Thursday, April 30, 2020

What to Do if Your Watch Is Magnetized

Unfortunately, even just proximity to your phone might be enough to do it. And then?

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Watches for Your Ears

“The watch world has definitely come around to the concept of podcasting,” one host said. Here are six for your playlist.

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Time to Check Your Pandemic-Abandoned Car for Rats

There might be a nest in the engine.

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Time to Check Your Pandemic-Abandoned Car for Rats

There might be a nest in the engine.

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Macy’s Plans to Reopen All of Its 775 Stores in 6 to 8 Weeks

The chain’s plans also brought into sharper focus what the pandemic-era shopping experience may look like.

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High School Seniors Are Making Yearbooks on Instagram

The class of 2020 has given up prom, graduation and other rites, but they’re sharing memories and celebrating each other’s achievements online.

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Pegu Club, a Pioneering Manhattan Cocktail Bar, Won’t Reopen

The SoHo bar kicked off the craft cocktail movement in New York, and beyond.

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I Need a Vacation From Parenting in Isolation

Can I ask my ex to take the kids, even though his girlfriend doesn’t want them?

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What Do Famous People’s Bookshelves Reveal?

In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive.

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People Have Gone Full 1800s

In the midst of quarantine, flower pressing, natural dyeing and other activities from Victorian times have made a comeback.

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What Do Famous People’s Bookshelves Reveal?

In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive.

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No One to Hunker Down With

Three days before we were told to stay home, the man I’d been dating for a month told me he was self-isolating.

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Two Women, Two Career Paths and a Shared Passion: Cars

The hall of famer and the young gun. How two enthusiasts have carved a life in racing.

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Chanel’s ‘Fashion Watch’ Set the Fashion

Twenty years on, critics agree the J12’s unisex look and use of ceramic were ahead of its time.

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It’s Time at Luxury Resale Sites

Buyers are finding higher-end watches — but for less — on consignment and secondhand sites.

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FIRST COMES SCANDAL by Julia Quinn

Will Georgiana Bridgerton and Nicholas Rokesby’s unorthodox courtship lead to a marriage of convenience or will they find true love with each other?

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THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Monk Kidd

A scholarly young woman named Ana meets an 18-year-old Jesus and becomes caught up in a confluence of dangers.

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IF IT BLEEDS by Stephen King

Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”

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WALK THE WIRE by David Baldacci

The sixth book in the Memory Man series. Decker and Jamison investigate a murder in a North Dakota town in a fracking boom.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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Together Apart? How About Totally Losing It?

After over a month of social-distancing requirements, New Yorkers are beginning to turn on each other.

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Their Met Gala, Their Way. You’re Invited.

A group of internet kids are about to hold the biggest fashion party of the year.

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Drawing Places, Capturing Memories

The writer learns to step away from life filtered through a camera and catches memories with pencil and paper.

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Let’s Bury the Hatchet!

Some people are using time in isolation to resolve deeply held grudges.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Teachers and Students in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Teachers and students are stressed. Here’s some things we learned talking with educators.

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How to Defend a Dissertation Virtually

Isolation paves the way for community.

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Biggest Mall Operator in U.S. Plans to Reopen 49 of Them

In a memo, Simon Property Group laid out how it planned to open the properties in 10 states between Friday and Monday.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Sometimes a Romantic Plan Isn’t Enough’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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8 Delicious Ways to Use Your Sourdough Discard

You finally got that starter going. Now, use the discard in delicious baked goods while eliminating waste.

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Jodie Comer on Her Killer Beauty Regimen

Pilates and chocolate are keeping the “Killing Eve” actress serene while she shelters in place.

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Finally There’s Time to Read (or at Least Organize Your Books)

Books tell a story about who you are. Here’s how to make it an interesting one.

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Shopping Your Garden

Why make a trip to the nursery when you may have everything you need in your own backyard?

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Finally There’s Time to Read (or at Least Organize Your Books)

Books tell a story about who you are. Here’s how to make it an interesting one.

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A Letter From the Contents of My Bra Drawer

It’s been weeks since we’ve seen each other.

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Everyone Is Giving Away Cash on Instagram

As the coronavirus continues to disrupt lives and livelihoods, influencers are offering free money to followers — and gaining a lot more in return.

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The Lightest, Brothiest Soup for When You Can’t Eat Another Bite

Kind of hungry, but exhausted by the mere thought of eating? Alison Roman has the perfect thing for when you’re in appetite purgatory.

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The Most Poignant Shortage: Selling Out of Sympathy Cards

“It seems just about everyone knows someone who has died,” one card maker said, helping to explain why the cards are now hard to find at many stores.

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A High-End Building That Seemed Ideal for Young Performers

A mother and her professional, home-schooled children were drawn to the building’s amenities. But now they’re stuck in their apartment.

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The Clean Queen Talks Quarantine

What the “The Joy of Cooking” was to the culinary arts, “Home Comforts” was to keeping house. Now, five weeks into lockdown, it’s freshly relevant.

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Three Things Lockdowns Have Exposed About Working and Parenting

For one thing, with children popping up in Zoom meetings, it’s impossible to hide that raising children is a round-the-clock responsibility.

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After Closing for the Virus, Is Michelin Moving Too Quickly?

The tire maker’s C.E.O. says the company must be ready for the end of quarantine, but French unions are wary.

