Also, fentanyl has no smell or discernible taste, so the only practical way to check whether a drug has been laced is a test strip, which costs about $2 and takes about three minutes to show results. The leading manufacturer, BTNX, which is based in Markham, Ontario, claims an accuracy of 98 percent when used…
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Blackpink in Celine, Dior, Chanel, and Saint Laurent One of the Blackpink members’ many talents is their ability to match—as expected of an ensemble—while keeping their individual style distinct. Their VMAs look was no exception, with each girl in their signature Celine, Dior, Chanel, or Saint Laurent. Black-on-black is typical, and all too often boring;…
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The MTV Video Music Awards—better known as the VMAs—enjoy a long-standing tradition of particularly outrageous fashion. Over the years, the annual ceremony has birthed Lady Gaga’s meat dress, Miley Cyrus’s sexy bear leotard, multiple matching ensembles from Destiny’s Child, Avril Lavigne’s camouflage cargo pants, Pamela Anderson’s sequin pants, and Rihanna’s trench-coat ballgown. Although an occasion…
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It was early in the morning when I first ate toilet paper. My mother and my brother were still asleep. It tasted bad. I cried. I went for another bite. I needed the memory. I was 7 years old, and I knew I needed the memory. I didn’t eat the toilet paper because I wanted…
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“We have criticisms of the way the initial vaccine rollout happened, but there was really a very significant effort to get everyone vaccinated,” said Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, a University of Minnesota sociologist, who mentioned mandates, financial rewards and large events. “None of that really exists with boosters.” With Covid deaths having plateaued around 480 a day,…
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MoMA PS1’s beloved Warm Up party took a hiatus this season and was replaced by Summer Fridays, featuring D.J. sets in the courtyard from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Aug. 19 lineup featured Jenifa Mayanja and attracted a young, artsy crowd who looked effortlessly cool. Also that night, Guild Hall held its summer gala…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. This month, the Coronavirus Briefing newsletter — an account of pandemic news that began in January 2020 — transitioned to the Virus Briefing. The new weekly newsletter, written by Jonathan Wolfe, a Times reporter, expands…
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HOLY ISLAND, England — The off-duty police officer was confident he could make it back to the mainland without incident, despite islanders warning him not to risk the incoming tide. “Nah,” the officer was reported to have said. “That’s just to frighten the tourists.” About a half-hour later, he “was standing on the roof of…
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Ms. Smith’s diagnoses began with inattention. In fourth grade, she struggled in school and her family sought the help of a psychiatrist, who prescribed Focalin for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, an increasingly common diagnosis. Looking back at his own high-school days in the early 1980s, her father, Kevin Smith, wonders if he too had suffered…
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