When Marissa Branch was 6, she made her first trip to Walt Disney World with her parents and grandparents. It didn’t go well. Everything about the amusement park, from its gargantuan scale to the characters, “absolutely terrified” her, she said. It would take Ms. Branch, 29, nearly two decades to return. That next trip —…
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Courtesy I don’t know about you, but I take my sleep very seriously. In fact, over the years, I’ve perfected my exact conditions for optimal snoozing. The room should be dark and cool. Perhaps a window is cracked to keep the air circulating. I, in contrast to my chilled quarters, am snug as a bug.…
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Despite being raised on different continents and residing in different countries, Andrea Mendoza and Victor Aguilera were not deterred from pursuing a relationship after they met in Munich during Oktoberfest in September 2016. “She was pretty, smart, interesting — of course I had to keep in contact, even if the distance was huge,” Mr. Aguilera…
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To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In May 2020, Omar Ruiz found himself with a broken heart. “My wife told me she was no longer in love with me,” and shortly thereafter, the couple, who had been married 11 years, separated. Not only…
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Soon after a meal of meatballs, bread, tortellini and Caesar salad, the guests at the wedding of Andrew and Danya Svoboda began to feel strange, according to the authorities in Seminole County, Fla. One man, an uncle of the groom visiting from Michigan, said he felt “tingly.” His heart raced and he was “having crazy…
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On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m. She isn’t an early-riser, nor did she have pre-wedding jitters. This was the call time for her hair and makeup before she walked down the aisle to marry Matthew Norman six hours later. “I was optimistic as long as I could wake up…
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Courtesy April marks Earth month, and while we at ELLE.com believe the planet should be prioritized 365 days a year, we’ll take the timely opportunity to call extra attention to the issue. As more information and statistics about our impact on the earth comes to light, it’s no longer excusable to turn a blind eye.…
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When Janelle Ashley Clark accompanied her friend Tiara Lewis to a 2007 service at the Resurrection Deliverance Church International in Yonkers, N.Y., she encountered a “tall, handsome and very talented” man playing the piano. That man was David Christopher Funchess, who said he was attracted to Ms. Clark as soon as she walked through the…
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SILENT INVASION: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too LateBy Deborah Birx On March 2, 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx took up her new position as coronavirus response coordinator within the White House Coronavirus Task Force. She was fresh off a plane from South Africa, where she…
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Hannah Cha and Anthony Kim Elfering met in quintessential rom-com fashion: They were seated next to one another at a wedding in January 2019, at which both also gave speeches; Ms. Cha as a friend of the bride, and Mr. Elfering as a friend of the groom. “I looked over at him and two things…
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