Hello, and happy Saturday! Is everyone feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, having fully shaken off the cobwebs of the last year, and eager to take on the adventures that await in 2025? Yeah, me neither. I can’t say that I’m feeling ready for a new year. (There are still folded stacks of 2024 laundry that need…
More than two feet of fresh snow fell on Park City, Utah, this past week, perfectly timed for the throngs of holiday skiers gathering at Park City Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States. But instead of experiencing a powder high, skiers and snowboarders encountered long lift lines, limited terrain and widespread frustration…
The two sides in the momentous clash at the Supreme Court over a measure that could shut down TikTok made their closing written arguments on Friday, sharply disputing China’s influence over the site and the role the First Amendment should play in evaluating the law. Their briefs, filed on an exceptionally abbreviated schedule set last…
The surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service warned on Friday that even light or moderate alcohol consumption can increase a person’s risk of cancer. In a new report, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, said that alcohol use had been directly linked with at least seven types of cancers, including those of the…
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a Beijing-based cybersecurity company on Friday, blaming it for helping Chinese hackers infiltrate U.S. communications systems and conduct surveillance across four continents. In an announcement, the department said the company, Integrity Technology Group, had supported a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Flax Typhoon in a campaign to break…
In Portland, Ore., two women who own a development firm could not get a real estate broker to consider an offer they made to buy some land. But when they got a male developer friend to call the broker and put in the same offer, it was immediately accepted. In Durham, N.C., a Jamaican American…
Fitness advice on social media can be littered with misinformation and impossible promises. No single exercise can give you a six pack, and just because someone has a large following doesn’t mean they’re qualified to give fitness guidance, said Dr. Amy Comander, the director of the lifestyle medicine program at Massachusetts General Hospital. If you…
Hello! Tejal here, filling in for Sam today and Sunday. I didn’t grow up with “The Silver Palate Cookbook,” but when the 25th anniversary edition came out in 2007, I was an aspiring writer, thrilled to get into a book party at the Central Park Boathouse. Between filling up on the passed hors d’oeuvres and…
The Transportation Department announced on Friday a $2 million penalty against JetBlue Airways for operating several flights on the East Coast that chronically arrived late in 2022 and 2023. Half of the money collected will go to the impacted passengers. The penalty is the first time that the D.O.T. has fined an airline for chronic…
Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, and alcoholic beverages should carry a warning label as packs of cigarettes do, the U.S. surgeon general said on Friday. It is the latest salvo in a fierce debate about the risks and benefits of moderate drinking as the influential U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans are about to…
