The Supreme Court seems poised to temporarily allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a woman’s health is at risk, according to a copy of what appeared to be the opinion that showed up briefly on the court’s website on Wednesday. The unsigned opinion dismissed the case on procedural grounds, stating that the court, for now,…
In an unusual move, federal health officials narrowed their recommendations for who should receive the vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised last year that adults age 60 or older could receive a single lifetime dose of an R.S.V. vaccine, in consultation with their health care providers. On…
The Olympics have ancient beginnings. Now, they will also have a dose of the latest technology. This year, highlights from the Summer Olympics will be brought to you by artificial intelligence — and more specifically, the A.I.-generated narration of Al Michaels. Executives at NBCUniversal and the streaming service Peacock said on Wednesday that a customized,…
How do you know if you are fit? Or, at least, fit enough? And how can you tell if your fitness is improving? You have to test yourself. And while most people haven’t participated in a fitness evaluation since their high school Presidential Physical Fitness Test, it’s good to occasionally check in on your progress….
The new maintenance coordinator at an apartment complex in Dallas has been getting kudos from tenants and colleagues for good work and late-night assistance. Previously, the eight people on the property’s staff, managing the buildings’ 814 apartments and town homes, were overworked and putting in more hours than they wanted. Besides working overtime, the new…
When the stand-up comic Keith Robinson was 10 years old growing up in Philadelphia, his father was stabbed to death in a bar. Sitting in the restaurant above the Comedy Cellar in New York on a recent weekday afternoon, Robinson explained what happened dispassionately, adding that the killer died soon after. “He got shot accidentally…
After ChatGPT came out in 2022, the marketing team at Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Lysol and Mucinex, was convinced that new artificial intelligence technology could help its business. But the team was uncertain about how, so it turned to Boston Consulting Group for help. Reckitt’s request was one of hundreds that Boston Consulting Group received…
Hello! Mia again, filling in for Melissa Clark today. She’ll be back with us next week. When I moved into my first New York City apartment (on 112th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), there was enough space in my teensy galley kitchen for exactly one kitchen appliance. Would it be a microwave? A food…
The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a major practical victory on Wednesday, rejecting a challenge to its contacts with social media platforms to combat what administration officials said was misinformation. The court ruled that the states and users who had challenged the contacts had not suffered the sort of direct injury that gave them…
Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, chair of the Senate health committee, called on a government watchdog to investigate why insurance companies are still charging women for birth control — a move that thrust access to contraceptives back into the spotlight. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office, the senator noted that insurance…
