Carole Wilbourn, a self-described cat therapist, who was known for her skill in decoding the emotional life of cats, as confounding as that would seem to be, died on Dec. 23 at her home in Manhattan. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her sister Gail Mutrux. Ms. Wilbourn’s patients shredded sofas, toilet paper…
In November 2016, as Facebook was being blamed for a torrent of fake news and conspiracy theories swirling around the first election of Donald J. Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of the social network, wrote an apologetic post. In his message, Mr. Zuckerberg announced a series of steps he planned to take to grapple…
“No one ever lets you do that. They have a person, so that’s very cool. Hi, I’m Vivian, and I’m a recipe developer. And I’m here at the New York Times’ cooking studio. And today, we’ll be making hand-pulled noodles. I first experienced the hand-pulled noodle dish — it was a little blue shop. I…
Water fluoridation is widely seen as one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century, credited with widely reducing tooth decay. But there has been growing controversy among scientists about whether fluoride may be linked to lower I.Q. scores in children. A comprehensive federal analysis of scores of previous studies, published this week…
Ann Altman, the younger sister of OpenAI’s chief executive and founder, Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal court on Monday accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, said that the abuse occurred in the Altmans’…
When Laura Loomer, a far-right activist, regained control of her Twitter account in late 2022, she knew whom to praise for her reinstatement. “Thank you, Elon!” she wrote to Elon Musk, who had recently bought the social network. In another post, Ms. Loomer, who had been booted from the platform in 2018 for writing an…
In January after all the holiday gluttony (or even slightly sooner), I always want to pivot to something lighter. I often look to the Eastern Mediterranean for inspiration, counting on lots of bright flavors featuring spices, fresh herbs, lemon and olive oil. I craved a scarlet-red beet salad, modeled on one I tasted in Istanbul…
Ports on the East and Gulf Coasts could close next week if dockworkers and employers cannot overcome their big differences over the use of automated machines to move cargo. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, on Tuesday resumed in-person talks aimed at…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Asked to name a few of his favorites places to stop in for a drink, Joshua M. Bernstein was caught off guard. “Man, you’re putting me on the spot,” he said. “I’ve got to think…
For years, Mark Zuckerberg tried to keep his social networks above the fray of partisan politics. And why not? Meta’s flagship apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — were rowdy nation-states unto themselves, with billions of users, fragile internal politics, skittish advertisers, perpetually aggrieved influencers and a sprawling, uneven enforcement regime (known as “content moderation”)…
