• Style

Hey Babe, Let’s Meet for Steak, Crayons and … Jazz?

admin13 May 2025

“Backgammon is the cruelest game — so much of it is based on luck,” said Joe Urso, who was one tournament away from earning his grandmaster title, but down a few points in his match on a recent Wednesday night last month. Mr. Urso, 41, and several ...

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• lifestyle

Kennedy Is Right About the Chemicals in Our Food

admin13 May 2025

The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., believes toxic chemicals in food are behind the U.S. explosion in rates of obesity and a range of other chronic illnesses. “A facade of normalcy has masked this meteoric rise in chronic disease, and we can ...

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• World

Could Branding Herself as a ‘Mom Governor’ Help Hochul Win Re-election?

admin12 May 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a moderate Democrat, used Fox News to amplify a message that her policies are “giving kids their childhoods back.”

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• lifestyle

Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk

admin12 May 2025

“Mr. Mitchell, how do we access the punk?” That’s what a student asked at Emerson College in Boston after a recent screening of “Shortbus,” my 2006 film, which chronicles a real-life bohemian New York City art and sex salon scene that flourished ...

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There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This

admin12 May 2025

Early in my medical career, I was shocked to learn that intensive care units are full of patients who never expect to leave the hospital alive. Facing advanced disease and collapsing organ systems, they rely on the miracles of modern technology to ...

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• Sports

Pope Leo XIV heads the Catholic church from Vatican City — where a secret tennis court awaits

admin11 May 2025

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

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• lifestyle

How Trump Can Close a Nuclear Deal with Iran

admin11 May 2025

In trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, the Trump administration faces a thorny dilemma. Part of it is of the president’s own making: In 2018, President Trump pulled out of the existing nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...

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• World

On the Role of Women in Church Leadership, Leo Has Followed Francis’ Lead

admin10 May 2025

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

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• World

Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

admin10 May 2025

Ras J. Baraka and city officials have been trying to close the leased lockup, saying it’s part of President Trump’s unjust deportation campaign.

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• lifestyle

‘Let This Papacy Be a Light in Darkening Times’

admin10 May 2025

More from our inbox: Presidential ProfitsThe new pope on his first day in Vatican City, on Thursday. Credit...Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “An American Pope” (front page, May 9): In an age of crises and confusion, it is no ...

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