BERKELEY, Calif. — In 2010, LeBron James made “The Decision,” leaving his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat and upending the N.B.A. Several months ago, Tom Brady shocked the N.F.L. by choosing to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and leaving his longtime team, the New England Patriots, with whom he had won six…
A 21-year-old college student who hasn’t spoken to her mother since high school. A woman who cannot get along with her daughter-in-law, and who therefore has no contact with her son. Three siblings who stopped speaking because of a disputed inheritance 30 years ago. Family estrangement — a topic once so distressing and shameful that…
She came in like a tiki torch. The newest cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” Leah McSweeney, has given reality TV fans something to talk about since COVID-related lockdowns scuppered the world’s 2020 plans. From launching decorative lawn ornaments through the air like javelins (“They really triggered me,” she said.) to…
Joseph DeLissio never felt called to become a master sommelier. He didn’t post Instagram photos of himself posing with cult wines. He didn’t try to make his own wine, start an import company or initiate a podcast, all standard activities for 21st-century sommeliers. For 43 years, he just did his job. At least he had…
A FOREST IN THE BAY AREA, CALIF. — Moments after walking into a verdant forest in San Francisco’s East Bay, the chef Hanif Sadr nibbled on the vegetation he found there — canary yellow mustard flowers, then spicy wild radish flowers, streaked with white and purple. He tasted potently cool chocolate mint, and sniffed leaves from…
In the summer of 2017, decades after Wonder Woman’s introduction to the comic universe, director Patty Jenkins presented a new version of the heroine that was even more strong-willed, a fearless warrior who used her physical strength and power to quell the chaos. Even with all the hate and violence in the world, Wonder Woman…
My friend’s son is a deadbeat. He’s 35, still lives at home, has never kept a job for longer than a year, buys things he can’t afford, and now his pregnant girlfriend is moving in. He has a million excuses for everything that goes wrong. It’s never his fault! The problem: My friend and I…
Scientists on Wednesday praised the decision by AstraZeneca to suspend its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials and begin a safety review after learning that a participant had developed a serious neurological condition. Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, testifying at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, said the step “ought to be…
The coronavirus pandemic foiled many couple’s wedding plans this year, but at the same time, it has helped raised awareness of wedding insurance. “When the pandemic first hit back in March, we were handling dozens of clients with cancellations, postponements, contract negotiations, relocations, and a flurry of questions from 2020 couples about how to move…
ImagePresident Trump with members of the Louisiana National Guard, each of them masked, late last month.Credit…Al Drago for The New York Times President Trump mocked Joe Biden for his mask wearing at a campaign rally last week, saying, “Did you ever see a man who likes a mask as much as him?” Polling has shown…