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The Time Travelers of Gen Z
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The Era of Cookbooks Is Not Over
There comes a time in every home cook’s life when you wake up and think, “Tonight is feeling very cashew curry!” This instinct could naturally lead to the Googles, not so long ago a pathway to legacy media outlets and needlessly difficult but variously exciting recipes by chefs and restaurateurs. Search now leads to (largely) young women in fetching aprons whose culinary origin stories seem to always stem from a dead relative.
Opinion | Attacks on Zohran Mamdani’s Youth Won’t Save the Old Guard
Guest Essay Oct. 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit...Damon Winter/The New York Times Listen to this article · 7:27 min Learn more By Jennifer Steinhauer Ms. Steinhauer previously served as City Hall bureau chief for The Times. Some attacks on Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign have focused on his plans to create city-owned grocery stores, make bus rides free, offer baby baskets of diapers to new parents and freeze rent for over two million New Yorkers.
Five Weeknight Dishes: Meals for Maycember ...Middle East
The Denver Post - News source : The Denver Post ( Middle East ) () 20 If you’re a parent, you might be in the thick of Maycember, that end-of-spring flurry of activities that requires SEAL-Team-Six-level logistics and planning: school concerts, graduations, sports tournaments, dance recitals, field trips, themed dress-up days, classroom parties, teacher conferences, summer child-care planning. (What am I forgetting?
Five Weeknight Dishes: Meals for Maycember
If you’re a parent, you might be in the thick of Maycember, that end-of-spring flurry of activities that requires SEAL-Team-Six-level logistics and planning: school concerts, graduations, sports tournaments, dance recitals, field trips, themed dress-up days, classroom parties, teacher conferences, summer child-care planning. (What am I forgetting?
Maple-miso salmon and more Original
By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times Is it OK to have just cookies for dinner? Asking for a friend. We’ve fully toggled into holiday mode here at New York Times Cooking, starting with Cookie Week, our annual baking bonanza. Inch for inch, is there anything happier than a cookie? It’s joy forged from butter and sugar. I’m tempted to just disappear into the kitchen and bake up a storm. Yet, as always, I have to eat a real dinner.
Pete Hegseth Has One Thing Going for Him as Trump's Defense Secretary Pick Original
Pete Hegseth, like many of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks so far, may seem unworthy of the role he has been tapped to fill. But the instinct to choose someone like him is not. Mr. Hegseth, the Fox News host and veteran Mr. Trump nominated to lead the Department of Defense, lacks the necessary leadership experience.
Initial Steps by Bloomberg Show Contrast With Giuliani (Published 2001)
See the article in its original context from November 10, 2001, Section D, Page 1Buy Reprints TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. In the 72 hours since he was elected to lead New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg has made numerous gestures -- both symbolic and substantive -- that appear to demonstrate he is not the man whose coattails he rode into office. Yesterday, Mr. Bloomberg, who began his day meeting with former Mayor David N.
These Veterans Started Businesses Inspired by Their Deployments
Over two decades of war, American service members overseas looked across the rubble, the destroyed fields and the ripped-up homes and saw possibilities. One tasted tea for the first time during his deployment; another was taken by flip-flops fashioned from combat boots. Female soldiers got to know women in Afghanistan and imagined economically empowered lives for them. An Army helicopter pilot came back sick from exposure to burning plastics and shifted his views on the environment.
A General Fights to Destigmatize Mental Health Issues: ‘There’s a Shame if You Show Weakness’
The military has struggled to meet the mental health needs of troops, lawmakers and service members say. Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski, left, has spoke openly about mental health issues that face troops.Credit...Kim Raff for The New York Times March 19, 2022, 11:38 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski has received numerous awards and decorations during his nearly three decades in the Army.
A Conversation with VA Secretary McDonough on the Department's Recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission
Add to website or blog Copy and paste the selected text The MISSION Act of 2018 required the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a nationwide study and issue recommendations for future investments in VA health care facilities. In advance of the study's scheduled release to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission, Secretary Denis R. McDonough discussed VA's current infrastructure, the approach taken in examining VA's 95 health care market areas, and VA's recommendations.
A Conversation with VA Secretary McDonough on the Department's Recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission
Photo by South Texas VA Health Care System Event Details Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022 Time: 3–4 p.m. EST 12–1 p.m. PST About the Program The MISSION Act of 2018 required the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a nationwide study and issue recommendations for future investments in VA health care facilities. In advance of the study’s scheduled release to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission, Secretary Denis R.