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Sunday, April 26, 2020

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Live Alone? We Want to Hear From You

Now that millions of people are isolated at home, Modern Love is seeking personal stories of lives transformed by sudden solitude.

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How to Trim That Dog Right Up

Clipping your dog’s coat is not exactly a fetch in the park.

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How to Make an Illustrated Map in 8 Steps

Release your inner explorer. Here’s a way to relive, commemorate or envision a favorite place in the world by creating an illustrated map.

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For Pop Stars in Their 20s, It’s Totally the ’90s All Over Again

Every two decades or so, the old becomes stylishly new. And now the pop artifacts of the Y2K era — winking futurism, loads of glitter, “TRL”-style videos — are back, with an update.

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At Home With Diplo, Livestreaming on Instagram

The popular D.J. is streaming music and memes to thousands with a fog machine from Target — and “having the best time ever,” he reports.

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Saturday, April 25, 2020

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Scene 1: City Hall. Scene 2: Rooftop Overlooking City.

Amanda Jane Cooper and Andrew Bell met at church, and then married in New York when the coronavirus seemed likely to foil their wedding plans.

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A Free Wedding in the Nick of Time

Maggie Moore and Brandon Baez married at Glencliff Manor, which offered to help couples whose weddings were upended because of the coronavirus.

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Family Over Flowers

Sarah Fagan and Ohmar Bogle opted for a scaled-down event at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.

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A Man and Woman of Letters (Many of Them)

Logan Sachon and Matthew Davis met in 2008 while working together, but they didn’t become friends — correspondents, really — until years later. Love came later still.

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Friday, April 24, 2020

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Love Letter: What Are the Rules of a Pandemic Breakup?

Plus: A love beyond borders.

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Is Summer Camp Canceled?

Across the country, parents, children and counselors are wondering if a treasured summer rite can possibly proceed.

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When It’s Either Your Ex, or Nobody, for Months

People have worse problems, but mine is having my boyfriend break up with me at the start of the pandemic.

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The Easier Way to Make a Garden Bed

It might seem like the lazy gardener’s approach, but it also happens to be the most economical.

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Do You Want to Die in an I.C.U.? Pandemic Makes Question All Too Real

Sobering statistics for older patients sharpen the need to draw up advanced directives for treatment and share them with their families.

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How to Make It in America as a Professional Falconer

The job promises flexible hours, a connection to nature and irresistible Instagram content. But is it recession-proof?

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Do You Want to Die in an I.C.U.? Pandemic Makes Question All Too Real

Sobering statistics for older patients sharpen the need to draw up advanced directives for treatment and share them with their families.

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Are People Who Live in Dog-Friendly Buildings Happier?

The answer is a no-brainer for dog owners, although some of their neighbors might still be on the fence.

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Shangela Cooks Wiener Schnitzel While ‘Quaranqueening’

The “Drag Race” veteran, who is sheltering in Texas, stars in the new reality show “We’re Here.”

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How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens

Being thoughtful about our use of screens can help us emerge from this crisis empowered and in control, and with more self-awareness.

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Iris Love, Stylish Archaeologist and Dog Breeder, Dies at 86

She was once known as the archaeologist in a miniskirt, a scion of old New York whose second career was raising Westminster Kennel Club champions.

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Performers and Artists Turn to Online Video in Pandemic

The pandemic has disrupted the creative lives of everyday Americans who used to spend untold hours together singing, dancing and making art, sometimes for money, always with love.

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Class Is in Session Everywhere Now

Around the country, museums, libraries, zoos and even federal agencies are offering lessons, activities and fun for learners of all ages.

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How to Cut Your Own Bangs

This is a tutorial for people who have straight or wavy bangs. If you don’t already have bangs, stop reading now.

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Influencing? In This Economy? It’s Only Gotten More Competitive

Josh Zimmerman is a life coach for creators, whose careers have become ever more consuming, uncertain and subject to scrutiny under coronavirus.

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Be a Friend to the Elderly, Get Paid

Combating loneliness is vital work. Services that offer ‘grandkids on demand’ are doing just that.

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Overheard on Zoom: Co-Workers Talking About My ‘Weird’ Habits

I’m embarrassed, but also: What can I do differently?

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Hollywood Beacons in the Night

The great movie palaces of Los Angeles have withstood much upheaval over the decades. Now closed because of the coronavirus, they await their fate in silence.

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7 Things You Need for Better Video Calls

Remote video meetings are now inescapable, but they can be awkward and glitchy. Investing in a few tools can make the experience much better.

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THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes

In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.

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SAVAGE SON by Jack Carr

The third book in the Terminal List series. The Russian mafia targets a former Navy SEAL who is recovering from brain surgery.

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THE LAST EMPEROX by John Scalzi

The third book in the Interdependency series. As an interstellar pathway collapses, Emperox Grayland II fights to save humanity.

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MASKED PREY by John Sandford

The 30th book in the Prey series. Washington politicians ask Lucas Davenport to look into someone who is targeting their children.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Bezos Takes Back the Wheel at Amazon

The chief executive, who had distanced himself from day-to-day management, is closely involved in the company’s response to the pandemic.

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The Social Media Challenges Helping Keep Boredom at Bay

From bouncing Ping-Pong balls off pots and pans for the perfect #TrickShot to turning pillows into D.I.Y. dresses, here’s how people are staving off cabin fever while in lockdown.

