A real estate agent, Mike Fabbri, still remembers the chill of opening the door of an apartment near Washington Square Park in Manhattan. His client, a media planner in her mid-20s, was on the hunt for a quiet, one-bedroom in Greenwich Village. She walked in and immediately walked out. “She …
Read More »The Captain Jack Sparrow of Baking
Long hair, strong eyebrows, silver hoop earrings, a goatee and the occasional bandanna makes Dylan Bachelet’s style feel both unique and uncannily familiar. Though Mr. Bachelet, a talented 20-year-old contestant on the current season of “The Great British Baking Show,” did not initially get much screen time in the series …
Read More »After 43 Years, Yankees and Dodgers Resume Their World Series Rivalry
From the Bronx to Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry has produced some of baseball’s most memorable moments: spectacular catches, batting fireworks, even a perfect game. The franchises have met 11 times in the World Series, the most of any two teams. It remains to be seen if Ohtani …
Read More »At Homecoming, Howard Alumni Are Excited and Anxious for Harris
As Vice President Kamala Harris fired up voters in Detroit and Atlanta this weekend, some of her most fervent backers were just two miles from her home in the District of Columbia, where her alma mater, Howard University, celebrated its 100th homecoming. The historically Black college, known to its alumni …
Read More »Opinion | College Officials Must Condemn On-Campus Support for Hamas Violence
Although college campuses are much quieter this fall than they were last spring, some of the anti-Israel language at some schools is frightening in its celebration of Hamas’s violence. What feels different is the repeated glorification of the Hamas massacre of more than 1,200 people last year on Oct. 7 …
Read More »Opinion | I Don’t Want to Live in a Monoculture, and Neither Do You
Few things can change your perspective for the better more than being attacked from both sides of America’s culture war. If you think the left is uniquely intolerant, how do you process right-wing censorship? Or if you think the right is uniquely prone to political violence, how do you process …
Read More »I Can’t Buy a House. I Can’t Shop. I’m Too Worried About the Election.
In Westport, Conn., a 35-year-old who works for an investment firm is holding off on making any financial investments until after the election. Across the country, in Kenosha, Wis., a man who works in sales said he would love to buy a house and get out of his rental, but …
Read More »‘Saturday Night Live’ Welcomes Back Alec Baldwin
A contentious interview of Vice President Kamala Harris conducted on Wednesday by Bret Baier, the chief political anchor for Fox News, was an inevitable subject of satire on this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” The opening sketch that parodied this interview also marked the return of Alec Baldwin, a frequent “S.N.L.” …
Read More »Jill Stein Won’t Stop. No Matter Who Asks.
Jill Stein, the Green Party’s serial presidential candidate, has heard the pleading from strangers. “How does it feel to be personally responsible for actually bringing Donald Trump into power?” Ms. Stein recalled being asked this year by a man in New York — another heckler accusing Ms. Stein of tipping …
Read More »At Least 7 Dead After Georgia Ferry Dock Collapses
At least seven people were killed on Saturday when the gangway of a ferry dock collapsed on an island in Georgia, the authorities said. The deaths on Sapelo Island were confirmed by Mark Deverger, the volunteer fire chief for McIntosh County. He said did not know the specifics of what …
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