More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Conrad Benner’s phone camera was fixed on Nile Livingston, an artist who stood in front of a blank wall. Mx. Livingston would soon paint a massive mural, and the “canvas” would be the side of…
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“I’ve never had an Asian,” said another as he pulled me toward him. I flushed in anger as I pictured him posting a photo of us with a sushi emoji next to my username, as I had once seen a white man do to a hapless Asian guy on Twitter. Others were more subtle. I…
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In September 2020, the couple went to Maison Pickle, a restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and over an outdoor dinner with their dogs, Mr. Rosenberg told Ms. Amrossi that he loved her. “I told him I loved him back, and then he came and he gave me a hug and kiss,” Ms. Amrossi said.…
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When Shira Claudelle Catlin and Morgan Joan Keith met, they didn’t waste much time becoming an official couple. Almost one month to the day after connecting on Tinder, they became exclusive. The two matched on Tinder on Dec. 20, 2017, and had their first date eight days later at the now-closed Anthem Kitchen & Bar…
DetailsExperts say there’s no need to panic about your diet soda habit.
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the artificial sweetener aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” adding it to the same risk category as breathing in engine exhaust, working in dry-cleaning and consuming certain pickled vegetables. The W.H.O. suggests you’d have to chug quite a bit of diet soda to enter the danger zone. Its…
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A World Health Organization agency declared on Thursday that aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, could possibly cause cancer. A second W.H.O. committee, though, held steady on its assessment of a safe level of aspartame consumption. By some calculations using the panel’s standard, a person weighing 150 pounds could…
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PepsiCo reported a big jump in quarterly profit on Thursday, despite signs that customers are buying fewer cans of soda and bags of chips as the company continues to raise prices aggressively. Pepsi, which makes Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker Oats, also raised its forecast for earnings in the rest of the year, pushing its stock…
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