choice,’ or ‘Morning after’ pills?” The agency did not break…
Early in November, Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees received a terse email from a generic address: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force.” The note was signed “Twitter.” On Nov. 3, some people at the company received emails indicating they…
After Charlotte Maya lost her husband to suicide, she and her young sons were used to unexpected visitors. But when her doorbell rang one mid-December evening, nobody was there. Instead, on her doormat was a kit to make a gingerbread house with a note that only said, “On the First Day of Christmas. … ”…
Luxury comes in many forms, especially over the holidays. In the realm of food, luxury can be something small and precious, like a jar of jewel-toned jam; or something meticulously handmade over many hours, like tamales or stuffed grape leaves; or something dramatic, like baked alaska, or sumptuous and long-cooking, like pernil, or rich and…
In 2019, Mr. Zamperla was inducted into the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Hall of Fame. Alberto Zamperla was born on Feb. 3, 1951, in Pieve di Soligo, in the province of Treviso, north of Venice, to Antonio and Letizia Zamperla. He attended a boarding school run by Salesian priests, graduated with a…
The lines at Chicago O’Hare International Airport were much shorter on Friday morning than on the last two days, and many flights were departing on time. Still, a few people had slept at the airport Thursday night and remained stranded. For Suhas Khan, a 25-year-old civil engineer from Texas, O’Hare became both a haven from…
The two met at a party at the Bridgehampton home of the Iranian painter Manoucher Yektai in August 1970. “I was sort of transfixed,” Ms. Kilgore recalled in an interview with Mr. Stevens. “I think I was unaware of anything else going on. And we just talked, looking straight at each other for a long,…
Sparkling Wine Credit…Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Loxarel Sàniger Classic Penedès Brut Nature Reserva 2019, 12.5 percent, $15 It’s hard to imagine a better deal in sparkling wine than the Loxarel Sàniger Brut Nature Reserva, a Spanish sparkling wine made with the classic grapes — xarello, parellada and macabeo — all biodynamically grown. Loxarel (an…
“The way to think about it is that it’s cumulative risk reduction,” he said, adding, “We cannot get the risk to zero, unfortunately, but we can reduce it markedly by vaccines, masks and, if people don’t want to wear masks, having them do a rapid test before getting together.” Another safety precaution party-throwers are adopting:…
The process is an intense and arduous journey for many women, riddled with uncertainty, according to stories shared with The New York Times. Among the hundreds of patients who described their experiences, many expressed joy and hope; others spoke of the crushing disappointment that can come with trying to do everything in their power to…