Vanessa Dillon, 41, is a bisexual woman marrying Bob Bissonnette, 36, a bisexual man. Each has dated people of more than one gender in the past. Not adhering to monogamy, they might continue to do so after they are married. But at their wedding, to outsiders they appear straight. “If I was marrying a woman,…
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court panel will hear arguments Tuesday on whether a federal judge in Texas was correct in striking down the Affordable Care Act, a case with enormous stakes not only for millions of people who gained health insurance through the law but for the political futures of President Trump and…
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In 2012, Yoko Sen was in an emergency room, tethered to a machine bleating relentlessly in her ear. She was “freaked out,” she said, and felt helpless. When a nurse returned to the room, Ms. Sen asked if it was O.K. the device was screaming. “Yeah, this thing just beeps,” she recalled the nurse saying.…
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Millions of Americans use dietary supplements and a variety of diets to protect their heart health. But a large new analysis found that there was strikingly little proof from rigorous studies that supplements and some widely recommended diets have the power to prevent heart disease. The new research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,…
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A new clinical trial finds that treadmill exercise can relieve symptoms of period pain. Exercise might be the last thing that would seem to relieve period pain, but new research suggests that using a treadmill can help. Dysmenorrhea, or period pain, may affect approximately 59% of women, according to a review study from 2012. Around…
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Arturo Lomeli says the Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende “is one of the most photogenic places I have ever seen.” He loves the community so much that in December, he bought an 1806 home there and has hired a team of architects, designers and skilled workers to restore it. But Mr. Lomeli, the…
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If friends and colleagues were asked to word-associate about the actress Karen Olivo, they might reasonably pop out with “warm,” or “down to earth” or “dedicated” or even “curry” (she makes it a few times a week to clamors of “encore”). But here is one word they would never mention to describe Ms. Olivo: minimalist.…
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LOS ANGELES — Birdie G’s has been open for just a few weeks in Santa Monica, but already, with the outsize confidence of every dollar-slice shop in New York City, the menu refers to its rose-petal pie as “world famous.” The slice appears to be modeled on the great, jiggly cathedral window cakes that dominate…
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From bachelor parties to family reunions, group trips are opportunities to explore the world with the people you love. They also have the potential to be planning messes, with scheduling, decision-making and sorting-out finances coming together in a seemingly endless and possibly disappointing snarl. But they don’t have to be. We’ve rounded up tips, tricks…
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Every Sunday afternoon, shoppers descend on Bella McFadden’s Depop page for the chance to be dressed like ’90s cult film characters, “sk8r girls” and “Y2K mall goths.” Ms. McFadden, who is 23 and lives in Los Angeles, is something of a “Depop mogul”: Sales of her thrift-store finds have taken off on the popular e-commerce…
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