WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court extended a pause on a lower-court ruling that had sought to limit access to a commonly used abortion pill, ensuring that the drug, mifepristone, would remain widely available for now. In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. announced that the court would extend its stay through Friday evening,…
While winter is traditionally citrus season, there’s something about spring (maybe surviving the slog of the cold, dark months) that begs for lemon desserts. Zippy and sometimes pleasantly puckering, the tang of lemons hits differently when balanced with sweetness. And, as the weather begins to warm up, calling for celebrating with friends at picnics and…
TAMPA, Fla. — Did you hear about the women who hid all night underneath the truck? Rumors were flying outside the Raymond James Stadium more than 36 hours before Taylor Swift took the stage of the 75,000-seat site on Florida’s west coast. They went from person to person, as in a children’s game of telephone.…
I know this space is primarily about cooking, but when The Times publishes Pete Wells’s ranked list of the top 100 restaurants in New York, it’s time to eat out! The list, he writes, creates a composite portrait of the city “that captures the diversity and character of dining in New York.” Did he miss…
Imagining a different future can help motivate you, experts say.
Five years ago, my 17-year-old daughter couldn’t secure a loan to study art and live on campus at our in-state public university. She needed me to co-sign her loans, which I did reluctantly. (I told her they were her responsibility, though.) She graduated with a degree in fine art and $100,000 in debt. She now…
It’s a spring ritual: shopping for plants to fill this year’s pots. The first plant I grab always involves a bit of a ritual, too, aimed at preventing impulse buys that won’t add up to anything visually coherent once I’m back home. I start with a plant with multicolored leaves — an especially showy Coleus,…
LOGANVILLE, Wis. — Brenda Statz remembers the rain on the day they lost Leon, her husband of 34 years. The deluge had fallen for weeks, flooding their fields, delaying the harvest, pounding the roof of the barn where Mr. Statz finished his morning chores, then ended his life. It was Oct. 8, 2018, a Monday.…
To buy or to wait? Given the wild fluctuations of airfare prices, that is a frugal flier’s persistent dilemma. A fare found today may tick up tomorrow, double next week or fall. Now Google and other online travel platforms aim to take the uncertainty out of the equation by offering guarantees or freezes, often on…
Restaurant meals have always been celebration meals for me, but a celebration doesn’t have to mean a birthday. When I was a graduate student, before big exam days, I would hole up in my apartment subsisting on Frosted Flakes and Cheez-Its, then emerge from the shadows to treat myself to what I called Brain Dinner…