As the pandemic spread across the United States in 2020, the number of children who were killed rose precipitously, as did the number injured by firearms, scientists reported in two studies on Monday. A majority of the homicides were among Black children, and almost half were among children in the southern United States. Each of…
For a new angle on the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner on Christmas Eve, a Southern Italian custom, consider serving an assortment of tinned seafood. Island Creek Oyster Farm in Duxbury, Mass., now imports high-quality tinned seafood from Conservas Mariscadora in Galicia, Spain. The varieties include clams, razor clams, scallops and mussels, all…
Who owns panettone? In the last decade, the Christmas classic has burst its Italian borders and gained a global profile. Like Basque burnt cheesecake and French croissants, panettone is being tested and transformed far from home, with new flavors like black sesame, Aperol spritz and cacio e pepe. There are Japanese versions leavened with sake…
Susannah Rosen, 8, spent much of her childhood in hospitals in New York City as doctors documented the gradual loss of her ability to stand, walk and see. But on a visit this October, her parents thought for the first time that she might leave the hospital better off than before. That’s when surgeons infused…
Let me start by saying this: well done. You’re here, which means you either already exercise or are looking to start, so good for you. Way to take care of your body and mind! From HIIT to weight training, there’s no shortage of ways to work out. It’s a matter of finding a type of…
Katee Forbis often encounters a GIF on social media that shows a white-haired woman with a faraway look saying, “It’s been 84 years.” Ms. Forbis had scrolled past the clip “a thousand times” she said, but was unsure of its origin. “Is that from ‘Titanic’?” asked Ms. Forbis, 37, a screenwriter who has never seen…
“It’s a part of Egypt that’s ignored and we know nothing about, to some extent,” Ms. El Samra said, motoring through the gravelly sand. “This is a part of Egypt where you feel very safe with the people. It’s very nice, it’s pristine, it’s undiscovered. It’s very different than most of what we do all…
This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion, and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. Before the pandemic began, leather was a go-to material for the handbag designer Shelley Parker. But when life went remote during the lockdowns, Ms. Parker, 54, couldn’t stand the idea of buying it online. “When…
The Monday morning after Thanksgiving, Rogelio Sierra, who goes by Roy, sat at a wooden desk at the front of his hog slaughterhouse, La Casa Sierra, answering dozens of calls from customers ordering whole pigs for Christmas Eve. “Tell me, papo. Four of them?” Mr. Sierra, 91, said into a speakerphone. He was talking to…
La perseverancia es un valor muy apreciado. Pero una jugadora profesional de póquer asegura que a veces lo que conviene es desistir.