A Once Firm Antiwar Alliance Splinters Over Ukraine
The complex dynamics among veterans’ groups reflect general exhaustion with war among American voters and shifting domestic politics. U.S. Army Soldiers deploy to NATO countries in Eastern Europe on Thursday. Credit...Kenny Holston for The New York Times Feb.
The Secretary of Defense tells Republican governors: National Guard troops must be vaccinated.
U.S.|The Secretary of Defense tells Republican governors: National Guard troops must be vaccinated. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/us/national-guard-vaccine-mandate.html In Texas, one of seven states whose governors sought to exempt National Guard troops from the military’s vaccine mandate, troops stood by in October during a news conference held in Mission by Gov. Greg Abbott.Credit...Joel Martinez/The Monitor, via Associated Press Lloyd J.
Marine Corps Becomes First Branch of Military to Grant Religious Exemptions to COVID Vaccines
Jan. 14, 2022 at 5:22 am By The New York Times Two members of the U.S. Marine Corps have been given religious exemptions from the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate, the first of their kind since the mandate was introduced last summer. According to officials, 95% of active-duty Marines — the military branch with the greatest number of holdouts against COVID-19 vaccines — are inoculated against COVID.
Episode 37: Ben Guest
I had a great conversation with Ben Guest, author of "Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey". We talked about his adventure coaching a high school basketball team in Namibia, his philosophy on coaching, reading, writing, and other subjects. We also talked a lot about the business of self-publishing, the channel through which Ben brought his book into the world.
Vaccine holdouts in US army and navy will be dismissed: US Military
The vast majority of active-duty troops in the Army and Navy are vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the small number of those still refusing shots will soon be dismissed from the military, officials said Thursday. In the Army, 468,459 active-duty soldiers, or 98%, have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The Navy has inoculated 342,974 members, with roughly 1.7% still holding out.
Vaccine Holdouts in Army and Navy Will Be Dismissed, Military Says
Governors of five states are seeking exemptions for their National Guard troops. Within the Army, 468,459 active-duty soldiers, or 98 percent of the active-duty force, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.Credit...Kenny Holston for The New York Times Dec.
Five Republican governors seek vaccine exemptions, escalating a fight with the Pentagon.
Members of the Wyoming National Guard at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in February.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times Governors from five states have written a joint letter to Lloyd J. Austin III, the defense secretary, asking that their National Guard troops be exempted from a federal coronavirus vaccine mandate, greatly escalating what had been a single state conflict over inoculations.
The U.S. Air Force dismisses 27 over vaccine refusals, a tiny fraction of its members.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii held a mass Covid-19 vaccination session in February for members of the military.Credit...Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson/Department of Defense, via Associated Press By Jennifer Steinhauer and Giulia Heyward Dec.
Lawmakers Reach Deal to Overhaul How Military Handles Sexual Assault Cases
Under the agreement, commanders’ powers would be clipped after years of complaints about unfairness and retaliation. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, left, and Representative Jackie Speier, second from left, worked for years on legislation to overhaul how sexual assault cases in the military were handled.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times Dec.
To Counter China, Austin Vows to Shore Up Alliances With Others in Region
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said on Saturday that the Biden administration would push both allies in the Pacific and U.S. businesses to step up efforts to counter the increasingly urgent threat of China, and that the Pentagon was prepared to help Ukraine better defend itself against Russia as tensions flare between the two countries.
With No Resources, Authority or Country, Afghan Ambassador Presses On (Published 2021)
Adela Raz arrived in Washington just before her country fell and has struggled to keep her embassy going. A dinner with U.S. veterans was a priority. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Adela Raz began to serve as the Afghan government’s ambassador to Washington just weeks before the Taliban took over.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times Sign up for the Russia-Ukraine War Briefing.
The Defense Department says Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated.
Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma in February. Earlier this month Mr. Stitt asked that guardsmen in the state not be required to get vaccinated.Credit...Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press The Defense Department has rejected an attempt by the governor of Oklahoma to exclude the state’s National Guard from a federal vaccine mandate. On Monday Lloyd J. Austin III, the secretary of Defense, sent a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt that said the troops must comply with the requirement for all service branches.
Kids’ COVID vaccines lift ‘a huge weight’ in time for the holidays
When the pandemic came for Georgia, Lauren Rymer had to make a snap choice: her mother’s safety or what she believed was best for her young child. She locked down her family for the better part of last year, living with her mother, Sharon Mooneyhan, who has multiple sclerosis, and protecting her by keeping her son Jack, 5, out of kindergarten to avoid routine household exposure to COVID. “I didn’t want my mom to miss out on being with her only grandchild,” Rymer said.
