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About half an hour before Emirates Airline Flight 203 landed in New York on Wednesday, a crew member told passengers they would not immediately disembark because of ill people on board. But a passenger from New York, Erin Sykes, said the problems began even before the plane was airborne. “It was clear people were sick…
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On Wednesday, Amazon Fashion announced that it’s launching J.Crew Mercantile, a line of clothing for women and men in its first-ever partnership with the brand. J.Crew lovers will find a pared-down version of their everyday basics from tees and denim jackets to jeans in the fall ’18 collection. In addition, all pieces in this line…
Headliner Yakitori — grilled, skewered chicken tidbits — is the Japanese food of the moment in New York, with new places like Nonono opening at a steady clip. It is usually considered casual pub-style izakaya food, but at Toriko NY, a West Village branch of a collection of restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka, it becomes…
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LONDON — Doctors have long been chided for their seemingly unintelligible handwriting. Now, they are being urged to drop the Latin. In an effort to improve written communication with patients, an initiative unveiled this week by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges — which represents 250,000 doctors in Britain — is encouraging doctors to ditch…