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Victoria’s Secret Sale at Risk as Buyer Blames Virus Response

A private equity firm acknowledged the “international tragedy and health emergency,” but said it didn’t excuse actions taken by the lingerie chain’s parent company, including closing stores.

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Restoring a 150-Year-Old Farmhouse

The farmhouse in Sharon, Conn., was ‘impossibly perfect.’ All they had to do was fix 150 years’ worth of damage and bad renovations.

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The Small-Space Workout Challenge

If your home isn’t that big, finding a place to exercise while you’re confined there may seem nearly impossible. Here’s what the experts suggest.

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The Best Way to Freeze Baked Goods

Here’s how to store biscuits, cookies, pie dough and more, so they taste just as good later.

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Wait … Is Twitter Good Now?

Sort of.

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The State of Fashion Models in a Pandemic

A new survey reveals the financial concerns weighing on out-of-work models. Models of color are feeling especially vulnerable.

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All of the Ways You Can Help

The coronavirus pandemic has left many in need, but there are many ways you can assist, and often no money is needed.

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Should Masks Be a Fashion Statement?

Capitalist opportunities often emerge from times of trauma. That doesn’t make the origin stories any less uncomfortable.

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7 Travel Stories to Help You Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Confined to the great indoors on Earth Day? These stories will help remind you of the natural world’s many splendors — and why environmental protections are of crucial importance for the future of the planet.

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Why We Laugh During a Pandemic

Humor is one of the main coping mechanisms during periods of sickness, death and anxiety. So don’t feel guilty.

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Canada Goose Will Stop Buying Fur — Sort Of

As of 2022, the luxury outerwear brand will no longer purchase new coyote fur. But it is not giving up fur entirely.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

So You’re Having a Baby During a Pandemic

First: Congrats! Now: How do you celebrate? How do you talk about it? What does a baby shower look like today?

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Coronavirus in N.Y.C. Coffee Is One Routine New Yorkers Won't Give Up

There’s a reason the city never sleeps.

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The Death of the Department Store: ‘Very Few Are Likely to Survive’

Shuttered flagships. Empty malls. Canceled orders. Risks of bankruptcy. The coronavirus has hit the behemoths of the retail world.

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Coffee Is One Routine New Yorkers Won’t Give Up

There’s a reason the city never sleeps.

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FOMO Is Over. Give In to the Joy of Letting Go.

As the days of quarantine drag on, many women are reveling in the relinquishment of high heels, painful waxes and constricting garments.

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The Latest Fashion Accessory in Miami: A Luxury Condo

Upscale brands are licensing their names to developers in South Florida who are looking to stand out in a crowded market.

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In a Chaotic Season, Where to Begin Your Spring Cleanup?

This year, even the easy parts of gardening are challenging. A veteran gardener offers advice and encouragement.

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Coronavirus Roommate Tips: The Dos and Don'ts

In most zombie movies, there’s usually someone who endangers the lot. Don’t let that be you.

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After Years of Watching It Fall Apart, the Home Was Finally Theirs

The farmhouse in Sharon, Conn., was ‘impossibly perfect.’ All they had to do was fix 150 years’ worth of damage and bad renovations.

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Pandemic’s Costs Stagger the Nursing Home Industry

Even before the coronavirus swept through care facilities, many were struggling with thin profit margins. Now they could be wiped out.

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Monday, April 20, 2020

How to Make One-Pot Pasta With Practically Any Pasta

Master this technique, and save yourself time at the stove — and the sink.

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Sirio Maccioni, Whose Le Cirque Drew Manhattan’s Elite, Dies at 88

Dash, charm and matinee-idol looks helped make Mr. Maccioni an unusual sort of celebrity in New York City’s restaurant scene.

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What It’s Like Self-Isolating in a Studio Apartment

One-room dwellings have long been part of New York City’s hustle and hope. But how about when there’s nowhere else to go?

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The Small-Space Workout Challenge

If your home isn’t that big, finding a place to exercise while you’re confined there may seem nearly impossible. Here’s what the experts suggest.

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The Small-Space Workout Challenge

If your home isn’t that big, finding a place to exercise while you’re confined there may seem nearly impossible. Here’s what the experts suggest.

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Shopping for Mobile Storage

Working from home for a while? Here’s what to do with all the clutter.

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Can Fashion Save Itself?

Anna Wintour and the CFDA have raised $4.1 million to help small designers, stores and factories survive. Hundreds have applied.

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82

Called “the last of the adventurers,” Mr. Beard photographed African fauna at great personal risk, and well into old age could party till dawn. He had been missing for 19 days.

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That Face Shield Might Have Been Made in a Party Space

A chic loft in the meatpacking district has reinvented itself as a factory for personal protective equipment.

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Don’t Mention the Virus! And Other Marketing Tips

Brands and influencers want to sell products to homebound customers, but doing so requires being sensitive to the reality of the pandemic.

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Saturday, April 18, 2020

Liyna Anwar, 30, Dies; Publicized Inequities in Stem Cell Registry

She was a journalist of South Asian descent whose struggle to find a matching donor to treat her leukemia became a cri de coeur and encouraged more people of color to register.

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Are Face Masks the New Condoms?

If people with no symptoms are spreading the coronavirus, as some studies suggest, it may be time to give face masks the kind of advertising and promotion that support condoms as lifesavers.

