X, the social media service owned by Elon Musk, will host live video town halls with former President Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, a major push into politics, according to a person familiar with the plans. The town halls, which will be produced in…
We are so back. No matter how long I live here, I will never get over the awesome power of late May and early June in New York City. The temperatures are consistently warm, but not too hot. There’s rain, but not too much. And the worst of the pollen has passed. And you know…
A third farmworker in the United States has been found to be infected with bird flu, heightening concerns about an outbreak among dairy cattle first identified in March. The worker is the first in this outbreak to have respiratory symptoms, including a cough, sore throat and watery eyes, which generally increase the likelihood of transmission…
You can make a niçoise salad year-round, and I do: I always have canned tuna in the pantry and olives and anchovies in the fridge, and the grocer closest to me stocks cherry tomatoes and green beans even in the depths of January. It’s not eating with the seasons, but it is eating with my…
The website calling itself Man Stuff News caters to a certain sensibility, with categories like “Backyard Grilling,” “TV Shows for Guys” and “Beard Grooming.” A recent article headlined “Tips for Dads During Labor” offered this nugget of advice: “Just remember to spend some time together before deciding whether or not to give birth.” Get to…
In Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” the Wild Things are hardly mild. When the main character, a little boy named Max, meets these monsters, he first notices their “terrible” roars, teeth, eyes and claws. A rumpus ensues, and Max comes to learn that these monsters aren’t terrible at all. They’re…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When Soumya Karlamangla, who lives in San Francisco, tells someone she works for The New York Times, the reaction is often the same: a look of confusion. “People that I’m interviewing in the field will…
Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022, climbing most sharply as the coronavirus pandemic shut down campuses and upended young adults’ lives, according to new research published on Thursday. The prevalence of PTSD rose to 7.5 percent from 3.4 percent during that period, according to the findings. Researchers…
A new study, published Wednesday, found that girls are starting their menstrual cycles earlier now than in previous decades. The trend is more pronounced for girls from minority groups and those from lower-income backgrounds. The findings add to growing evidence suggesting that some girls around the world are hitting puberty earlier in life — a…
Hotels in Luang Prabang, Laos’s temple-dotted former royal capital, have long taken their design cues from the town’s French-colonial past with teakwood floors, louvered windows and creamy stucco walls. Against that backdrop, the new Senglao Boutique Hotel, which opened earlier this month, is a brightly colored standout. Its Laotian owners hired the Bangkok-based designer Saran…
