When Leslie Arffa was asked what she thought were Samir Doshi’s best qualities, she cleared her throat, and hesitated with evident emotion. “He’s incredibly kind and thoughtful,” she said. “I never met anyone before that I never got tired of spending time with.” Ms. Arffa added that he was “also very attentive, and a very…
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The C.D.C. panel’s guidance followed weeks of internal disagreement and public debate among American health officials and advisers. In mid-August, President Biden announced plans for a booster rollout, but scientists and regulators were quick to point out there was little research on who might benefit and how the doses should be distributed. The F.D.A.’s acting…
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Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images Nina Garcia: Your fall collection was a tribute to Broadway. How did that love affair begin for you? Michael Kors: The first musical I ever saw was Annie Get Your Gun, with Ethel Merman. I was five years old. I had no idea who Ethel Merman was. I was knocked out—loved it.…
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Across Brazil, recycling plants stopped running for months. In Uganda, a junkyard is short on reusable plastics. And in Indonesia’s capital, disposable gloves and face shields are piling up at a river mouth. Surging consumption of plastics and packaging during the pandemic has produced mountains of waste. But because fears of Covid-19 have led to…
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‘Controlling Britney Spears’ Producer/Director Samantha StarkSupervising Producer Liz Day Watch on Friday, Sept. 24, at 10 p.m. on FX or stream it on Hulu. Britney Spears expressed strong objections in June to the court-sanctioned conservatorship, which was largely led by her father, that controlled her life. But how the conservatorship worked had never been fully…
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“I was part of the social justice task force that pushed our athletic department to look more into hiring practices,” Mr. Williams said. “We also pushed for antiracism sensitivity training for our coaching staff and players. It’s all about community, and what I feel on the island, I try to create in other spaces.” Meanwhile,…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Pa. — Steve Tomlinson takes pride in the details at Carversville Farm, the 388-acre certified-organic spread he manages here in bucolic Bucks County. There’s the high-tech poultry barn, where an automated system ensures that wobbly week-old chickens get just the right amount of light, heat, ventilation and food. There’s the 10-foot-long steel barrel washer,…
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Once upon a time, Cesare Badoglio, who puts his age at “between 80 and 99,” was the spirit whisperer for some of the brightest talents in Italian fashion. At his popular weekend events in Milan at the Hotel Verdi, Mr. Badoglio — tarot reader, astrologer, fortune teller — threw cards for Franco Moschino and Gianni…
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A wedding in Hawaii usually conjures images of sandy white beaches and clear blue waters. But Alexa Wilhelm and Ikaika Sarme opted to marry at Kahua Ranch, a working cattle ranch on the Big Island, instead. “We wanted something that felt more like the Hawaii Ikaika knew growing up,” Ms. Wilhelm said. “We wanted a…
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On what they considered their first official date — a Halloween party in 2012 at a pub in New Haven, Conn. — Matthew Sipe and Ryan Watzel were in costume. Mr. Sipe was dressed as Pikachu, the anime character from the Pokemon franchise. Mr. Watzel was an unspecified character from “Ghostbusters,” complete with what Mr.…
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