Beverly Sackler, a philanthropist and matriarch of the family that owns Purdue Pharma, whose painkiller OxyContin has been blamed for the opioid epidemic, died on Monday. She was 95. Her death was disclosed in a legal filing by Purdue Pharma’s lawyers in United States bankruptcy court, where last month state and local jurisdictions and other…
Kristin Tice Studeman, a wine expert and writer, and Jake Greenblatt, who works in finance, stood this past Saturday under a huppah crafted in red, orange and green blossoms at Meadowood, a hotel and golf club in California’s Napa Valley. The couple, who are from New York City, held hands and beamed as the rabbi…
We Americans may enjoy our tuna and savor our salmon, but nothing makes us weak in the knees like an overloaded buffet of all-you-can-eat shrimp. Whether it’s battered and fried, steamed and cocktail-sauced, or boiled until tender in spicy brine, shrimp is a national obsession. Our consumption has been escalating, up to about 4.4 pounds…
Does fall even begin before you buy a new pair of boots? We think not. The crisp autumn air requires indulging in a much-needed set of booties, almost as much as you’re required to chug a day’s worth of calories in a PSL (and you don’t even like pumpkin). While a sugary latte can be…
Gregory Rodriguez thought he had the flu when he went to the emergency room on Sept. 18, feeling feverish, nauseated and short of breath. He woke up four days later in a different hospital, with a tube down his throat connecting him to a ventilator, and two more tubes in his neck and groin, running…
Diddy wants you to text him. So do Paul McCartney, Sophia Bush and Marshmello. Over the last few months, some celebrities and influencers have been posting phone numbers on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube and encouraging fans to reach out to them. boredddd on this drive…. text me… 310-870-3349 imma be replying to as many ppl…
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Headliner Brasserie Saint Marc An ambitious project, four years in the making, from Karin Agstam, a model and actor who owned the restaurant Station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is ready to open. Ms. Agstam was so smitten by the arched, brick-walled East Village space that she was determined to make it a restaurant. Now, it has…
Name: Lauren Ash Age: 31 Claim to fame: Ms. Ash is the founder of Black Girl in Om, a wellness website focused on women of color, which she started in 2014. She had been living in Chicago for one year and practicing yoga for three when the idea came to her: “I noticed that I…
THE BODYA Guide for OccupantsBy Bill Bryson During the few moments it will take you to read this review, your body will be extremely busy. Your lungs will inhale and exhale about 300 sextillion oxygen molecules. Your bone marrow will create some 200 million red blood cells. Your eyebrows will serve as a buffet for…