With a Baby on the Way, It Was Time to Embrace My Disability
As an expectant dad with cerebral palsy I tried to prepare, but a delivery emergency gave me a crash course.
An Adventure in the Conventional
On their first date, at a New York restaurant in late February 2020, Jessica Rosenblum told Steve Young that he looked like a lot more fun in his photo, which was provided by an acquaintance who had set them up. He laughed, delighted by her “cutting” sense of humor. “I thought it was hilarious,” he…
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Making Time to Connect on a Wednesday
“I was very attracted to her,” he said, and vice versa. That weekend, he invited her to a friend’s barbecue. The next day, they went running in Prospect Park. By Thanksgiving, she found out they were an official couple when they ran into one of Mr. Breland’s co-workers at a movie theater in Queens. The…
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The ‘Crush’ That Turned Into Something Much More
Ernest Owens spotted Barry Johnson at a Black fraternity party in 2013, during Mr. Johnson’s first week of orientation for new students at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Owens, then beginning his senior year, was quick to introduce himself. “He was very attractive,” said Mr. Owens, now 30. “He was very standoffish. He was like,…
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Federal Government Cuts Ties With Troubled Vaccine Maker
WASHINGTON — The federal government has canceled its contract with a troubled Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer that ruined millions of doses and had to halt production for months after regulators raised serious quality concerns. The decision marks a stark reversal of fortune for the politically connected contractor, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions, and an abandonment by the government…
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South Korea Toughens Measures as Virus Spreads Among Teens
South Korea said on Thursday that it would hospitalize even asymptomatic high school seniors with Covid if they are taking the country’s high-stakes college entrance exam later this month, as the drive to vaccinate younger people lags and teenagers account for nearly a quarter of all Covid patients. The decision comes as South Korea experiences…
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Ivy Nicholson, Model and Warhol Factory Star, Dies at 88
Ivy Nicholson was a working-class girl from New York City who lit up the 1950s as one of Europe’s top fashion models, married a French count, posed topless for Salvador Dali and became one of the first “superstars” in Andy Warhol’s Factory. It was a flashbulb life built on bravado and sheer magnetism. But it…
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26 Beaded Phone Straps That Up Your Selfie Game
It’s the great Y2K renaissance and no accessories are spared—thankfully. Remember the cute phone charms of the early aughts that were looped onto the likes of Nokias and Razrs? I know I can recall my glow-in-the-dark kawaii penguin charm from those years vividly and fondly. A decade later and the phone charms are back and…
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He Can’t Cure His Dad. But a Scientist’s Research May Help Everyone Else.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When Sharif Tabebordbar was born in 1986, his father, Jafar, was 32 and already had symptoms of a muscle wasting disease. The mysterious illness would come to define Sharif’s life. Jafar Tabebordbar could walk when he was in his 30s but stumbled and often lost his balance. Then he lost his ability…
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