Posts

Showing posts from January, 2024

She’s the Youngest Player in Her League. That’s Hardly Her Only Challenge.

Akane Shiga went undrafted by P.W.H.L. teams and doesn’t speak English. She’s carving a path in pro hockey nearly 6,000 miles from home anyway. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/JEGg2S5

NYC Queer Club Throws ‘Saltburn’ Party: Best Outfits

Devoted fans gathered for a bash inspired by the film. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/DlRAdsq

Lloyd Austin Returns to Pentagon a Month After Surgery Complications

Lloyd J. Austin III was widely criticized for failing to immediately disclose his illness and hospitalization to President Biden and other officials. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ThocYaD

Hate Crimes Reported in Schools Nearly Doubled Between 2018 and 2022

Black students were the most frequent reported victims, followed by L.G.B.T.Q. and Jewish students, according to F.B.I. statistics. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/i4pgWb0

Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit

The buyout giant KKR pioneered a model of granting ownership stakes to employees at portfolio companies. Now it wants the approach to spread. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sGo9I6O

Street Style Inspires the Runway at Couture Fashion Week

Zendaya debuted drama, Jennifer Lopez made an entrance, but style on the street was just as bold. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/q5htYuc

Institutions Are (Quietly) Taking Sackler Money

Financial accounts show that the Sackler Trust, a British nonprofit that the family set up, pledged over $6 million in 2022. But few organizations will admit to taking it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PjcD2ga

The Choreographer Wore Pointe Shoes

Tiler Peck, a New York City Ballet star, is making her first work for the company. “It’s my opportunity to pass on to the next generation anything that’s been given to me.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/BeYQJhM

Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs

Starting April 1, state employees in North Carolina will no longer have insurance coverage for costly weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RYxaIFD

Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal as Negotiators Try to Salvage It

The speaker said the emerging bipartisan immigration deal would be “dead on arrival” in the House, after senators conceded that the opposition of former President Donald J. Trump may have doomed it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/iCEof9p

Maison Margiela, Fendi and Valentino at the Paris Couture

Forget quiet luxury. Maison Margiela, Fendi and Valentino offer some singular propositions. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/igrJWpH

The Victorious, Censorious, Malicious Donald Trump

He won New Hampshire — and showed us exactly who he is. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qBfp4h6

Trial Begins for Michigan School Shooter’s Mother, Jennifer Crumbley

A teenager killed four students at his high school in Oxford, Mich., in 2021. At his mother’s trial, prosecutors said his parents could have stopped him. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pyt92WK

This ‘Expats’ Star Can’t Believe She’s Actually in It

Watching scenes of herself with Nicole Kidman, Ji-young Yoo said that “it still feels like I was Photoshopped in.” The Amazon series is one of three big coming projects for the 24-year-old. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LxURrvf

Where Are All the Big Premier League Deals?

Compare to previous years there has barely been a notable move during this transfer window. So what has changed? from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/ukndNIS

U.S.C. Women’s Basketball Sits Safely in the Hands of L.A.’s Newest Star

JuJu Watkins is one of the best freshman players the sport has seen in a long time: “She has kids screaming her name.” from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/jHlXhKm

Los Angeles Times to Slash Newsroom by Over 20%

The layoffs represent the biggest newsroom reduction since the biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the company in 2018. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/R3PHQZI

Vermont Becomes Latest State to Propose Wealth Taxes

Seven states tried but failed in 2023 to add new taxes on assets and income. Attempts are underway in at least 10 states this year, and proponents are optimistic about their chances. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Hm6U3Aa

‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’

With climate change affecting everything from household finances to electric grids, the profession is increasingly focused on how society can mitigate carbon emissions and cope with their impact. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/TtCLDRy

Judge Unseals Records in Divorce Case That Has Entangled Trump Prosecutors

A judge in Georgia also delayed a deposition of Fani T. Willis, the district attorney accused of having a romantic relationship with a prosecutor she hired. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/OrjgUt5

Poet Crystal Wilkinson Explores Black Appalachia Cooking in Her New Book

In her new book, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,” the poet Crystal Wilkinson explores her family history through cooking and recipes. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/tadfWPp

Sundays Are for Bolognese

Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese, to be exact, which has five stars and over 20,000 reviews. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IxBjlqK

Deep Under Gaza, Israel Shows Evidence Hostages Were Held in Tunnels

The Israeli military took reporters on a tour of an underground compound in the Gazan city of Khan Younis, where it says about 20 hostages were held by Hamas. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8ITcj7M

California and Oregon Ease Covid Isolation Rules, Breaking With C.D.C.