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The Seas as the Ultimate Coronavirus Isolation? Not. So. Fast.

Folks who live on boats face off with land they can’t set foot on, staring down logistical hurdles, ethical issues and social media harshness.

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Are Face Masks the New Condoms?

If people with no symptoms are spreading the coronavirus, as some studies suggest, it may be time to give face masks the kind of advertising and promotion that support condoms as lifesavers.

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Friday, April 17, 2020

At Least New Yorkers Can Still Roll Their Eyes

Most people are seeming to obey, if sometimes reluctantly, the new statewide order to wear facial coverings in public wherever social distancing is not possible.

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Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss

“Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” the singer and songwriter’s first album since 2012, is a bold, cathartic, challenging masterpiece. Our critics have a lot to say about it.

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The Pandemic Work Diary of a Video-Streaming C.E.O.

From her parents’ home, Vimeo’s Anjali Sud oversees 600 employees and surging demand for feeds of documentaries, yoga classes and funerals.

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Love Letter: Reunited After a Long-Distance Marriage

Plus: Did you get married recently?

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Online Balls and Making Art

How David Kratz, Rachel Feinstein and Susan Fales-Hill are self-isolating.

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We All Live in Bubbles Now. How Safe Is Yours?

Isolating with others requires rules and trust. What happens if your roommate keeps seeing other people?

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Jimmy Webb, Purveyor of Punk Fashion, Is Dead at 62

He wasn’t a rocker himself, but as the manager of the East Village clothing emporium Trash and Vaudeville, he was a proud bearer of the punk-glam torch.

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All Dressed Up, With No Prom to Go To

These high school seniors were looking forward to their last dance. Then their proms started getting canceled.

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Their Ring Bearer Was a Bear

Rita Janecek and Joseph Schaar, both animal lovers, had to call off a much-anticipated Alaskan wedding. Their new venue was about 5,000 miles away, at an animal sanctuary in Florida.

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

How to Handwash Your Clothes

Even if your local laundromat is open, you may choose to do laundry at home to avoid exposure to Covid-19.

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Ivanka Trump and George Stephanopoulos Reach the ‘Corona-Shaming’ Phase of the Pandemic

Ivanka Trump, Chris Cuomo and all kinds of private citizens are getting roasted on social media for perceived failures of public hygiene.

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How to Substitute Flours

Can’t find all-purpose flour? Out of whole-wheat? Here’s what you can use instead.

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Art Recreation Is the Only Good Instagram Challenge

Around the world, people are posing as famous portraits with toilet paper, bedsheets, drawn-on unibrows, and did we mention toilet paper?

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A Frank Talk About Fat

The author of “This Is Big,” a history of Weight Watchers, comes to terms with a lifetime of dieting, a wavering self-image and the persistence of fat shaming in our society.

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Art Recreation Is the Only Good Instagram Challenge

Around the world, people are posing as famous portraits with toilet paper, bedsheets, drawn-on unibrows, and did we mention toilet paper?

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My Friends Should Let Health Care Workers Stay in Their Empty Apartments. Right?

Doctors and nurses are heading to hot spots to provide front-line aid, and they need housing.

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I’m Working Remotely. Can I Keep Hiding My Secret Baby?

‘I’m pretty sure he thinks it’s a cat.’

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Electric Cars and the Lack of Charging in Cities

For city dwellers who would love an E.V., the biggest hurdle might be keeping it juiced up without a garage or other convenient charging stations.

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The Soundtrack to an Electric Car

The film composer Hans Zimmer is creating a sonic signature for BMW’s forthcoming electric i4 sedan.

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How Does a New Yawker Tawk?

The #BestNYAccent challenge on Instagram brought out the sound of an unflappable city.

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Look, America: No Hands!

I’m sorry to say goodbye to “Homeland,” which ends on April 26. But I’m not sorry to see Carrie Mathison’s cross-body bags go.

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How to Hand-Wash Your Clothes

Even if your local laundromat is open, you may choose to do laundry at home to avoid exposure to Covid-19.

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THE BOOK OF LOST FRIENDS by Lisa Wingate

The stories of three women struggling to get from Louisiana to Texas during Reconstruction are discovered by a first-year teacher living a century later.

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EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng

Lydia, bearing the hopes of a Chinese-American family in 1970s Ohio, ends up at the bottom of a lake.

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THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by AJ Finn

A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

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REVENGE by James Patterson and Andrew Holmes

A former member of the British Special Air Service looks into the death of a young woman in London at her parent’s urging.

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REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Anne Tyler

Micah Mortimer’s orderly existence is thrown off kilter when his partner faces eviction and a teenager claims to be his son.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Feel Like You’re in Prison? These Trainers Actually Were

The formerly incarcerated have lessons to share about emerging from confinement fitter, in mind and body.

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5 Artists to Follow on Instagram Now

Avant-garde architecture, South African self-portraits and Neapolitan thirst traps: Here are the Instagram accounts that brighten our art critic’s daily feed.

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Three-Ingredient Cookies, Fresh From Your Pantry

Bake your way to these sweet snacks using ingredients you’re likely to have on hand.

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The Buy-Nothing Home Office

Whether you are working, looking for work or simply absorbing a new reality, you should be comfortable. Here’s how to do it with stuff you may already have.

