Amid Florida’s Measles Outbreak, Surgeon General Goes Against Medical Guidance
In a letter, Joseph Ladapo said parents at an elementary school with confirmed measles cases can decide whether their children should attend school.
Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky Split: What to Know
When news broke in July that Kyle Richards, a star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and her husband, Mauricio Umansky, a real estate agent and a star of Netflix’s “Buying Beverly Hills,” were separating, reality TV fans despaired. The married couple of 27 years has for nearly half of that time appeared…
‘Modern Love Podcast’: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories
The New York Times’s film critic Alissa Wilkinson has a theory about movies: They’re all about relationships. No matter how big the action, the suspense and tension we experience when watching a film is often really about the feelings between the characters. But romantic relationships often fall back on old tropes, like the long-suffering wife…
Linda Evangelista Revisits Old Scars
When Steven Meisel shot the supermodel Linda Evangelista for the September 2022 issue of British Vogue, she hid many of her features beneath a series of hats and scarves. The year before, she had filed a lawsuit after a cosmetic procedure left her “disfigured,” she said, and reluctant to venture outdoors. Ms. Evangelista, 58, seems…
I’m a Retired Neurologist. Should I Tell Someone I Think She Has Parkinson’s?
When our neighbor died a few months ago, his companion was grief-stricken. Although she lives separately in a rural town an hour away, they spoke every day. We knew her hardly at all, but she asked us to keep an eye on the now-vacant home, which she will eventually inherit. Now she comes periodically to…
See a Day in the Life of a New York City Dishwasher
When you’re a dishwasher at Gage & Tollner, there are no slow times. At this historic Brooklyn fine-dining restaurant, revived three years ago, the dining room is always full, the kitchen doesn’t close between lunch and dinner, and there are thousands of dishes to rinse but limited space to do it. That’s where we found…
Major Embryo Shipping Company Halts Business in Alabama
Cryoport, a major embryo shipping company, said on Friday that it was “pausing” its business in Alabama as it evaluated the state’s Supreme Court decision that declared frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization to be children. “Until the company has further clarity on the decision and what it means for Cryoport, clinics and intended…
The Ultimate Product Placement: Thailand on ‘The White Lotus’
“Unforgettable experiences are in the making,” teases an Instagram post from Feb. 13 liked by more than 80,000 people. The photo offers a glimpse of an empty white-sand beach, azure waters, and the barely visible roofs of buildings immersed in a lush landscape of trees. “We are eager to welcome new guests to our resort…
Finding Great Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City
Other than Brazil, no nation produces more coffee than Vietnam. Introduced by French colonists in the 19th century, the country’s coffee crop is now a $3 billion business and accounts for nearly 15 percent of the global market, making Vietnam the java giant of Southeast Asia. Quality, however, has only recently begun to catch up…
Gochujang Is Always a Good Idea
Good morning. The dogs ran for miles in the snow, and then snoozed deeply in the back of the truck while we ate pizza at Lucia in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, while we drove to Villabate for pastry afterward, when we got home and napped ourselves. It was a perfect weekend day for them, for me,…