Two of the most cautious states have bypassed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by letting students and workers who have the virus but are asymptomatic avoid isolation. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jn5m0aR

TikTok’s Class of Palm Beach Showcases Style of the Ultrarich

The Class of Palm Beach social media accounts showcase designer-label-laden outfits spotted around that wealthy town. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/UdXlQAL

The Top Takeaways From Davos

Artificial intelligence was the unofficial theme at the annual gathering of world leaders. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/90iHzjv

When Nate Berkus Decorates Your Home, It’s Best Not to Change a Thing

Just ask the actors Patrick Page and Paige Davis, whose Upper West Side apartment has remained virtually untouched for two decades. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MuSrNL2

How a Stanford Professor Helped Lay the Foundation for This 49ers’ Era

The same principles that have guided Silicon Valley businesses set a storied N.F.L. franchise on its return to prominence. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/tBkzy6c

Live Video: Watch the SpaceX Axiom Astronaut Launch

Astronauts from Italy, Sweden and Turkey will fly to the International Space Station on a commercially chartered mission on Thursday. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XJ8ra7o

Fani T. Willis and Defense Lawyers in Trump Case Had Tense Exchange on Racism

When a defense lawyer expressed annoyance with prosecutors, Fani T. Willis, the district attorney on the case, replied that “some people will never be able to respect African Americans.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/S4BfPUy

Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.

Time magazine, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times — owned by Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — are still losing money. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Lz51Txb

This Easy Chicken and Rice Recipe Uses a Simple Trick

In this easy sheet-pan meal, turmeric-ginger chicken roasts on a bed of crispy, scallion-flecked rice. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/KYZznsc

An Ancient Woolly Mammoth Left a Diary in Her Tusk

Scientists are looking at layers of minerals left behind on mammoth tusks to estimate where the hulking animals spent their days. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XsaVPtb

Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden

Hours before a scheduled meeting at the White House about how to break the stalemate in Congress over aid to Ukraine, the Republican speaker signaled a compromise was not possible. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YKd3HvF

New York Reminds Itself How to Dress for Snow

Locals and visitors layered up for the city’s first major snowfall in nearly two years. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Tbw145n

Gucci’s Reboot Brings Back Old-School Cool

Delving into the archives, the label’s new creative director ditches his predecessor’s pussy bows and tweaks the classics. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/QMlkpCr

Picture Books About the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

How John Lewis and Coretta Scott King embodied the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy while each creating their own. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HfpqKYw

Doctor Error Caused Christine Fields’ Death After Childbirth at Woodhull Medical Center

Christine Fields, a 30-year-old Black woman, bled to death after giving birth at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn. State investigators said the cause was a doctor’s mistake. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8ULfeWZ

Democrats Fret That Biden’s Power Players Are Not at His Campaign Base

President Biden has a re-election campaign with two distinct centers of gravity — the White House and his Delaware headquarters — and advisers who are juggling two jobs at once. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rEIiRUF

Chevron and Others Build an Underground Hydrogen Battery in Utah

The project is part of an audacious plan to create hydrogen, which produces no carbon dioxide when burned, and store it in caverns until electricity is needed. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NHcB2Xx

‘The Curse’ Ending: What Just Happened?

The season finale of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s horror-comedy arrived on Friday. Three New York Times critics discuss the show’s curses, blessings and confounding conclusion. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1qgsHmA

Right Wing Pressures Johnson to Abandon Spending Deal to Avert Shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson said he was talking with his ultraconservative colleagues about walking away from the agreement he struck with Democrats but had “made no commitments.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/fMVWriR

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Ohio Woman Who Miscarried at Home

In a case that had drawn international attention, Brittany Watts had been charged with abuse of corpse after miscarrying and disposing of the nonviable fetus. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IAUOdLf

Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Lloyd Austin’s Hospitalization

The independent review will be conducted in addition to assessments by the defense secretary’s chief of staff and the White House after top officials were not notified of the episode for days. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/9Bfo5Tk