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The Buy-Nothing Home Office

Whether you are working, looking for work or simply absorbing a new reality, you should be comfortable. Here’s how to do it with stuff you may already have.

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How to Have a Birthday Party in the Coronavirus Age

The birthday party as we knew it is over. Here’s how to have a birthday gathering.

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How to Cut Your Own Hair With Trimmers

Yes, you can use beard clippers. Yes, you will make a mess. Yes, it will grow back. And yes, you can use this to cut someone else’s hair.

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How to Avoid Burnout When You Have Little Ones

The burnout you feel as a parent and the burnout you feel at work are two separate phenomena with similar symptoms.

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Reese Witherspoon's Disastrous Dress Giveaway for Teachers

Draper James had a well-intentioned giveaway. But it went very wrong.

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The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess)

A computer with a good internet connection, communication apps and entertainment are the only tech we really need, ever.

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Track Down the Mystery Person Who Just Texted You

“New phone, who dis?”

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How to Care for Your Relaxed Hair at Home

Relaxing your own roots is notoriously difficult to get right and can be damaging to the hair. But you do have options.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Robby Browne, Real Estate Player and Philanthropist, Dies at 72

As a top agent in New York City, he socialized with celebrities and the business elite. He also contributed to numerous AIDS- and gay-related charities.

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Feel Like You’re in Prison? These Trainers Actually Were

The formerly incarcerated have lessons to share about emerging from confinement fitter, in mind and body.

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Are Your Parents on TikTok?

When many of us are stuck at home, your folks are going online.

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The News Is Making People Anxious. You’ll Never Believe What They’re Reading Instead.

The coronavirus pandemic has driven interest in uplifting headlines way, way up.

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He Makes Physics Funny

If “The Future Adventures of Schrödinger’s Cat” or “Pavlov’s Household” ring a bell, you may already be in the mind of Tom Gauld.

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Coffee, Stretching, Epsom Salt Baths: Life in Megan Rapinoe’s Skin

And how the soccer star became something of a skin care fanatic.

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The Host of WNYC’s ‘All of It’ on Being a Homebody

Thanks to the virus, Alison Stewart is broadcasting from home. But even if renovation No. 4 had to be postponed, there’s still plenty to love about her Chelsea apartment.

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52 Places, Virtually

While you’re stuck at home waiting for travel restrictions to be lifted, we invite you on a virtual visit to each and every one of our Places to Go in 2020.

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The Host of WNYC’s ‘All of It’ on Being a Homebody

Thanks to the virus, Alison Stewart is broadcasting from home. But even if renovation No. 4 had to be postponed, there’s still plenty to love about her Chelsea apartment.

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The Year of Magical Thinking

When the drumbeat of bad tidings becomes overwhelming, people reach for the rabbit’s foot.

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How Bad Will the Economy Get? Companies Will Provide Clues

The quarterly parade of corporate earnings and management comments could reveal how much damage the pandemic will do and how long the pain will last.

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Monday, April 13, 2020

A Guide to Donating Clothes Today

Good news: you can get ready now. Bad news: you may have to wait.

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How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got Its Logo

On the 50th anniversary of his famous “tongue and lips” emblem for the Rolling Stones, John Pasche says he had no expectations it would become so famous, or lucrative.

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As Reality TV Reunions Go Virtual, What About the Fights?

Castmates, prepare to yell into your Zoom.

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5 Quick and Easy Pasta Recipes

These recipes come together in the time it takes for the noodles to cook.

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In Rural Japan, a 370-Year-Old Tradition Falls to One Child

Every year, students in a mountain village spend months preparing for an elaborate Kabuki performance. An aging society has put their show — and their school — in jeopardy.

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Why am I having weird dreams lately?

Because we all are. But know this: You can program your dreams.

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Condé Nast to Seek Pay Cuts and Government Assistance

The glossy magazine publisher says it is experiencing “significant financial pressure” and imposing cost-saving measures across the globe.

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Cupid in Quarantine

A global tragedy has forced us into full-time togetherness. Here’s how couples can rekindle romantic love and grow together rather than apart.

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He Makes Physics Funny

If “The Future Adventures of Schrödinger’s Cat” or “Pavlov’s Household” ring a bell, you may already be in the mind of Tom Gauld.

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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Saturday, April 11, 2020

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Bill Cunningham’s Easter Parade

Like other public events, it is canceled this year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate what it represents in absentia, thanks to Bill’s photo archive.

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Substitutes for Cooking: Oil, Buttermilk, Heavy Cream and More

Don’t worry: You probably have something in your kitchen that will work. It might even improve the recipe.

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The Chain Letter Is Back, and Just as Annoying as Before

Poems, inspiring quotes, and memories of first cars and kisses are all making the rounds.

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Friday, April 10, 2020

Anne Bass, 78, Arts Patron and Peerless Gardener, Dies

A leading philanthropist, she championed, without fanfare, the New York City Ballet and numerous art museums. She also loved her dahlias.

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Driving and Travel Restrictions Across the United States

Across the 48 contiguous states, authorities have put in differing rules for travel. Here is a comprehensive guide to the current rules.

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How to Make the Perfect Playlist

Need something fresh to listen to? Maybe something inspiring? These tips will help.

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Exercising Outdoors With a Face Mask

Many of you had questions about running or cycling while wearing a face mask. Here’s what the experts have to say.

