If you’re unhappy with your New York City apartment, it helps to have a relative who is a real estate agent. That’s what Tim Burns, 38, discovered. Earlier this year, Mr. Burns was living much too close to an overactive jackhammer. He liked his studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but the construction noise — a side…
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Covid-19 ravaged Heidi Ferrer’s body and soul for over a year, and in May the “Dawson’s Creek” screenwriter killed herself in Los Angeles. She had lost all hope. “I’m so sorry,” she said in a goodbye video to her husband and son. “I would never do this if I was well. Please understand. Please forgive…
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Across the United States Monday, airports expect to be filled with people reuniting with significant others, parents and friends from the 33 countries that have been prohibited from traveling directly to the United States for more than a year and half. Luise Greve, 23, of Erlangen, Germany, is among the travelers who bought the first…
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The Biden administration is “prepared to defend” sweeping new coronavirus vaccine rules for large companies amid new legal challenges, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, said on Sunday. The administration last week set Jan. 4 as the deadline for companies with 100 or more employees to mandate Covid vaccinations or implement weekly testing of workers.…
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“Losing all those people was never far from his mind,” said his brother, who is his only immediate survivor. “And it tied deeply into his personal life. He lost his lover, who was his soul mate.” His partner’s death stirred something in him. “When he finally saw those who survived, he saw they weren’t surviving…
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He entered the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1950, planing to be a general practitioner and join his father’s practice. But he became fascinated by neurology and neurosurgery and then by psychiatry, inspired by a professor, Wilhelm Mayer-Gross, a prominent psychiatrist who had fled Nazi Germany. Dr. Rutter worked at various British hospitals after…
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It is a widely accepted truth that fashion has reached peak collaboration. Virtually every combination has been realized: an indie brand teaming up with a fast-fashion company; the big-name designer collaborating on a line of affordable accessories; luxury European brands riffing off other luxury European brands. When it has all been done before, how can…
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Decidimos escribirle a Frank una carta conjunta, pero mi corazón se encogió cuando nuestro primer conflicto como hermanos se desarrolló en los comentarios que hicimos en las revisiones de nuestros borradores. Mi enfoque era sincero y detallado; el de HB era alegre y breve. Ambos queríamos lo mismo, una respuesta, pero nos aferrábamos de manera…
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — In-person learning resumed at Prairie View A&M University at the end of August, and the campus was soon buzzing with familiar sounds and sights: freshmen laughing in the dining hall, students walking across the sprawling yard in between classes. There were also inescapable nods to our current era, like signs on…
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William G. Conway, an animal conservationist who redefined (but failed to rename) the Bronx Zoo, and who helped recast America’s urban wildlife parks into crowd-pleasing natural habitats designed to generate support for endangered species worldwide, died on Oct. 21 in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was 91. His death, in a hospital, was announced by the…
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