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A Dickensian tradition finds a new audience on TikTok.
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A Dickensian tradition finds a new audience on TikTok.
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At the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and co-chair of the party made it personal.
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When combined with innocuous acts, “rawdogging” has left its overtly sexual origins behind, just like many other dirty slang words of the past.
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At 84, the feminist artist, writer and lecturer has learned that it’s not good to have an adversarial relationship with aging or death.
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I Love This T-Shirt. Now, Would You Please Cut It?
The return of the crop top means that some events are offering stations to help you create your own.
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Why Can’t I Forgive My Husband for Dropping Our Senior Dog?
A reader is struggling with feelings of resentment toward her husband, whom she accused of imposing a “death sentence” when their pet was paralyzed in a fall.
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After a National Anthem Flub, Singer Says She’s Going to Rehab
Ingrid Andress, a country star, blamed drinking for her performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities.
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Keys to the Pool, Not the Room
Hotels are increasingly making some of their most enviable amenities available to day pass holders.
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The Stylists Who Dressed Two Ambanis for the Eyes of the World
Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani weren’t the only ones in the spotlight at the opulent wedding last weekend. The groom’s sister and sister-in-law worked with stylists of their own.
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Bollywood Stars, Prime Ministers and the Kardashians Attend the Ambani Wedding
After months of lavish prewedding festivities that have captured the attention of onlookers worldwide, Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India’s richest man, married Radhika Merchant in Mumbai.
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The Stylists Who Dressed Two Ambanis for the Eyes of the World
Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani weren’t the only ones in the spotlight at the opulent wedding last weekend. The groom’s sister and sister-in-law worked with stylists of their own.
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Many couples are no longer waiting until after their weddings to take a trip.
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Finding Happily Ever After in Their Happy Place
Joe Gorman and Matt Capbarat felt an instant spark when they met through a mutual friend. It took a harrowing climb of Denali to know this was a forever love.
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Madison Chock and Evan Bates found chemistry when she picked him to be her ice dance partner in 2011. Then they found even more.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was Married to a Terrible Man’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
The Psychic Who Predicted My Romantic Future
For a millennial with financial burdens, would a home have to be a house?
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Feeling Awkward Flirting With a Younger Woman’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Yes, Uncle Sam, We Met on Tinder
When you marry an immigrant, proving your commitment can become its own love story.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Surrounded by Family and Fireworks, I Finally Lit the Fuse’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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The vice-presidential candidate is the first major party nominee with facial hair in 75 years.
By Vanessa Friedman
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By Jessica Testa
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By Margaret Roach
Thousands of poetry fans and practitioners took the ferry out over the weekend to absorb one another’s work at the annual New York City Poetry Festival.
By Nadav Gavrielov and Graham Dickie
You don’t have to spend a lot to remake your kitchen. Instead, try these six D.I.Y. hacks.
By Tim McKeough
Ruth Westheimer loved to give advice — and often strayed from her area of expertise as she tried, in her words, “to make the world a better place.”
By Steven Kurutz
Tori Spelling, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano and fans of Ms. Doherty shared tributes to the actress, who died on Saturday.
By Callie Holtermann
The two met at Yale Law School, and Ms. Vance has helped him along in his political rise ever since — including now as Donald J. Trump’s vice-presidential pick.
By Joseph Bernstein
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By Jessica Roy
Hours after the attempt on Donald Trump’s life, the merch arrived.
By Vanessa Friedman
In an era of high machismo and casual homophobia, he was a cheerleader for self-acceptance.
By Jacob Bernstein
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Our fashion critic offers advice to a young-adult reader struggling to maintain a sense of style during a transitional period of life.
By Vanessa Friedman
On and Hellen Obiri are taking the running-shoe game to a whole new level. Yes, spray-on shoes are happening.
By Vanessa Friedman
At 50, and after some promising years for her business, the designer and former Spice Girl has softened up (a little).
By Ruth La Ferla
The British luxury group appointed Joshua Schulman to replace Jonathan Akeroyd, and said it expected earnings to suffer as an industry downturn deepened.
By Gregory Schmidt and Vanessa Friedman
In her second public appearance since her cancer diagnosis, the princess once again made a considered choice.
By Vanessa Friedman
Under the kaleidoscopic Sphere, a colorful crowd.
By Marisa Meltzer
People often laughed when she spoke, but Ruth Westheimer delivered a punch that challenged norms for older women.
By Rhonda Garelick
After avenging herself on Disney and OpenAI, Ms. Johansson stars in a summer rom-com revolving around the race to the moon.
By Maureen Dowd
The pieces that the Indigenous model and activist wears are symbols that reclaim sacred traditions and practices from her communities.
By Amelia Diamond
A weekend of pickleball, scrambled eggs and tributes to the dead.
By Anemona Hartocollis
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A former N.F.L. player’s mother criticized ESPN for giving an award honoring her son to the British royal. In his speech, Harry said he respects her advocacy.
