After a portion of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner’s fuselage blew out in midair minutes after taking off from Portland, Ore., on Jan. 5, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded about 170 Max 9 planes, causing airlines that rely heavily on the aircraft to cancel thousands of flights and inconveniencing many passengers. On…
Back when Nikki Haley, the last woman standing in the race for the Republican nomination, began dating her now-husband, she took a look at him and asked him what his name was. Puzzled, he told her it was Bill, which she already knew. “You just don’t look like a Bill. What’s your whole name?” she…
During the 49 years that Estée Lauder worked at her namesake company, she oversaw the creation of a dozen scents and encouraged women to create fragrance “wardrobes” tailored to every occasion and mood. The brand’s Legacy Collection, which comes out on Feb. 1, revives five of Lauder’s creations with the help of Frédéric Malle (whose…
Fancy seeing you here. If you’ve only started reading “Where to Eat” in the last four months, then you may not know me: I’m Nikita Richardson, and I’m freshly returned from a stint on The Times’s Live team covering breaking news. (Thank you so much to Pete Wells for covering for me while I was…
The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of Alabama on Thursday evening will be carried out by a procedure that has never been used for capital punishment in the United States. The inmate, Kenneth Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 stabbing murder, will be put to death by inhaling nitrogen…
In the doldrums of January, it can feel most natural to eat like the weather: beige foods inside to match the shades of taupe outside. But inevitably, when that little voice inside my head cries out for something green, there is one vegetable that comes to mind first: broccoli. Maybe because it’s a vegetable many…
Haute couture is a celebration of artisanship — and one-upmanship — as the world’s top fashion houses gather in Paris to compete with one another and show off new designs. So, too, with the celebrities and socialites on the front row, who also have something to sell — movies, music, reality television, cosmetics. The season…
Carley Calvi came to the second floor of a public library in suburban Milwaukee one morning this month without health insurance to cover the vertigo medication she needed. Worse, she said, was not having a doctor she trusted. “I want somebody to value me as the person I am,” said Ms. Calvi, a 35-year-old woodworker.…
What is Valentine’s day if not flowers and chocolates? When you need to elevate the cliché, spring for the Wonderstruck Sweethearts Box from Vegan Treats. While the bakery itself is located in Pennsylvania, you can order this box that’s host to a variety of too-good-to-share flavor profiles, including confetti cookie dough, hazelnut praline, and white…
We’ve been in comfort-cooking mode for a while now, and this last stretch of January really has us reaching for recipes that soothe and nourish. Soups and stews, yes, and generous casseroles, but also dishes that feel like effortless victories, filling the home with wonderful smells and making us do that satisfied, mmm-shrugging thing with…