Since meeting in February 2012, Natalie Joumblat and Harrison Van Der Linde have spent more time apart than together. The pair met in a business class at the University of California, Davis, during their junior year and started dating soon after. “We sat together in class, studied together, ate together, worked out together,” Dr. Van…
When Emily Feeks, a Navy cryptologist based in San Diego, was transferred to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., in 2013, she viewed the move as a chance at a fresh start. The year before, on Aug. 16, 2012, her husband of 11 months, the Navy SEAL Patrick Feeks, was killed in a helicopter…
Scroll TikTok for even just a few minutes, and you’re likely to encounter a video of gooey cheese being pulled into shiny, stretchy strands. It’s a mesmerizing moment — scientifically proven to release brain chemicals similar to the ones involved in addiction. The mozzarella stick is one of the most recognizable formats for this so-called…
When Anna Johnson and Trivante Bloodman first met at Mississippi State in January 2013, he seemed eager to strike up a conversation with her. She was a little apprehensive. The two, then sophomores, did engage in some small talk after he took the seat next to her in class. “We didn’t exchange names or anything,…
On their first date in October 2014, Randy James told Ashley Finigan he loved her. Twice. “Usually, I would have bolted,” said Ms. Finigan, 35. “But I remember believing him.” The couple matched on the dating app Tinder before meeting in person at the Promontory, a restaurant in Hyde Park, Ill. “We were just connecting…
The annual trick-or-treating haul is a challenge for parents trying to balance holiday fun with healthy eating habits.
ImagePresident Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol on Thursday. The framework leaves out several key planks of the economic agenda that the president laid out on the campaign trail and shortly after taking office.Credit…Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times President Biden pleaded with House Democrats on Thursday to embrace his “framework” for…
“There are too many unknowns on that, whereas the vaccine is known — that’s my caution,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco. “Certainly, I wouldn’t put all my eggs into the previous infection, natural immunity basket.” As with the protection conferred by vaccines, immunity from natural…
Fall is all fun and games and tricks and treats, but before you know it that cool breeze turns into a dreaded winter chill. Come this time of year, it can be tempting to default to slouchy hoodies and shapeless puffers, but Amazon is here to rescue you from your sartorial woes with shearling coats,…
After Halloween comes Thanksgiving, and then Hanukkah and Christmas: All days just asking for pain when your family is going through an upheaval. Even MLK weekend had me distraught one year. (I was convinced that, unlike us, all the intact families had amazing plans. Possible but, I now realize, unlikely.) Halloween 2021 The spooky season is…