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Love Letter: They Got Married, Against the Odds

And, a widow’s loss leads to hope.

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Inside the Strip Clubs of Instagram

Going digital may be better for dancers.

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Clare Waight Keller, Designer of Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress, Out at Givenchy

The British designer is leaving the brand that Audrey Hepburn’s image built.

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Victor Skrebneski, Who Captured Stars in Striking Photos, Dies at 90

His career began when he found a camera in a park as a boy. A famous campaign for Estée Lauder followed, as did images of celebrities in black turtlenecks.

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For Festival Fashion, the Music Has Stopped

Festivals like Coachella have been postponed, leaving scores of online fashion retailers with a mass of unsold inventory and unpaid suppliers.

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They Found a Way to Get Married

Across America, couples changed plans and dates and had hurry-up events (with very few guests) before the effects of the coronavirus pandemic curbed so many weddings.

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Cam Girls, Coronavirus and Sex Online Now

More of us are making and watching sexual performances online now. Fewer of us are paying.

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Sandra Lee Has Her Own Message for America

The former “first girlfriend” of New York wants to teach the homebound how to subsist on affordable staples.

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Sex and the Coronavirus: Reader Questions, Answered

Will there be a baby boom in nine months? Is this a bad time to get pregnant? Could PrEP protect me? And should high-risk people abstain altogether?

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How Cam Models Practice Sexual Distancing

The online sex industry is surging during the coronavirus pandemic. For performers, though, what’s good for business isn’t necessarily good for them. Here’s why.

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Things to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend While Staying Inside

A weekly guide to maintaining a social life while social distancing.

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What’s the Point of a Fashion Magazine Now?

Glossy magazines sell fantasy. Now they have to reckon with reality. It’s complicated.

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How to Write a Condolence Note

At this particular moment, email is fine.

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Where Can I Find a Marriage License Near New York City?

The answer may be hidden in Pennsylvania. In an emergency, Yonkers. Or, can you get to Palm Springs?

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Modern Love Podcast: Daniel Radcliffe Reads ‘Somewhere Inside, a Path to Empathy’

The “Harry Potter” star reads an essay about a midlife diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome.

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The Man Behind Cuomo's NY Tough Video

Peter Maiden, whose agency created the popular “We are NY Tough” video, plans to release more uplifting homages.

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The Guy Who Turned Cuomo’s Inspiring Words into a Video

Peter Maiden, whose agency created the popular “We are NY Tough” video, plans to release more uplifting homages.

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Should I Bankroll My New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?

Or is three months into a relationship too soon for financial involvement?

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Their Car Beat Hitler’s Racers, but Who Owns It Now?

A French automaker, an American heiress and a French-Jewish racer formed a team that beat Germany’s far more powerful cars in a 1938 Grand Prix. Its history since then traces a more complex path.

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Sweating to the Oldies. Or Sitting?

An array of workout videos from over the decades that you can enjoy even from (maybe especially from) the comfort of your couch.

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THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich

As a bill that may hurt the rights of Native Americans goes to Congress in 1953, domestic issues arise for plant workers near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.

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FATE by Helen Hardt

The 13th book in the Steel Brothers Saga.

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TEXAS OUTLAW by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle

A Texas Ranger goes to a small town to investigate whether an accidental death was actually a murder.

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VALENTINE by Elizabeth Wetmore

A Texas town on the verge of an oil boom in 1976 becomes divided when a teenage girl is brutally attacked.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

What Does Wellness Mean Now?

How to think about self-care during uncertain times.

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Anne Bass, Arts Patron and Peerless Gardener, Dies at 78

A leading philanthropist, she championed, without fanfare, the New York City Ballet and numerous art museums. She also loved her dahlias.

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10 Ways to Save Passover and Easter This Year

We can make digital gatherings meaningful. But it takes work.

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How We Gather Digitally Now

Birthdays. Funerals. Prom. Passover. How do we do it?

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Cuomo, Fauci, Birx: The New Influencers

This is what authority looks like today.

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For H.I.V. Survivors, a Feeling of Weary Déjà Vu

Some of them are now senior citizens: vulnerable again, mistrustful of government directives about coronavirus and unable to organize.

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The Passover Rules Bend, if Just for One Pandemic

During the holiday, many observant Jews get rid of bread and beans, pasta and rice. But that’s exactly the stuff that gets you through self-isolation.

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With A.I., the Secret Life of Pets Is Not So Secret

New technology in streaming cameras can flag unusual behavior or suggest why the dog might be barking.

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Hotels Open as ‘Comforting Refuge’ for Health Care Workers

Hotels, some high-end, that have closed in recent weeks because of the coronavirus have reopened as lodgings for workers on the front line.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Quinn the Quarantine Fox Wants You to Be Safe at Home

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission created a coronavirus mascot to help prevent additional emergency room trips.

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How to Look Good on Camera, According to Tom Ford

A master class in lighting for your next video conference.

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Coronavirus Driving Restrictions: "Can I Drive Across State Lines?"

The U.S. Constitution ensures the “right to travel,” but during the coronavirus pandemic, state and local officials are increasingly telling drivers to stay home.

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How to Keep ‘Zoombombers’ Out of Your Meetings

There are a few steps you can take to make your video conferences more secure.

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Meet Your Meme Lords

A small team at the Library of Congress is archiving internet culture as fast as it can (now, from home).