Subway Train Derails in Brooklyn in 2nd Such Episode in a Week

The train, a northbound F, went off the tracks in Coney Island on Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were immediately reported. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/CMFrbUd

Hisham Matar Discusses ‘My Friends’

Matar won a Pulitzer Prize for his memoir, “The Return,” mourning his homeland and his father. In his new novel, he turns to the untranslatability of exile — and friendship. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Ls1w3QJ

NASA Delays Artemis Astronaut Moon Missions

The space agency said that Artemis II, a trip around the moon, will now occur in September 2025, while a moon landing, Artemis III, will move to 2026. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cT03WCq

For Anti-Trump Republicans, It All Might Come Down to New Hampshire

With the Iowa caucuses likely to be a battle for second place, the next nominating state appears to offer the best chance of an upset defeat of Donald Trump. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/DOHh8RQ

Former Twitter Executive Builds a Dream Home for His Family in Sonoma

Bruce Falck, who left Twitter during Elon Musk’s takeover bid, had other things on his mind: completing a longed-for family home in Northern California. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/WQ8qJoB

An Antique Dress Held a Secret: A Coded Message From 1888

For nearly a decade, sleuths had tried to decode a cryptic note discovered in the silk bustle dress. An analyst finally cracked the case. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/wmMQLYI

Joe Biden Puts Donald Trump In His Place

The president performed a public service by forthrightly stating what could happen to the country and its democracy if Trump wins again. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dcArh3j

The Habanero Rules Yucatán. Let It Rule Your Kitchen, Too.

The tiny but mighty chile lends its unmistakable fruity heat to marinades, dressings and, of course, salsas. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Y4HK2n3

Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction

Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did T9 texting drive me crazy? Definitely. Was it worth doing? Absolutely. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dDeGya3

David Soul, a Star of the Hit Cop Show ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ Dies at 80

An actor and singer, he rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of popular television crime-fighting duo. He also notched a No. 1 hit single. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NYCIQx7

Playing for Time, U.K. Leader Sets Up Chance of U.S. Election Overlap

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that voters will go to the polls in the fall, around the time that the United States will be in the midst of its own pivotal vote. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/u2SDkgO

Winter Fashion Trends on the Streets of NYC

Capes, knit caps and woolly coats were plentiful on the streets of New York in December, even though flakes were not. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/OA20wXe

The Unsung Hero of the ‘Fox N.F.L. Sunday’ Show

Curt Menefee is much more than a host for Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson and Michael Strahan. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/7HDVq0e

Why Wayne Rooney’s Return to English Soccer Lasted Only 15 Games

The former D.C. United coach’s reign at Birmingham City was disastrous on and off the field. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/0NmI1Ur

Winter Storm Traps Hundreds of Motorists Overnight in Sweden

Truck drivers and other motorists were locked in blankets of snow on a major roadway overnight after nearly 10 inches of snow fell within 24 hours. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/BU4FZ78

A Swedish Teenager Was on Japan Airlines Flight 516. Here’s His Story.

Anton Deibe, 17, and his family were flying into Tokyo when their plane collided with a Coast Guard aircraft. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rS9u05x

How a Maui Local Makes Sashimi Extra Special

Hamachi gets a surprising lift from sweet onions in a ponzu sauce. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ARkDWdU

6 Months and a Swirl of Controversy: A Timeline of Claudine Gay’s Tenure as Harvard President

Since beginning in her role in July, Dr. Gay had come under criticism over the Middle East war and her academic record. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/DdAh2Rp

Dave Chappelle Releases a New Netflix Special, ‘The Dreamer’

“The Dreamer” predictably includes trans and disabled jokes but punches down in other ways, too. Chappelle is part of a comedy elite that Gary Gulman pokes at. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/wWZBblf

After George Floyd, Are Juries Convicting Police Officers?

Since the death of George Floyd, a national movement promised sweeping justice reform. So far, police prosecutions have resulted in a mixed bag of convictions, acquittals and a mistrial. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/JOW3KuV

What’s Better Than a Tiny Island Cabin? Two, Side by Side.

For years, the antique cottage off the coast of Washington had served her well. But with grandchildren on the way, she needed a little extra space. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/M8aqO3S