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When the Amish man emerged from his barn to greet me, he had no idea that his newborn son’s death had become national news. The man wore a straw hat,…

At Camp Social, where grown women return to girlhood, friendship has no preamble. Within 15 minutes of meeting eight of the campers from Cabin 3, I learned this: In their…

Measles outbreaks around the country are already a disaster, but more bad news arrived on Tuesday. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that two measles-associated deaths had occurred in Lancaster County.…

Last night, NIPSCO, an Indiana utility company that provides electricity to half a million people in the northern part of the state, finally made the deadline for restoring power to…

As millions of children around the country start another school year, they’ll be confronting new classes, new teachers, and, inevitably, a new slate of germs. And this fall, they’ll be…

Ice cream is one of life’s simplest and most enduring culinary pleasures. The first published recipe, which dates back to the 17th century, combined milk, water, sugar, and candied citron…

Aside from some brief written statements, the public has not heard directly from 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell since he fell at his home in Washington, D.C., and was taken away…

Did Anthony Fauci really get a text from Joan Baez, as his private diary suggests, wishing him a “happy fucking birthday” in the midst of the pandemic? Until now, the…

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You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? In 1893, this question…