After a record-setting election and record-setting unemployment claims, within a frightening pandemic and between strict diets of misinformation and disinformation, America is ready to have a great meal with loved ones, put our feet up and breathe … on each other. Half of the states have travel restrictions of some kind. Nearly 4 out of…
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After more than a decade working at Manchester Airport in the northwest of England, Tracey Moore finally got the job she wanted — at Virgin Atlantic’s passenger check-in desk. Then, at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, after about a year on the job and months on furlough, she returned to the airport and handed in…
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ImageLining up for a Covid test in Manhattan this month.Credit…Peter Foley/EPA, via Shutterstock In the lead-up to Thanksgiving, Americans are no stranger to planning. But this year, as they prepare to let turkeys brine and pie crusts thaw, people across the country are waiting for something extra: a coronavirus test they hope can clear them…
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Jan Morris, the acclaimed British journalist, travel writer and historian who wrote about history’s sweep and the details of place with equal eloquence and chronicled her life as a transgender woman, died on Friday in Wales. She was 94. Her son Twm Morys said in an email that she died in a hospital near the…
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ImagePresident Trump at a news conference on Friday announcing the new policy on drug prices.Credit…Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Health officials on Friday finalized a policy that would base the price Medicare pays for certain drugs on the lowest price paid in some other developed nations. It is the most ambitious of several drug-pricing rules issued in…
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Bretman Rock is a work of art. When the social media star and beauty influencer is not expertly beating his face with his non-dominant hand or rating Trix cereal an eight out of ten (“I would say it’s slightly better than Fruit Loops”), he’s directing his focus to the camera for 7.89 million YouTube subscribers…
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If the ongoing lockdown taught us anything about fashion, it’s to invest in functional pieces that can fit with the times we’re living in. For instance, a cozy, faux fur coat that hugs you like a blanket and translates well on Zoom. Or maybe a faux leather trouser that pairs as well with comfy sneakers…
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Jeff GreenbergGetty Images The entire fever dream that was 2020 has all been leading up to this—the official start of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. One long-awaited entry in this season’s offerings is Nordstrom’s 12 Days of Cyber Savings sale, which begins today with up to 50% off designer handbags, must-have knit sweaters, and…
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A business trying to make money off mansions full of TikTok influencers has gone public on the stock market through an unusual deal. It involves a former Chinese health care company, and if that sounds confusing, well, we can explain. Social media entrepreneurs have rushed to find ways to make money from stars on popular…
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Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. My Thanksgiving menu is still far from finalized, which is out of character for me, and frankly I’m feeling a little unmoored. Generally I spend weeks thinking about it in an idle way, a pleasing diversion from whatever else I’m supposed to be doing. But this year —…
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