Getty I know what you’re thinking: “Trench coats and sweaters?! It’s only July!” But in my somewhat professional opinion, it’s never too early to start thinking about fall fashion, which is arguably the best time of the year for dressing. It’s cold enough to wear all of your favorite pieces at the same time (hello,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Late one Saturday evening in June, two men in their 20s stood across from each other, shirtless and swaying, in a mixed martial arts cage in Exhibit Hall B of the Chattanooga Convention Center. The mat was sticky, a dark canvas of blood and foot sweat. Something in the combatants’ eyes made…
Christina, who lives in Portland, Me., said she felt ignored by doctors for years. When she was 50 pounds heavier, her providers sometimes blamed her body size when she discussed her health concerns. One instance occurred weeks after she had fallen off her bike. “My elbow was still hurting,” said Christina, 39, who asked that…
“Have you ever kept a secret from your wife?” asked the polygraph examiner. For nearly two decades I had been grooming myself to be the perfect candidate for one of the premier U.S. government intelligence agencies. These institutions require absolute loyalty, which means you are supposed to keep secrets for them, not from them. “Yes,…
Anthony Zraly was signing paperwork on his first day of a sales job at T. Edward Wines and Spirits in Manhattan, in January 2019, when he noticed David Keith Henderson sitting at a nearby desk. Hoping to get the attention of Mr. Henderson, who goes by Keith, Mr. Zraly started speaking loudly about his interests,…
In the summer of 2017, Mrinal Kalakrishnan and Preeti Murali Talwai arrived at a crossroads. They had met the previous October as colleagues at Google’s X research lab, also known as “the moonshot factory,” in Mountain View, Calif. Ms. Talwai was told to consult with Dr. Kalakrishnan, who holds a Ph.D. in computer science from…
The summit on Hawksbill Mountain in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia provides sweeping views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley. On a clear day, miles of lush forest and valleys can be seen in any direction. It’s the kind of vista that begs for a square on Instagram, isn’t terribly difficult to…
Nozomu Abe, the renowned sushi chef, remembers telling his family in elementary school that he wanted to make pizza for a living. But fish, it seems, was his destiny. His family ran a seafood business in Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture in Japan, where he grew up. After some culinary training in Sapporo, Mr. Abe moved…
The public finds the system “very confusing,” said Linda Devlin, executive director of the Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau, one of the co-signers of the U.S. Travel letter. “If they want to rent a cabin at Red Bridge on the Allegheny National Forest, they have to go through multiple pages to first find the Allegheny…
SEOUL — Appointment day was finally here. The parents had waited for a month to see the renowned psychiatrist in South Korea about their child’s issues. They entered the room, the doctor arrived, and the door closed. Then the teleprompters turned on, the cameras started rolling, and the producer shouted, “Action!” So began the taping…