The Smallest Covid Threats Get Their Shields
The Smallest Covid Threats Get Their Shields Many families with immuno-compromised or vulnerable relatives are racing to get vaccines for their 5-to-11-year-olds — and finally experiencing a long-awaited sense of relief. Read Full Article »
Immunocompromised Families Greet Child's Vaccine With Relief
Many families with immuno-compromised or vulnerable relatives are racing to get vaccines for their 5-to-11-year-olds — and finally experiencing a long-awaited sense of relief. Lauren Rymer, center, with her son, Jack, after he received his first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Lawrenceville, Ga. “It’s a huge weight off my shoulders,” Ms. Rymer said.Credit...Nicole Craine for The New York Times Nov.
Army whistleblower’s lonely death highlights toll of mental illness
A photo provided by Rutgers University shows Army Major Ian Fishback, who revealed abuse of detainees during the Iraq war, but struggled after leaving the service. He died awaiting a bed at the V.A. (Rutgers University via The New York Times) Written by Jennifer Steinhauer Ian Fishback saw the world as cleaved between the just and unjust, the exemplary and the erring.
Army Whistle-Blower’s Lonely Death Highlights Toll of Mental Illness (Published 2021)
Politics|Army Whistle-Blower’s Lonely Death Highlights Toll of Mental Illness https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/us/politics/ian-fishback-veteran-mental-health-crisis.html Ian Fishback revealed abuse of detainees during the Iraq war, but struggled after leaving the service. He died awaiting a bed at the V.A. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Army Maj. Ian FishbackCredit...Rutgers University Nov.
The U.S. Army secretary to National Guard members who resist the vaccines: Prepare for discipline.
Members of the Oklahoma National Guard on the steps of the Senate on Capitol Hill in January.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times The secretary of the Army has issued a memo warning the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in its National Guard that if they decline to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, they may not be renewed in the guard. “I have determined that all soldiers who refuse the mandatory vaccination order will be flagged,” wrote Christine E.
Oklahoma Governor and Pentagon Standoff Over Vaccines Intensifies
The state says its National Guard members don’t need to get vaccinated. Pentagon officials say a failure to follow “valid medical readiness requirements” could “jeopardize” the status of troops. Oklahoma’s newly appointed adjutant general for the National Guard, Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino, announced on behalf of the governor that no guardsmen in the state would be required to be vaccinated.Credit...Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Nov.
Canada Turns Over Military Sexual Assault Cases to Civilian Courts Original
OTTAWA — The Canadian military will turn over investigations and prosecutions of sexual misconduct cases to the civilian police and courts, the country’s new defense minister announced Thursday. The announcement came from Anita Anand, a former law professor whose appointment as defense minister last week was widely seen as part of an attempt by the government to get a handle on the sexual assault problem in the military.
As deadlines loom, the U.S. military grants few vaccine exemptions.
Roughly 97 percent of U.S. active-duty service members have received at least one dose of the vaccine.Credit...Jon Cherry/Getty Images Nov. 3, 2021 Two months after the Pentagon began requiring all troops to get the coronavirus vaccine or face dismissal, the vast majority have now had shots, in part because none received a religious exemption, military officials said.
Ballot initiatives to increase housing won big on Tuesday, a possible harbinger for 2022.
In Leadville, Co., voters approved a new 3 percent tax on visitors staying in hotels, motels and short-term rentals.Credit...Rachel Woolf for The New York Times A slew of initiatives aimed at the addressing the nation’s housing crisis passed on Tuesday, a test run for ballot choices in 2022 as more cities and states take aim at rising rents, a continued explosion in short-term rentals and the depressed housing stock nationwide.
The U.S. Air Force hits its vaccine deadline with nearly all troops vaccinated.
U.S. Air Force troops helping run a coronavirus vaccination site in Houston in February. The vaccine deadline for that branch of service arrived with 97 percent of active duty troops having had at least one shot.Credit...Patrick Semansky/Associated Press Almost 97 percent of active-duty members of the Air Force — the first branch of the U.S. military to reach its deadline for coronavirus vaccinations — have received at least one dose of vaccine, military officials said Wednesday.
Military Grants Few Vaccine Exemptions as Deadlines Loom
The majority of active-duty troops have gotten a mandatory coronavirus vaccine ahead of deadline, with religious-based exemptions largely dismissed. About 87 percent of active-duty service members have been fully vaccinated.Credit...Jon Cherry/Getty Images Nov.
Desperate for housing options, communities in Colorado and other parts of the U.S. turn to ballot initiatives
By By Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times Company LEADVILLE — A small-business owner in a town fueled by vacationers is an unconventional proponent for a tax increase on tourists. But Marcee Lundeen sees few other choices. Gearing up for ski season at her restaurant along the main drag of this fabled mining town perched at 10,000 feet between clusters of resorts, she is going to have trouble finding workers, she said, because few of them can afford to live in Leadville anymore.