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Some Insurers Offer a Break for Drivers Stuck at Home

Allstate and American Family Insurance are pushing savings to customers automatically. Many others have not. We asked.

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In Atlanta, a Major Renovation Without a Major Investment

To turn a dated house into a family home, a designer used budget-friendly tactics, salvaging existing materials and customizing bargain furniture.

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Why Animal Crossing Is the Game for the Coronavirus Moment

With the world in the grip of a pandemic, the wildly popular game is a conveniently timed piece of whimsy, particularly for millennials.

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In Atlanta, a Major Renovation Without a Major Investment

To turn a dated house into a family home, a designer used budget-friendly tactics, salvaging existing materials and customizing bargain furniture.

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Why Animal Crossing Is the Game for the Coronavirus Moment

With the world in the grip of a pandemic, the wildly popular game is a conveniently timed piece of whimsy, particularly for millennials.

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The Art of the Pitch in the Midst of a Pandemic

Publicists for products in the pipeline long before the outbreak struggle to find the right tone.

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Monday, April 6, 2020

‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5, Episode 8 Recap: A Little Drive Through the Desert

Jimmy tries to make a quick $100,000 running an errand. Complications ensue. Also, Kim is “in.”

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easter-recipes

Here’s what to cook when you’ve had your fill of chocolate bunnies.

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passover recipes

Here are all of the recipes you need for your Passover feast.

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Sergio Rossi, Italian Shoemaker and Ready-to-Wear Ally, Dies at 84

Known for his spindly heels and designer collaborations, Mr. Rossi was part of the postwar generation that transformed Italian fashion

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Sergio Rossi, Italian Shoemaker and Ready-to-Wear Ally, Dies at 84

Known for his spindly heels and designer collaborations, Mr. Rossi was part of the postwar generation that transformed Italian fashion

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Leïla Menchari, Who Turned Store Windows Into Art, Dies at 93

A longtime Hermès window dresser, she created fantastical worlds that held the gaze of passers-by. She died of the novel coronavirus.

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The Rise of the D.I.Y. Haggadah

How to introduce some new characters — even emoji — to your socially distanced Seder.

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These Top Hollywood Agents Are Signing All the Influencers

TikTok stars aren’t going to Hollywood for film and TV careers. Being influential is the whole business.

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On the Road Again? Certainly Not Thanks to Coronavirus

The U.S. constitution ensures the “right to travel,” but during the coronavirus pandemic, state and local officials are increasingly telling drivers to stay home.

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How to Put Your Pantry in Order (and Stop Wasting Food)

Step one: Start by making a mess. Here’s what to do after that.

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Men Are Dressing for Zoom

As quarantine drags on and Zoom overtakes real life, the time comes for men to tug on the hard pants and look ready for business.

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I Think We’re Alone Now. Welcome.

I had become very good at being on my own. Now, suddenly, I see myself everywhere.

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How Do You Study Microfibers? Get Creative

Dmitri Deheyn’s lab has become a hub of novel research on the tiny, stringy plastics that turn up everywhere in our environment.

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Suddenly, I See Myself Everywhere

I had become very good at being alone. Now, as we experience this pandemic, I’m no longer alone in that.

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How to Put Your Pantry in Order (and Stop Wasting Food)

Step one: Start by making a mess. Here’s what to do after that.

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How to Put Your Pantry in Order (and Stop Wasting Food)

Step one: Start by making a mess. Here’s what to do after that.

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What the Caribou Taught Me About Being Together, and Apart

Disappearing in the Arctic wilderness for half a year, a traveler discovered there is always a way forward.

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Shopping for Small Desks

You don’t need a huge, hulking desk to have an efficient work space at home. Here are five that will fit almost anywhere.

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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Isolated Thunderstorms today!



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Stranded in the Maldives by Coronavirus Travel Restrictions

Surrounded by a fleet of staff, who are also stranded, one couple is trapped in an eternal honeymoon in the Maldives.

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Double Talk

Jim Peredo’s Sunday puzzle has an expression for every occasion.

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Partly Cloudy today!



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Op-Art: Recovery in Isolation

“I expected sobriety to be easier when I was forced to stay home…”

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Larry David, Master of His Quarantine

Who better than the father of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to guide us through the thicket of being together, alone?

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Larry David, Master of His Quarantine

Who better than the father of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to guide us through the thicket of being together, alone?

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Friday, April 3, 2020

How Do You Make a Less Toxic Blue Dye? Start With Red Beets

Usually these root vegetables cause pink stains, but with a little bit of chemistry, Brazilian researchers found they could produce another hue.

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Dapper Dan’s Grandson Sews His Own Gucci

Akil Loving has worked in his grandfather’s atelier since high school, making duds for Diddy and Pharrell.

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Coronavirus Sweeps Through a San Antonio Nursing Home

The virus infected 66 of the facility’s 84 residents and killed an additional resident, with several infected employees working at other facilities in Texas.

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Getting Tipsy at Home in Your Underwear

A Finnish tradition known as “pantsdrunk” is gaining favor with Americans stuck at home.

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‘Zoombombing’ Becomes a Dangerous Organized Effort

Zoom, the videoconferencing app, has become a target for harassment and abuse coordinated in private off-platform chats.

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Some Big Investors Smell Profit in Virus-Plagued Companies

Hedge funds and private equity firms are plotting to lend to companies struggling with the fallout from the pandemic, or even buy stakes in them.

