Roland John Passaro looks back at his time growing up in the 1950s with a sort of wistful tenderness, especially when it comes to the time he spent with his first crush, Elaine Hall. The two met in the ninth grade in 1950 at what was then called Harrison-Morton Junior High School in Allentown, Pa.…
In August 2018, Svetlana Dotsenko and Fabián Alejandro Poliak were visiting the Peterhof palace complex in St. Petersburg, Russia, when Mr. Poliak decided to make a move. “I’m not leaving these grounds without trying for a kiss,” Mr. Poliak recalled thinking to himself. A short while later, they were running through the palace gardens in…
What tore us apart was displayed on a table in the courtroom — a phone. As the judge stated for the record, I was appearing for my divorce “telephonically.” This was 17 years ago, pre-Zoom. From my home in Oakland, Calif., 2,000 miles from the Midwestern courtroom where my husband sat, I pressed the receiver…
For decades, Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., a transplant surgeon in Texas, gained accolades and national prominence for his work, including by helping to enforce professional standards in the country’s sprawling organ transplant system. But officials are now investigating allegations that Dr. Bynon was secretly manipulating a government database to make some of his own…
The outbreak of dengue fever that has unfolded in Latin America over the past three months is staggering in its scale — a million cases in Brazil in a matter of weeks, a huge spike in Argentina, a state of emergency declared in Peru and now another in Puerto Rico. It forewarns of a changing…
Evan Stark, who studied domestic violence with his wife and then pioneered a concept called “coercive control,” which describes the psychological and physical domination that abusers use to punish their partners, died on March 18 at his home in Woodbridge, Conn. He was 82. His wife, Dr. Anne Flitcraft, said the cause was most likely…
The New York Times is interested in the organ transplant system. Do you have a tip about irregularities in the system? If so, we need your help. If you are a doctor, nurse, technician or anybody else working on organ transplants, we’d love to hear from you. We are also eager to talk to from…
Dogs and cats are members of the family. So when they are sick, many pet owners will go to nearly any length to make sure they’re taken care of. That care, however, increasingly comes at an eye-popping cost: Veterinary bills have skyrocketed in recent years. Even routine visits can add up to hundreds of dollars,…
In an era of rampant language baby-ification — “delulu” for confidently delusional, “stimmy” for stimulus check, “bb” for baby — one might forget that sando isn’t a cutesy shorthand for the word sandwich. It is, in fact, the Japanese word for sandwich, shortened from sandoitchi, itself one of many “loan words” from English and other…
Most of the time, outdoor rugs can’t compete with the comfort and quality of indoor options. However, this hand-loomed version is an exception. Not only should it feel great beneath your feet, but it’s also quite durable. Materials: Recycled polyester Care instructions: Dry cleaning recommended Sizes: 5 options Colors: Green, Dark Orange Customer review: “Surprisingly…