Desperate for Housing Options, Communities Turn to Ballot Initiatives Original
Cities and counties will vote on measures, like tax increases and curbs on Airbnb, aimed at creating more affordable housing. Leadville, Colo., is one of several cities in the state considering a ballot measure to help provide more affordable housing. Credit...Rachel Woolf for The New York Times Nov. 1, 2021Updated 7:23 a.m. ET LEADVILLE, Colo. — A small-business owner in a town fueled by vacationers is an unconventional proponent for a tax increase on tourists.
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Climate change poses threat to national security, U.S. agencies warn
WASHINGTON — Worsening conflict within and between nations. Increased dislocation and migration as people flee climate-fueled instability. Heightened military tension and uncertainty. Financial hazards. The Biden administration released several reports Thursday on climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to significantly challenge stability worldwide.
Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security
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WASHINGTON — Worsening conflict within and between nations. Increased dislocation and migration as people flee climate-fueled instability. Heightened military tension and uncertainty. The Biden administration released several reports Thursday on climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to pose significant challenges to stability worldwide.
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Military bases turn Into small cities as Afghans wait months for homes in U.S.
FORT MCCOY, Wis. — In late August, evacuees from Afghanistan began arriving by the busload to the Fort McCoy Army base in the Midwest, carrying little more than cellphones and harrowing tales of their narrow escapes from a country they may never see again. They were greeted by soldiers, assigned rooms in white barracks and advised not to stray into the surrounding forest, lest they get lost.
Military Bases Turn Into Small Cities as Afghans Wait Months for Homes in U.S.
FORT MCCOY, Wis. — In late August, evacuees from Afghanistan began arriving by the busload to the Fort McCoy Army base in the Midwest, carrying little more than cellphones and harrowing tales of their narrow escapes from a country they may never see again. They were greeted by soldiers, assigned rooms in white barracks and advised not to stray into the surrounding forest, lest they get lost.
Ed or Julia? Freedom or Valor? Army Base Names Are Changing. But to What?
Congress mandated renaming military bases that commemorate Confederate leaders. The communities around them are now weighing in. “In a sense, changing the name will be a loss,” said Sonji Clyburn, a veteran of Fort Bragg who lives in Fayetteville, N.C.Credit...Travis Dove for The New York Times Published Oct. 1, 2021Updated Oct.
Thousands of Afghans on U.S. military bases await resettlement
WASHINGTON — Weeks after their dramatic escape from Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans hoping to be resettled in the United States remain on military bases across the country and overseas as medical and security screenings slow the process. A small but worrisome measles outbreak has contributed to the delays, causing a halt in evacuation flights as federal officials scramble to contain cases and inoculate new arrivals against the disease and other illnesses, including the coronavirus. As of Sept.
Thousands of Afghans on American Military Bases Await Resettlement
Many who left the country in August are waiting for medical and security screenings and flights from overseas that were halted by measles. Temporary living facilities for Afghan evacuees at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Tens of thousands of Afghans hoping to be resettled in the United States remain on bases.Credit...Gordon Welters for The New York Times By Jennifer Steinhauer and Eileen Sullivan Sept.
US army tells troops to get vaccinated soon or face discipline up to possible dismissal
The US military’s largest service branch has announced an extensive timeline for troops to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and what they can expect to have happen if they do not. Army officials said Tuesday that all active-duty units are expected to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 15, and Reserve and National Guard members by June 30. Those who refuse to be vaccinated and have not been given an exemption will face suspension, according to the guidelines.
Unwilling to wait for approval, some healthy Americans seek COVID vaccine booster shots
Amy Piccioni is not a doctor or a scientist, but as word of breakthrough coronavirus infections in vaccinated people started spreading this summer, she waded through an array of technical and often contradictory information about the need for coronavirus booster shots. Then she decided for herself: She would not wait for federal regulators to clear them before finding one.
The U.S. Army tells troops to get vaccinated soon or face discipline up to possible dismissal.
The U.S. military’s largest service branch has announced an extensive timeline for troops to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and what they can expect to have happen if they don’t. Army officials said Tuesday that all active-duty units are expected to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 15, and Reserve and National Guard members by June 30. Those who refuse to be vaccinated and have not been given an exemption will face suspension, according to the guidelines.
COVID-19 cases climbing across U.S., wiping out months of progress
This story was updated at 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to levels not seen since last winter, erasing months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for his sweeping new vaccination requirements. The cases — driven by the delta variant combined with resistance among some Americans to getting the vaccine — are concentrated mostly in the South.
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