A woman with a roll of toilet paper around her neck. A man with lettuce on his head, bare-chested in a sheet, delicately holding a large goblet of red wine. A child with small lilac angel wings posed atop a mound of — again — toilet paper, with siblings and parents looking on in the…
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We live in a city that is a Covid-19 hot spot. When the news became alarming, many of our friends fled the city, leaving empty apartments behind them. We stayed. I am active on a few neighborhood social networking sites where I’ve seen posts about nurses and doctors coming from other cities to help patients…
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Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, even if you want them withheld. Letters may be edited. So You Had a Secret Baby I’m self-employed and had a baby a few weeks ago. I am working on a project that was supposed to launch earlier…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageMigrant workers at a dormitory in Singapore last week.Credit…Ore Huiying for The New York Times Singapore, which has been praised for controlling the virus, sees a record increase in new infections. Singapore announced a record jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday evening, with most of the 447 new confirmed…
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WASHINGTON — The federal government’s program to expedite the shipping of valuable protective equipment to coronavirus hot spots has left hospitals that are out of the spotlight struggling to secure their own protective gear as they watch the outbreak creep closer. The Trump administration has repeatedly endorsed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s system of flying…
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In the absence of travel during the pandemic, hotels are asking travelers to plan future trips and sweetening the incentive by offering discounted gift certificates. For those with the means to spend, the offers are enticing. For example, the beer-themed Painted Lady Bed & Brew in Albuquerque, N.M., is offering a $75 certificate redeemable for…
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Carrie Mathison’s very first words on “Homeland” are: “I don’t care where he is. Find him. It’s urgent.” They are shouted in a tone of unvarnished scorn at her colleague’s slowness, lack of insight and imagination. Carrie Mathison, a C.I.A. agent played by Claire Danes, does not mince words. She does not avoid conflict or…
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As we battle the coronavirus pandemic, rites of passage are passing us by: graduations, proms, bar mitzvahs. And with weeks dragging into months, thousands of couples also face difficult questions over what to do with their wedding celebrations. I have heard many brides wrestle with feelings of guilt mixed into their sadness. Is it right,…
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My phone rang with a FaceTime video, and my cousin’s face popped into view. We spent the first few minutes expressing our mutual disbelief and shock over Covid-19, acknowledging the insanity and underlying terror of these unprecedented circumstances. We joked about how our anxious mothers, with their endless reminders of dressing warm and staying indoors,…
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Laundromats have been deemed essential businesses in cities and states that have issued stay-at-home orders to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. But many laundry business owners have chosen to close for the safety of their employees, leaving those who rely on laundromats without access to washing machines and dryers. Even if your local…
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