How to Stop Committing to Events You Don’t Want to Attend
Experts share five tips for making (and keeping) commitments.
How Becoming a Regular Can Help Soothe Loneliness
How becoming a regular at a neighborhood shop soothed my loneliness.
Kenneth Felts Marries Johnny Hau After Coming Out at Age 90
A decade ago, Johnny Javier Hau Dzib took a nighttime drive around his Denver neighborhood, his mind in a suicidal thought loop. Several years later, Kenneth Wayne Felts was at home alone in nearby Arvada, Colo., contemplating death by a different means. Chemotherapy for a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis was robbing him of life’s pleasures. “I…
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Making Wedding Plans Before the First Date
Melissa Jeanne D’Andrea had already envisioned a future with Karissa Heleene Sullivan before they met. “I picked out our wedding hashtag before our first date,” Ms. D’Andrea said. It was a play on both their names: #issawedding. On Oct. 4, 2021, the two matched on Her, a dating app for people who identify as lesbian,…
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When the Matchmaker Made Herself the Perfect Match
The night Emily Kate Dobies and Sal Steiner shared their first kiss in 2016, Ms. Dobies had been trying to orchestrate a match between Mr. Steiner and a mutual friend. The friend was in a troubled relationship, and Ms. Dobies thought that Mr. Steiner, with his warmth and honesty, could remind her that good dating…
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Never Give Your Child Five Names
We thought it would take only a couple weeks. It took three months. Every time a piece of mail came for him, I got my hopes up, but it was never the letter he needed. One official letter came addressed to “Kenneth Sean,” and Robby despaired. He had been through so many disappointments that he…
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Sachi Takahashi-Rial and George Carollo Marry in Sacramento
Sachi Alita Takahashi-Rial and George Carl Gaetano Carollo sent out their online wedding invitations in March, which left some people amused, and others guessing. It said: “You’re invited to the first Investor Offsite for pre-eminent investors worldwide. This exclusive event combines insights, innovation, vision, and, of course, cake.” Questions then quickly rolled in, mostly to…
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Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement Pending Review
The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the billionaire Sackler family, which once controlled the company, from additional civil lawsuits over the opioid epidemic and that capped the Sacklers’ personal liability at $6 billion. The order is likely to delay any payments to…
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Here’s How to Shop the Latest Ganni x New Balance Sneakers
There are few brands that have a grip on the fashion set quite like Ganni. So, when the Danish label collaborates with another powerhouse brand like New Balance, you know it’s going to be good—and sell out, fast. Such was the case when the two combined forces to create its first sneaker collaboration for those…
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Research Trials Halted at Columbia’s Psychiatric Center After Suicide
Federal regulators have suspended research on human subjects at the Columbia-affiliated New York State Psychiatric Institute, one of the country’s oldest research centers, as they investigate safety protocols across the institute after the suicide of a research participant. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kate Migliaccio-Grabill, confirmed on Wednesday that…
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