When Mel Cassidy first became curious about nonmonogamy, there weren’t many helpful resources. Most of the books focused on the transition from monogamy to nonmonogamy, but Cassidy, who goes by them/them pronouns, was “freshly divorced, hadn’t really dated as an adult.” “I was winging it,” said Cassidy, who has since …
Read More »England Entrusts a National Treasure to (Gasp!) a German
The post of coach of the England men’s national soccer team has long been described — with only a hint of exaggeration — as the second-most important job in the country. In terms of prestige, significance and pressure, the theory goes, it is outstripped only by the even more thankless …
Read More »Is Bone Broth Really Brimming With Health Benefits?
Q: I’ve heard that bone broth has a ton of health benefits. Is there any truth to that? On TikTok, influencers and medical professionals seem to agree: Bone broth does a body good. Drinking the golden-brown elixir, they say, can alleviate joint pain, soothe digestive discomforts and smooth skin, among …
Read More »Lufthansa Fined $4 Million for Stopping Jewish Passengers From Boarding Plane
The Transportation Department fined Lufthansa $4 million on Tuesday, after finding the airline had discriminated against 128 Jewish passengers traveling from New York to Hungary in 2022 by preventing them from making a connecting flight in Germany, according to an agency announcement. The passengers were en route to an annual …
Read More »Caves, Waterfalls and Loretta Lynn’s Ranch: Three Day Trips From Nashville
Little more than a decade ago, Nashville, a.k.a. Music City, wasn’t so much a tourist town as it was a destination for musicians — a place where performers like Taylor Swift could still play the Bluebird Cafe without creating a scene. These days, visitors come in droves. And with more …
Read More »The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back
In the summer of 2017, Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower and declared he would heal a “massive self-inflicted wound on our country” by eliminating red tape that he said was making construction in America an arduous, expensive process. One policy he eradicated that day was a …
Read More »Meet the Election Denier Forecasting the 2024 Race
Election forecasters think this year’s presidential race is too close to call. Nevada? A complete tossup. Pennsylvania? Anybody’s guess. The race looks clearer to Seth Keshel, a Trump supporter and former Army intelligence captain who made his own forecasts for November. That’s in part because, unlike other election modelers, he …
Read More »Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China
Former President Donald J. Trump, whose administration sued Google over allegations it violated antitrust law, indicated that he might not break up the company if he regained the presidency, describing it as a bulwark against China’s technology ambitions. “China is afraid of Google,” Mr. Trump said while speaking on Tuesday …
Read More »A Distant Planet May Host a Moon That’s Spewing a Volcanic Cloud
Astronomers have identified thousands of planets orbiting distant stars using sophisticated observatories. But there’s something they have yet to spot with any certainty: moons around those worlds. Now a recent discovery around a Saturn-size planet 635 light-years from Earth offers one of the best potential clues that exomoons orbit exoplanets …
Read More »Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.
Around one in four adults in Britain is obese, according to estimates from the country’s National Health Service, and the problem costs the public health care system billions every year. Now, the government says that weight-loss injections might be part of the solution, and might even help boost Britain’s productivity, …
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