Katherine Clark Harris and Abhishek Gupta were driving back from the Napa Valley region of California — where they had spent their first Valentine’s Day together — to Mr. Gupta’s San Francisco home in 2018. Ms. Harris, 32, a native New Yorker then living in Washington, was navigating the hourlong return trip when they suddenly […] More
For most American adults, the Covid-19 situation is now straightforward. Vaccine shots are widely available, and once you’ve had one, Covid no longer needs to dominate your life. You are unlikely to contract any form of the virus and are virtually guaranteed not to suffer serious symptoms. You can socialize with friends, indoors or outdoors. […] More
MEXICO CITY — A New York Times journalist was denied entry into Nicaragua on Thursday amid a nationwide crackdown against the media and civil society in the Central American nation. Anatoly Kurmanaev, who recently joined the Times’s Mexico City bureau after years covering Venezuela, had his ticket to Managua canceled by the airline he was […] More
“With excess saving they can afford more of everything,” Jason Furman, a Harvard economist and former Obama administration official, wrote this week. Although companies are increasing the supply of many products to satisfy rising demand, they may not always be able to keep up. One unknown, as Neil points out, is how many people have […] More
It’s a groundfish that doesn’t taste like a bottom dweller. It’s a highlight of my summer meals. America suited Charpentier’s ambitions. Not long after his arrival, he opened his restaurant in Lynbrook, a landlocked village on the South Shore of Long Island, about an hour outside the city. He courted customers from his work in […] More
“We’ve had at least five cars come by and say, ‘Are you guys open?’” Ogboghodo said. Moments later, a man rode a motorcycle down the sidewalk and asked about coming in. Simon said both the Short Stop and the other bar she manages, Footsie’s, had been closed during lockdowns; it wouldn’t have made financial sense […] More
Here’s what you need to know: Members of the press in front of Villa La Grange, where President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin will meet on Wednesday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times After spending much of his first trip abroad working to rebuild and strengthen America’s alliances in Europe, President Biden will sit down with […] More
For a few minutes, not long after the start of the second half, France finally had to break a sweat. Quite how many minutes, exactly, is a matter of perspective: the French might come in low, at about 10 minutes; Germany, by contrast, might be inclined to be a little more generous, and put the […] More
On a gas grill, light the outside or front and rear burners and do your indirect grilling over the unlit burner or burners in the center. On a kamado-style cooker, insert the heat diffuser plate — ceramic in most models, metal in some — to block direct exposure to the fire. The pellet grill set […] More
As the Jan. 6 insurrection at Congress worsened, Capitol police and D.C. officials began to scramble for help. As pro-Trump rioters breached the building and brought Congress to a halt, they made more than 12 requests of the Pentagon for the National Guard to come, according to findings from the House Oversight Committee. And over […] More
Jim Leuenberger grew up on a dairy farm in northeast Iowa, worked in dairy for his whole career and then retired to Shawano County, Wis., a major dairy producing area. In 2011, after noticing quilt-like art adorning the barns near where his sister lives in Kentucky, he thought it would be nice to bring the […] More
Here’s what you need to know: The Original Farmers Market in Los Angeles last week. As of Tuesday, business owners no longer have to limit the number of customers allowed inside their businesses at one time.Credit…Allison Zaucha for The New York Times California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions and officially reopened on Tuesday, marking […] More
