Several cities announced the easing of lockdown regulations and testing requirements after the country’s biggest demonstrations in decades.
Continue readingBoy, 14, Is Fatally Shot in the Bronx
The police said the boy, whose name has not yet been released, was found Wednesday night outside a building in Fordham/University Heights with a gunshot wound to his torso.
Continue readingWe’re Out of Movie Stars. Whose Fault Is That?
Obviously, two of the year’s biggest movies are just the second installments of franchises that could go on long after we’re gone. One of them is actually calling itself “Wakanda Forever.” But I’m watching us devour both it and “Top Gun: Maverick …
Continue reading8 Books Coming in December
Cursed Bunny: Stories, by Bora Chung. Translated by Anton Hur. These selections, by an acclaimed South Korean writer, are scatological, surreal and flat-out creepy. In the title story, a rabbit-shaped lamp unleashes a tragedy for anyone who touches …
Continue reading‘The Writing Is as Good as the Food’: Prue Leith’s Favorite Cookbooks
What books are on your night stand? I’ve recently been forced to cull a few because I couldn’t see over the pile and there was no room for the mandatory mug of tea. So I’ve finally aborted my attempts to read “Ulysses” (I bought a crib for it and …
Continue readingA Punk Rocker Searches for His Bass and the Friend Who Stole It
Sam Lipsyte’s new novel, “No One Left to Come Looking for You,” centers on the 1990s music scene in downtown New York.
Continue readingHow America Became Addicted to Exercise
In “Fit Nation,” Natalia Mehlman Petrzela charts the evolution of our national attitudes toward fitness.
Continue readingBiden’s Meeting With Macron Comes Amid Rising Trans-Atlantic Tensions
The president’s “Made in America” plan has drawn accusations of protectionism from Europe as the United States tries to keep its Western allies aligned against Russia.
Continue readingJessie Buckley’s Monster Talent
According to the teachings of the paduan theater artist Giovanni Fusetti, one of the great clowning masters in the world, the Italian word folle, as in il Folle, “the Fool,” comes from the Latin word follis, which means the bellows, that implement …
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