Last month in Chicago, a United Airlines flight to London was ready to depart, but it was still waiting for 13 passengers connecting from Costa Rica. The airline projected they’d miss the flight by seven minutes. Under normal circumstances, they’d all be scrambling to rebook. But thanks to a new artificial-intelligence-powered tool called ConnectionSaver, the…
As the fog of dawn lifted one morning in mid-November 1872, Claude Monet looked out the window of his hotel room in the French city of Le Havre and furiously painted his vision of its industrial harbor. He flung his brush with quick strokes and played with the water, stretching it with rays of color.…
A strange thing happened a few years ago when Christine Longnecker, who teaches horseback riding in and around Erie County, Pa., brought her new rescue dog, Miles, to a class. Instead of waiting quietly with the other non-horses in the barn, Miles suddenly sprinted into the ring and bounded over the fences himself. “He looked…
This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity. In the middle of Milan Design Week last month, in the middle of the Bagni Misteriosi — a historic bathing complex in the Porta Romana neighborhood — the Italian luxury shipbuilder Azimut Yachts hosted an unusual exhibition. It was…
This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity. On May 3, Zeyrek Cinili Hamam, a 500-year-old public bathhouse, reopened in Istanbul after a 13-year, $15-million-plus restoration. Named for its original cobalt-and-turquoise cladding (cinili is the Turkish word for “tiled”), the hamam is the jewel of the Zeyrek…
Rober Lawrence had seen Shawna Rodrigues around Phoenix High School in Phoenix, Ore., for a couple of years, but hadn’t approached her until his junior year in May 1991, when she was at her locker talking with a friend. The night before, Mr. Lawrence said, he had a dream about Ms. Rodrigues and wanted to…
“Has your husband ever gotten anyone pregnant before?” my doctor asked. We were trying to figure out the reason for my infertility. “No,” I said. “I don’t think so. I’ll ask.” It seemed like something I should know. On my drive home through the winding roads of Marin County, I called my husband, Nick. At…
On Broadway, with most shows shuttered, Monday is typically the day actors and crews rest and recharge. Or, if you’re Lindsay Michelle Mendez and John Alex Brinson, it’s the day you get married. Ms. Mendez currently stars as Mary Flynn in the musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” so the wedding was planned not just around…
Jorge Ruivinho saw Sabrina Elisa Marzaro’s picture on the dating app Hinge in January 2022 and had to know more. In her wide-brimmed hat, hair swept to the side, he said, “she looked very sexy.” A skim of her profile offered Mr. Ruivinho, 35, of Paris, a less superficial reason for liking what he saw:…
A tribute to our other mothers.