Last year, the virus took hold in Los Angeles, resulting in more than 1,300 cases from July 2021 to January 2022. This summer, it showed up in Birmingham, Ala. “And it exploded,” said Dr. Lindy Alverson, the chief veterinary officer at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society. “Day cares were closing, groomers were closing.” The Humane…
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The flowers were red, white and blue. The food was a mix of haute and homey. The entertainment was cross-border. And the gowns? They were representational, too. As President Biden and Jill Biden welcomed Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron of France to the first state dinner of Mr. Biden’s administration, which was also the first state…
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Spicy Party Mix: For Margaux Laskey’s take, start with 16 cups of your ideal combination of cereal, nuts, pretzels, cheese or rice crackers, bagel chips and sesame sticks. Melt ¼ cup butter and add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, garlic and onion powders, sweet or smoked paprika, salt and pepper until it tastes as spicy and…
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Dr. Lee, who grew up in Augusta, Ga., was a neurosurgeon at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Md., from which he retired in September. He graduated cum laude from Princeton and received a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He has two children from a previous marriage, which ended in divorce.…
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Name: HoneyLuv Age: 28 Hometown: Cleveland Now Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in Downtown Los Angeles. Claim to Fame: HoneyLuv (whose legal name is Taylor Character) is a house D.J. and producer who is part of a new generation of Black artists shaping dance music — blending R&B, Reggaeton, Afrobeats, house and techno into her…
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A week after Wesley Drew Wheeler was laid off from his job writing catalog copy at the music company BMG a woman he had hoped to connect with on the dating site Lavalife sent him a wink. The layoff, announced on Halloween 2007, felt like an unusually unkind trick. “I’m trying to go out with…
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As one country after another succumbed to outbreaks this year, China kept the coronavirus at bay, buying valuable time to prepare for the inevitable: a variant of the virus so shifty and contagious that China, too, would struggle to contain it. But rather than laying the groundwork for that scenario, China stepped up its commitment…
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Alison Grace Ramos and Taylor Joseph Vogel met in study hall in 2008 while they were student athletes at the University of Southern California. Ms. Ramos, a member of the women’s tennis team, would frequently have a supporter at her matches in Mr. Vogel, who played on the men’s golf team. “The men’s golf and…
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“How much was it?” she asked. “Free,” I said. Even in death, my relatives, like many Chinese people, don’t stop thinking about money. This year, the same as every year, my family made the pilgrimage to Wong Tai Sin Temple, where my grandfather’s ashes are stored in a columbarium. We headed to a table in…
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