Welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes, where each Friday we present five different answers to the eternal question: What’s for dinner? Depending on the distractions of any given day, this question penetrates my consciousness some time between 12 and 6 p.m. The hour helps determine the answer and how much time I have to cook. This…
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More than 10 people in the United States have died and over 200 have been sickened after contracting the coronavirus that continues to spread around the globe. More than 4 million Americans live in or are admitted to nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
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By Vincent M. Mallozzi A few weeks after Fariaz Rabbani proposed to Allison Tyndall, he took her to a bank in Queens, where he opened a safe deposit box filled with jewelry once worn by his mother. “The jewelry was meant to be given to my future wife, as my mother was not sure if…
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Myka Meier is an etiquette expert with more than 61,000 followers on Instagram. Strangers regularly approach her with questions about social and business protocol. But last Tuesday was something else. Ms. Meier, 37, said she was approached eight or nine times at the Plaza Hotel in New York, in between the classes she regularly holds…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageSouth Korean soldiers spraying disinfectant in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday.Credit…Lee Jin-Man/Associated Press Cases of infection pass 100,000, and W.H.O. calls for wider action. The world’s leading health official implored international leaders to unleash the full power of their governments to combat the new coronavirus outbreak. “This is not…
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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. At times, it seemed as if we were characters in a thriller. Our reporting began in early 2019 with a tip about a rich Canadian playboy accused of sexually abusing poor teenage girls in the…
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In a city with the Eiffel Tower, the Space Needle and an Egyptian pyramid all along the LED screen-lined Las Vegas Strip, it should be no surprise that seemingly every regional variety of pizza is available. But what may surprise is the level of craft brought to pizza in Las Vegas. These pies aren’t from…
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BEIJING — When the coronavirus epidemic began its relentless march around the world, China’s diplomats reacted harshly toward countries that shut their borders, canceled flights or otherwise restricted travel. Italy was overreacting when it did so, Qin Gang, a vice minister of foreign affairs, told his counterpart in February. The United States was stoking fear…
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JoAnn Gregoli, a 30-year veteran of wedding and event planning, has advice for couples with weddings on the horizon: don’t cancel because of the coronavirus, but instead, postpone. “I’ve gone through the swine flu in Mexico, I’ve gone through the avian flu — this is uncharted waters,” Ms. Gregoli said. With worldwide cases now surpassing…
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Ushers in some theaters are wearing latex gloves. Museums are installing hand sanitizer dispensers as if they were pieces of art. Audience members are being told: If you have a cough, please, trade in your tickets and stay home. As the coronavirus spreads in the United States, theaters, museums and concert halls are hyperaware that…
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