Erik Longabardi was driving along a congested, monotonous strip of the Cross Island Parkway in Queens when he spotted a row of apple trees growing on the side of the road. It was unclear how they got there. Someone could have been eating an apple in a car and chucked it out the window. Or…
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Dr. Lewis Kuller, a top epidemiologist and a leading figure in preventive cardiology, could trace his interest in the field to when he was a medical resident in Brooklyn in the early 1960s, responding by ambulance to emergency calls when people had died suddenly of heart attacks at home or in the street. Working out…
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During her childhood in Bangkok, the chef Rose Chalalai Singh recently recalled, the city seemed to be teeming with exotic blooms: there was the bounty of the flower market near the Chao Phraya River, the garlands of saffron-colored marigolds at the city’s Buddhist temples. Later, as a teenager, she spent three years living on her…
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“You’re going to want to try and stay anonymous if at all possible,” Ms. Tu said. In some states, including California, lottery winners are required to disclose their identities. Meaning this particular advice is not going to help this week’s winner or winners. “If you’re in California and you are this lucky $2 billion Powerball…
DetailsOn Tuesday, the state’s voters overwhelmingly supported letting a two-year-old law take effect. The company’s lawsuit is viewed by anti-smoking advocates as a tactic that could keep menthol cigarettes on the market longer.
Hi there! I’m Lex, an editor and recipe developer with New York Times Cooking. As an adoring Veggie reader, I was delighted when Tejal and Tanya asked me to step in this week and tell you about the vegetarian Thanksgiving menu I’ve been working on for three months. Thanksgiving is not the time to reinvent…
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Because mashed potatoes are a nonnegotiable part of my family’s Thanksgiving meal, I argue year after year that we do not need stuffing on the table. Potatoes, I believe, render stuffing superfluous. Inevitably, I end up making stuffing anyway, but my reasoning stands. On a holiday when real estate — stomach, oven and table —…
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For an upcoming New York Times Style project that examines rage at this particular moment, we would like to hear about a time in the last few years when you or someone close to you erupted in a surprising outburst of anger — and then regretted it. It could be a story of your spouse…
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This article is part of Upstart, a series about companies harnessing new science and technology to solve challenges in their industries. Paul Hall was thinking about his pool. In his mind, he was far from the nondescript clinic in Orange, Calif., where he was sitting quietly, his blood traveling through a hemodialysis machine, clearing it…
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Can’t decide on a pear-shaped or an emerald-cut diamond for your engagement ring? Or, perhaps a colored gemstone? An increasing number of couples who want more options in rings are choosing the toi et moi style, which features two stones instead of one, and in many cases, a mix of gems and cuts in creative…
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