Good morning. “Dear Winter,” the sign in front of a local business read, “I’m breaking up with you.” Me, too. I love cold, snow, thick ice, quartered oak roaring in the fireplace. I love sea smoke on the bay and the crunch of frozen leaves beneath my feet in the forest. But I don’t love…
In the long, storied history of the Los Angeles Lakers’ rivalry with the Boston Celtics, there have been plenty of L.A. losses more difficult for the Lakers to swallow than Saturday’s 111-101 setback. But that doesn’t make the end of an eight-game winning streak, punctuated by the exit of LeBron James due to a groin…
Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to President Trump. Reaching out to Washington lobbyists. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson. Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul who was once a top Democratic donor, has embarked on a long-shot campaign to secure a pardon from the Trump administration, six people with knowledge…
If you need to find the musician Harrison Patrick Smith in any room that he’s in, just look for the guy in the skinny black suit. What the pinstripes are to the Yankees, a shrunken, chauffeur driver’s black suit is for Mr. Smith, 28, who performs as the Dare. And so, on Wednesday evening in…
Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents. Hantavirus does not spread among people in the cases found in the United States. It can be transmitted through rodent saliva. But it is most commonly transmitted by breathing in…
Does anyone else find themselves happily tumbling into more project cooking lately? Maybe it’s because I’m clinging to the coziness winter provides. Maybe I’ve watched too many charming, ASMR-adjacent YouTube videos of people calmly assembling wonderful dinners in beautiful locations. Or maybe it’s because, if my hands are busy smashing garlic or deveining shrimp, I…
Feb 28, 2025; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane (22) drives to the basket as New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby (8) defendsduring the third quarter at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images The Memphis Grizzlies are just two games out of second place in the Western Conference. And they’re just four games…
Figma, a cloud-based design platform, has met with investment banks in recent weeks to discuss an initial public offering that could come as soon as this year, two people with knowledge of the matter said. In 2023, European and U.S. regulators stymied an effort by the software giant Adobe to buy Figma for $20 billion….
At least a quarter of an hour before the Givenchy show was to begin, the white-walled salons of the brand’s headquarters on Avenue George V began to fill up with guests. To understand why that is significant, consider the fact that in the skewed reality of fashion, a show is considered to have started on…
The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as hostile, including “entities associated with communist, socialist or totalitarian parties,” according to a questionnaire obtained by The New York Times. The online survey was sent this week to groups working abroad to research diseases like…