KABUL, Afghanistan — Three health workers, all women, working for the government’s polio vaccine campaign were shot dead in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, local officials said, only weeks after three women working in television were killed in the same city. The women, all in their 20s, were going about their jobs in the…
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You’re not obliged to recommend an acquaintance for a job just because he asks. And if you do, you should not hide faults relevant to that job. But your resistance to recommending this person doesn’t seem to be that you think he wouldn’t do a good job; it’s that you disapprove of his behavior during…
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Our Seder, a Year Later “Why is this night different from all the others?” Last Passover, there were more ways than usual. My father was hospitalized with low oxygen. My mother and sister, also sick, spent the holiday clutching their phones in case he called. I was with my partner, crying over chicken broth, gripped…
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In January, Britain made a change to its vaccine guidelines that shocked many health experts: If the second dose of one vaccine wasn’t available, patients could be given a different one. The new rule was based on sheer guesswork; there was no scientific data at the time demonstrating that mixing two coronavirus vaccines was safe…
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One after another, they came with venom for Lil Nas X. The basketball star Nick Young. The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem. The rapper Joyner Lucas. Candace Owens and various right-wing Twitter personalities. Greg Locke, a Tennessee pastor. Fox News. Nike. They were clueless. Blissful, almost — lambs blind to the slaughter they were…
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Headliner Cadence At this new spot in the East Village, the chef, Shenarri Freeman, is interpreting the Virginia Southern and soul food of her youth through a contemporary plant-based lens. It’s another of Ravi DeRossi’s many places (11 and counting) in the neighborhood, under his Overthrow Hospitality umbrella. Here, a compact dining room with a…
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If 2020 was the year of the Zoom wedding, 2021 promises to be a year of after-parties. Covid-era newlyweds who pared down their guest lists and exchanged vows via livestream are planning full-on second weddings. But with those plans come an awkward set of etiquette questions. Is it OK to ask virtual guests to attend…
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The fashion designer Zac Posen has always loved food. Now 40, he recognized that it had a unique ability to keep people connected even in his youth. His mother, Susan, worked as a corporate lawyer and, he says, “had crazy hours,” so many of the meals at the family’s SoHo loft were prepared by his…
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Hi, I’m Zac Posen. Welcome to my New York City apartment. This is my dog, Tsuki. Today, we’re going to be cooking uni pasta.” [MUSIC PLAYING] I’ve definitely been inspired by food throughout my career, as well as mother nature. I’ve made many pieces that have embroidery that remind me of sea urchin. Most recently…
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Edward BerthelotGetty Images Imitation is, oftentimes, the purest form of flattery, and no brand is as loved and sought after as the Telfar shopping tote. Much of Telfar’s success has been eclipsed by persistent resellers and rip-offs, so the Brooklyn-based brand found a solution—Telfar Bag Security Program. Originally launched in August 2020, Telfar is returning…
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