Around that time, “there was another thing I had to deal with,” Evan told me. We were sitting in a study room in the library at Loyola Marymount. Long, wide windows overlooked a colonnade of palm trees. Evan has the same deep dimples and unwavering eye contact as his younger self, but he wears his…
When Natalie and Shane Plummer moved into separate bedrooms 12 years ago, they really just wanted more sleep. The couple, who have been married for 24 years and live in Meridian, Idaho, hoped Ms. Plummer would get a respite from her husband’s snoring. (She did.) They also thought Mr. Plummer, 47 — the tidier partner…
Apr 8, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Collin Morikawa plays on the 16th green during a practice round for the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Katie Goodale-Imagn Images Collin Morikawa went through most of last season “guessing” whether he could execute any given golf shot and decided the only way forward was…
In the series opener against the Kansas City Royals on Friday night, the Baltimore Orioles ran themselves out of at least one scoring opportunity, hit into two double plays, and had an outfielder throw to the wrong base for a third time already this season. Such ragged play has made for an underwhelming early impression…
We interact with people every day: A brief nod to a neighbor. A friendly chat in the school pick-up line. A heart-to-heart with a friend. Together, these moments add up to your “social biome,” a term coined by the communication researchers Andy Merolla, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Jeffrey Hall, of the…
A little over a year ago, Joseph Coates was told there was only one thing left to decide. Did he want to die at home, or in the hospital? Coates, then 37 and living in Renton, Wash., was barely conscious. For months, he had been battling a rare blood disorder called POEMS syndrome, which had…
On Monday evening in Paris, Karlie Kloss and the fashion designer Rick Owens were reminiscing about their first meeting. It was, Ms. Kloss said, 17 years ago when she was so fresh to modeling that her mom accompanied her to the fitting. What a difference a decade and a half makes. Today Ms. Kloss sits…
To bring to life the nefarious corporation at the center of the dystopian thriller “Severance,” the director of photography Jessica Lee Gagné needed to find the right location for a fictional headquarters. As she scoured the internet for abandoned malls, she stumbled upon a blog with photos of a decaying, hollowed-out midcentury office building called…