For more than two years, shuttered schools and offices, social distancing and masks granted Americans a reprieve from flu and most other respiratory infections. This winter is likely to be different. With few to no restrictions in place and travel and socializing back in full swing, an expected winter rise in Covid cases appears poised…
This week’s newsletter was inspired by a craving that struck like a lightning bolt. It was Sunday evening, and I had to have stuffed shells. It was too late for me to get to the store, buy the ingredients and make them myself. I texted people who I thought might know where to get it…
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Wearing a ruffled bonnet that framed her face, a sweater with poufy bobble-stitched sleeves and an ankle-length skirt with tiers of lace and openwork, Sabrina Brokenborough could have been mistaken for a model at an avant-garde photo shoot taking place at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on Oct. 15. Ms. Brokenborough, 23, a…
Whether it was attending school lectures, making memorable first impressions at that first office job or packing the floor at a concert, many of the social rituals that had been rites of passage for young people were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. That has left people like Thuan Phung, a junior at the Parsons School…
Though Ms. Pleshkova moved to the U.S. for better professional opportunities, she could only find work as a camp counselor and a day care worker, despite her experience as an English literature professor in Ukraine. “I was upset when I found out that the payment is not adequate,” she said. “And I did feel like…
Linda Brantman, a retired membership salesperson at a health club in Chicago, was paying attention last month when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the new bivalent booster that protects against two variants of Covid-19. She went online and reserved an appointment at a Walgreens near her home. Ms. Brantman, 65, who was…
He turned in a wonderful comic performance in Mr. Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and he enjoyed playing Lord Voldemort, once Martha explained who the “Harry Potter” villain was and told him it was a “stonkingly vast, mega, mega part.” Her middle son, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, plays a young Tom Riddle, who becomes Voldemort, in…
Scientists at Boston University came under fire this week for an experiment in which they tinkered with the Covid virus. Breathless headlines claimed they had created a deadly new strain, and the National Institutes of Health rebuked the university for not seeking the government’s permission. As it turned out, the experiments, performed on mice, were…
PHILADELPHIA — Less science, more Schwarber. That’s not a guaranteed prescription for success, but it appears to be one route Philadelphia can take to earn its eighth National League pennant. When Manager Rob Thomson said before the team left San Diego last week that “the science tells you you should stay over” but the road-weary…
No había forma de conjurar, con antelación, todas las primeras veces que me perdería, el dolor de no haber sido elegida, las maneras en que mi vida se sentiría demasiado vacía cuando ella no estuviera y demasiado llena cuando estuviera aquí, un ir y venir en el que todavía me cuesta navegar. La otra mañana,…