Dr. Bridget Catherine Dowd and Dr. Samuel Joseph Kiernan were married May 4 at the Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven, N.J. The Rev. James J. Grogan, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony. The couple met at Georgetown, from which each graduated cum laude. The bride, 31, who is taking her husband’s name,…
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Erika Kristin Thomas and Bernard Benjamin Fulton III were married May 4 at the Mansion at Noble Lane in Bethany, Pa. Kim Kirkley, a Universal Brotherhood minister, officiated. The couple met at Harvard, from which they graduated. The bride, 51, is counsel in the New York office of BakerHostetler, a law firm based in Cleveland.…
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Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. As anyone who has suffered a running injury knows, it can be hard to start running again. The good news after being…
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Before their presidential aspirations became national news, six of the 23 declared candidates in the 2020 election were part of a different type of announcement published in The New York Times: their wedding announcement. Two of Donald J. Trump’s weddings were reported in The Times. Pete Buttigieg, Eric Swalwell, Tulsi Gabbard, Michael Bennet and Bill…
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Overture Looking back on his life and career in “The Glass of Fashion” in 1954, Cecil Beaton, the society photographer and social fixture, reported a curious incident sometime in the 1930s. “Hearty naval commanders or jolly colonels,” he wrote, “acquired the ‘camp’ manners of calling everything from Joan of Arc to Merlin ‘lots of fun,’…
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Judith Viorst, 88, has written over 40 books, most famously the children’s classic “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” which has sold more than four million copies, and more sober titles like “Necessary Losses,” about the psychological boons of loss. She also has been chronicling her own life stages since she…
DetailsAccording to a new study, intensive treatment for high blood pressure may reduce the risk of death from any cause, including cardiovascular disease, in people with type 2 diabetes. New research suggests that intensive blood pressure treatment may help those with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is one of the most common and costly chronic conditions…
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The “Star Wars” franchise has more than its share of iconic imagery. There is Luke Skywalker’s light saber. There, too, is the Millennium Falcon with Han Solo blasting into hyperspace. And no one will forget Darth Vader breathing heavily through a black mask, his cape snapping behind him as he walked. On Saturday, visitors to…
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By SHANE O’NEILL and MATTHEW SCHNEIER | May. 4, 2019 | 2:22 The theme for this year’s Met Gala is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.” So what, exactly, does that mean? Six experts attempt to define a largely indefinable sensibility. Related: article: ‘It’s Unnatural? Absolutely.’
DetailsA stressful work environment coupled with a lack of sleep can result in a threefold-higher risk of cardiovascular death in people with hypertension. Having both a stressful job and difficulty sleeping may dramatically increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular death. Recent research looked at how stress and insomnia affected the health of employees who have…
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