By Scott Cacciola
By striving for authenticity, brands like Ebbets Field Flannels have created jerseys, hats and shirts that are equal parts fashion statement and history lesson.
By Alexander Nazaryan
For many Black women, summertime calls for braids. Pricing for knotless braids, which are faster to braid, feel lighter and have gotten more popular, depends on the length and size of each braid and color blend, and whether hair used in the boho style is human or synthetic.
By Lola Fadulu and Naima Green
Ona Ferens and Samuel Haselden may have unknowingly crossed paths at the same gym before ever meeting each other.
By Ivy Manners
Jennie Thomas and Jeff Angell met five years ago at a talent competition that they helped put on at Rikers Island in New York.
By Valeriya Safronova
Thirty minutes into her first date with Karli Gray, Ellie Smith texted her friends to let them know she was falling in love.
By Jenny Block
Mr. Schlossberg, 31, the only grandson of President John F. Kennedy, has courted attention with outlandish TikTok videos, many of them political.
By Sandra E. Garcia
She was an evangelist for older women having sex with younger men, and the health benefits that she said came with it.
By Penelope Green
Ignore vitriol, or turn it into content? Creators like Kacie Rose and Drew Afualo share their tips for dealing with a harsh comments section.
By Melina Delkic
As Olena Zelenska accompanies her husband to Washington for the NATO summit, her stylist discusses the role clothes play in the war effort.
By Vanessa Friedman
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Violet Affleck, the eldest child of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, called for greater access to masks in a short speech during which she revealed her own “post-viral condition.”
By Gina Cherelus
The catchy phrase, chanted in a lilting cadence, was first used by a group of friends cheering on each other’s outfits on a night out.
By Madison Malone Kircher
A reader abandoned the family table at her nephew’s wedding to join her sister at a lesser table, upsetting the groom’s father. Should she apologize for “ruining the wedding”?
By Philip Galanes
In Paris, Simone Biles and Co. will be wearing leotards decorated with more than 10,000 crystals.
By Vanessa Friedman
Cole Escola is dressing the part of fashion plate after achieving a new level of fame with the play “Oh, Mary!”
By Christopher Barnard
In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.
By Margaret Roach
In a YouTube video on Tuesday, Ms. Blanchard said she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Ken Urker.
By Madison Malone Kircher
As diagnoses of autism rise, Microsoft and other large companies are working to better support autistic workers so they can thrive without “masking.”
By Steven Kurutz
Spurred by social media, attractions where visitors interact with animals have surged. Advocates are sounding alarms.
By Melena Ryzik
Shani Lechan’s wigs have been worn by cancer patients, neighborhood moms and supermodels. Her golden rule? They can’t look “wiggy.”
By Sandra E. Garcia
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Every spring, hundreds of bicyclists gather in Santa Fe, N.M., to ride through a high-desert landscape rich in art, history and Indigenous culture. This year, the author, who lost the use of his legs 12 years ago, joined them.
By Bill Becher
The fire-resistant house she built in Napa, Calif., with the insurance money was “so different — and I like different.”
By Tim McKeough
A new documentary about the young women who dance for the Dallas Cowboys illuminates the deep contradictions at the heart of the profitable franchise.
By Rhonda Garelick
Worried about coming off as an exhibitionist at her daughter’s beach wedding, a reader wonders whether there is an age cutoff for wearing a two-piece.
By Vanessa Friedman
Micro-inseams are trending, but almost any length goes.
By T.M. Brown and Dolly Faibyshev
Some South Asian women remember being embarrassed of their families’ hair oiling traditions. Now, beauty brands, bloggers and celebrities are embracing them.
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta
The team behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship is betting big on Power Slap, a new and extremely dangerous competition with many detractors.
By Calum Marsh and Daniel Dorsa
Twenty years after opening in Williamsburg, Catbird is expanding across America.
By Misty White Sidell
Junia Lin Jonsdottir helped create the romantic visual world inhabited by her sister, the singer-songwriter Laufey. Please stop asking if she’s jealous.
By Callie Holtermann
In a sequel to his much-mocked hydrofoil video, the Meta founder celebrates the Fourth of July in his own particular way.
By Alex Vadukul
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Michael Rubin, the billionaire e-commerce mogul, hosted a celebrity-filled, Independence Day bash at his beachfront mansion on Long Island.
By Rachel Sherman
It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony): “You can put a single bloom in a flower vase, and that is often enough.”
By Tim McKeough
Michelle Navarro and Christopher Zegunis met at a six-week magic course in Los Angeles, where they bonded over their mutual love of Disneyland and their strategic approach to visiting the theme park.
By Valeriya Safronova
Raj Thakker and Trisha Vijay became good friends after meeting on a Bollywood dance team in college, but neither was sure where their relationship was headed.
By Valeriya Safronova
Kaylah Howard was allowed to go to the movies with Jamauri Bogan in high school only if her 4-year-old brother went along.
By Rosalie R. Radomsky
A cover band from Toronto brings some 2000s nostalgia to the home city of their indie rock heroes.
By Alex Vadukul
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