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Clear today!



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Love Letter: Dating in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean

And: a front porch wedding.

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A Coffee C.E.O.’s Pandemic Diary: ‘We Want to Still Provide an Escape’

Nick Stone, the founder of Bluestone Lane, says he is determined to see glimpses of humanity in a “devastating, absolutely devastating” crisis.

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Should I Make My Own Mask to Combat Coronavirus?

More experts are saying there is probably benefit to covering our faces in public, and everyone agrees that medical masks should go to health workers. That means if you want a mask, you probably have to make it yourself.

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How to Navigate Public Spaces and More

Tips on etiquette as we all learn how to stay distant but kind.

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Relationships Move Fast on a Slow Cargo Ship

For our 10th date, we crossed the ocean on a freighter. Turns out isolation can have surprising benefits for new love. (You can’t walk away.)

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How O.C.D. and Hand-Washing and Coronavirus Collide

For people who have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the coronavirus pandemic creates blurry lines between safety and compulsion.

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Did a Cult Hair-Care Line Cause Thousands of Women to Lose Their Hair?

DevaCurl, which for many women represented a hard-won acceptance of their curls, is a target of class-action lawsuits.

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Getting Tipsy at Home in Your Underwear

A Finnish tradition known as “pantsdrunk” is gaining favor with Americans stuck at home.

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Children Are Hunting Teddy Bears During the Coronavirus Outbreak

See that stuffed animal in the window? It’s part of a game meant to entertain children (and adults) during a prolonged period of lockdowns and social distancing. How many can you spot?

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Peter Gatien, the ’90s ‘Club King,’ Wants His Final Say

The Limelight and Tunnel are long gone. But the story of their vilified owner is still being written.

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Things to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend During Coronavirus Quarantine

A weekly guide to maintaining a social life while social distancing.

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Mostly Clear today!



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Did a Cult Hair-Care Line Cause Thousands of Women to Lose Their Hair?

DevaCurl, which for many women represented a hard-won acceptance of their curls, is a target of class-action lawsuits.

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The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’

The exotic-animal keepers of Netflix’s hit true-crime series seem to be remaking themselves in the image of their animal compatriots.

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Flight of the Influencers

Doctors warn that sharing decisions to leave metropolitan areas for smaller towns on social media might encourage followers to disregard public health guidelines.

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My City Friends Want to Wait Out the Virus in My Suburban Home

How do I tell them no?

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German Accent, Italian Flair: How Audi Taught Lamborghini Quality

Eye-popping prices and horsepower were matched with reliability after Audi stepped in to buy the maker of exotic sports cars. A ride in the Huracán erases all doubts.

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Will We Lose a Generation of Designers?

Independent clothing designers are the essence of American fashion, but a stimulus plan may not save them.

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36 Hours in … Wherever You Are

Our first reader-generated itinerary: a weekend of traveling you can do from home.

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Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison-Reform Machine

In two years, the reality TV star has become a force in criminal justice, all while continuing to sell body-sculpting undergarments and plugging diet products on Instagram.

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How to Make Your Work-Neighbors Be Quiet (In 3 Lies or Less)

We’ve been getting a lot of feedback that your neighbors are too loud. That’s lie No. 1.

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They All Retired Before They Hit 40. Then This Happened.

The stock market wasn’t going to create wealth forever. So what about the FIRE movement?

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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett

A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

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THE CITY WE BECAME by NK Jemisin

People from different walks of life in New York City receive messages through various senses.

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THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell

Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions.

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THE GLASS HOTEL by Emily St John Mandel

Years after an international Ponzi scheme falls apart, one of its victims investigates the disappearance of a woman from a container ship.

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THE LAST ODYSSEY by James Rollins

The 15th book in the Sigma Force series. Catastrophic dangers might be set in motion when a medieval ship is discovered in Greenland.

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THE SINNER by JR Ward

The 18th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Jo Early is attracted to a potentially dangerous stranger.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

This Puerto Rican Sculptor Meets Disaster With Spirit

Watching the coronavirus crisis take hold, Daniel Lind-Ramos, a powerful storyteller, filled notebooks with carnival, medical and spiritual imagery.

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Auto Sales Plummet in First Quarter as Buyers Stay Away

After a strong first two months of the year, sales tumbled in March as people stayed home to avoid the coronavirus.

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Isolated Thunderstorms today!



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Coronavirus Lockdown: We're Not Wired to Be This Alone

Digital chats and virtual cocktails can lift our longing only so much.

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Home Schooling, Simplified

How to turn cramped quarters into a space conducive to learning.

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Are You Unemployed Because of the Coronavirus Outbreak?

The New York Times would like to hear from workers who are unemployed or who lost hours, or business owners who have had to make changes in response to Covid-19.

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Stop Trying to Be Productive

The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty.

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Too Much Time on Your Hands? Try Rearranging the Furniture

If staying at home 24/7 is making you climb the walls, here’s something productive to do with your time.

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Is It Time for Americans to Embrace the Bidet?

In the United States, people are hoarding toilet paper and clogging sewer systems with wipes of all kinds. A little water could solve their problems.

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Too Much Time on Your Hands? Try Rearranging the Furniture

If staying at home 24/7 is making you climb the walls, here’s something productive to do with your time.

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