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NEW DELHI — Mastanamma got her big break at age 105. After she prepared an especially delicious eggplant curry, her great-grandson suggested that he film her cooking and then post the videos on YouTube. No matter that she was more than 100 years old, suffered from cataracts, wore dentures, cooked outside on an open fire…
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More than halfway through the sign-up period for Obamacare health plans, fewer people have enrolled in coverage than during the same stretch last year. Enrollment through the federal website Healthcare.gov, which manages insurance marketplaces in 39 states, is down 11 percent compared to 2017, according to government figures released Thursday. Given President Trump’s assault on…
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Elle Chase, 49, has run Lady Cheeky, one of the most celebrated pornographic blogs on Tumblr, for eight years. It features short video clips, often focused on female pleasure, that she sources from around the internet. Celebrated by Glamour and Cosmopolitan as a great sex blog for women (Cosmo lauded its GIFs as “classy and…
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WASHINGTON — The plan was straightforward: After years of being challenged by President Trump and others about a decades-old claim of Native American ancestry, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts would take a DNA test to prove her stated family origins in the Cherokee and Delaware tribes. But nearly two months after Ms. Warren released the…
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Some New Yorkers go apple picking in the fall. Others head to the annual Salon Art & Design fair, which showcases storied designers and artists from the 19th century through the current day. Held this month at the Park Avenue Armory, it featured tables by Frank Lloyd Wright, chairs by Joseph Urban, sculptures by Alexander…
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I am buying a house. I have a plan to afford it, but it would be much easier if my parents (in their 80s) gave me an “advance” on the money they will leave me. I hate to sound crass, but I’d like to enjoy some of it while they’re alive — maybe even host…
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Over the last few days, the world has said goodbye to the former President George H.W. Bush at a memorial in Houston, a state funeral in Washington, D.C., and a private funeral in Houston. Moving eulogies have been given by the great and the good and those close to the man, stories told and official…
DetailsBacteria could have a bigger involvement in cancer than scientists may have realized, according to recent research. A viral infection may be the cause of up to 20 percent of cancer cases. A study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore has uncovered a type of bacterial infection that can disrupt DNA…
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“A Christmas Carol” came out on Dec. 19, 1843, well before The New York Times began publishing in 1851. The novel — with beautiful illustrations by John Leech — was a best-seller in both England and the United States. Because there were no international copyright laws, Dickens didn’t make a cent from American editions. The…
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