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Ghana’s Parliament Passes Anti-Gay Bill With Jail Terms The legislation would sentence those who identify as L.G.B.T.Q. to three years in jail and punish those who promote gay issues as well. It would be among the harshest on the African continent. https://ift.tt/i7IxQ0b https://www.nytimes.com

Romeo Gigli’s New Gig The minimalist master of the 1990s, long absent from the fashion fray, is planning his next act in Marrakesh. https://ift.tt/KIvkRmM https://ift.tt/rzkZewy

Republican Demands and Divisions Drive Impasse Toward a Shutdown The spending stalemate that has brought the government to the brink of a shutdown is being fueled by G.O.P. demands to add conservative spending mandates opposed by President Biden and Democrats. https://ift.tt/spMfKun https://www.nytimes.com

How to Sit Courtside at Madison Square Garden Close to the action at a Knicks game, a writer gets some advice from Kenan Thompson of “Saturday Night Live.” https://ift.tt/LTX7nWi https://ift.tt/2OygdLQ

Shape-Shifting Lingerie for All Body Shapes The artist Michaela Stark’s new line highlights body parts women have been conditioned to hide. https://ift.tt/CX1dUqw https://ift.tt/AR1iZQG

Tiny Love Stories: ‘His Wife Invited Me Over’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. https://ift.tt/5kxhWjn https://ift.tt/AR1iZQG

Trump Media’s Impending Merger May Give Him a Financial Lifeline The deadline for the former president to pay a $454 million civil fraud penalty coincides with the expected closing of a deal involving his social media platform, Truth Social. https://ift.tt/k2VLQwl https://www.nytimes.com

Con su línea de zapatillas doradas, Trump vende algo más que calzado ¿Qué gana el expresidente Donald Trump cuando vende tenis a 399 dólares? https://ift.tt/dMY4O7n https://ift.tt/Fdgoflq

Drug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens Xolair cuts the risk of dangerous reactions after exposure to minute amounts of allergens, researchers reported. But children taking it still must avoid risky foods. https://ift.tt/NMfjoIG https://www.nytimes.com

Cast of ‘The New Look’ Reflects on Chanel and Dior’s War-Torn Past Juliette Binoche, Ben Mendelsohn and John Malkovich, stars of a new series set in World War II Paris, discussed French fashion history at the show’s premiere in New York. https://ift.tt/xTectiy https://ift.tt/Fdgoflq

Finding Great Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City In this hectic, bustling city, there’s a cafe for every coffee acolyte. Here are seven places where you can try egg coffee and other Vietnamese specialties. https://ift.tt/v1Fp6x8 https://www.nytimes.com

A Piñata That’s a Hit With Selena Fans Piñatas in the likeness of Yolanda Saldívar, who was convicted of the murder of Selena Quintanilla, have been popular with little girls for years. A new docuseries may supercharge their swinging. https://ift.tt/EmbyJGj https://ift.tt/UbXOlNC

What’s So Special About a Rainbow-Check Scarf? A style introduced by Acne Studios has spawned one of the biggest winter gear fads in recent memory. https://ift.tt/AQDNik7 https://ift.tt/UbXOlNC

In Search of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman in Rochester and Auburn, N.Y. On a snowy trip to Rochester and Auburn, N.Y., a writer explores the cities that Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman called home. https://ift.tt/xUZ8kWL https://www.nytimes.com

Boyfriend of Bret Easton Ellis Arrested in Hollywood Todd Michael Schultz, the longtime partner of the infamous author, had ambitions to run for office. https://ift.tt/3D2S465 https://ift.tt/UxX3QgK

U.S. Campaign to Isolate Russia Shows Limits After 2 Years of War Many nations insist on not taking sides in the war in Ukraine, while China, India and Brazil are filling Russia’s coffers. https://ift.tt/SkhHJg0 https://www.nytimes.com

Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year Many of those displaced also reported food shortages and predatory scams, according to new data from the Census Bureau. https://ift.tt/eNKyELv https://www.nytimes.com

Market Hotel, A Brooklyn D.I.Y. Club, Changes With the Times Less punk. More hyperpop. An anniversary party at the Market Hotel was more about the present than the past. https://ift.tt/5jt4Cgy https://www.nytimes.com

Con su línea de zapatillas doradas, Trump vende algo más que calzado ¿Qué gana el expresidente Donald Trump cuando vende tenis a 399 dólares? https://ift.tt/V7Hh25A https://ift.tt/oHZ4dkh

War and Illness Could Kill 85,000 Gazans in 6 Months Even under the most optimistic scenario, an immediate cease-fire, an additional 6,500 Gazans could perish, scientists estimated. https://ift.tt/vDj1yfT https://www.nytimes.com

Man Extradited to U.S. in Suspected Iranian Plot to Kill Activist The man, a citizen of Georgia, and three others were charged with planning to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an American human rights activist in Brooklyn and a critic of Iran. https://ift.tt/r6FhKye https://www.nytimes.com

Believing Is Seeing Of Moscow, New York and partisan perception. https://ift.tt/lIDHUSy https://www.nytimes.com

Piaget Reintroduces One of Its Classic Models The Polo 79 looks a lot like the original Polo, but with some tweaks that appeal to buyers’ tastes and lifestyles today. https://ift.tt/U73td8i https://ift.tt/GpePvH4

For Michigan’s Economy, Electric Vehicles Are Promising and Scary In a presidential battleground state, electric vehicles have emerged as a contested piece of the economic future — a job-killer or a job-creator. https://ift.tt/SCty5eq https://www.nytimes.com

No, Michael Cera no es la mente maestra detrás de CeraVe Entonces, ¿a qué se debe la campaña de márketing en redes que insinúa lo contrario? Este domingo en el Super Bowl lo sabrás. https://ift.tt/eELUfmu https://ift.tt/EOTurRv

A ‘Mother’ Is Mourned by the Queer New Yorkers She Left Behind Hundreds gathered in a Greenwich Village church to pay their respects to the transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, who died this week at 52. https://ift.tt/btXIpvi https://ift.tt/HFP8Msw

Saunas in Minnesota: Midwesterners Are Sweating it Out This Winter Saunas in the state, part of a tradition with roots in the 1800s, have been especially popular since the pandemic as more people seek a communal experience. https://ift.tt/EaV8MrP https://www.nytimes.com

Taylor Swift y su vuelta al mundo para llegar al Super Bowl La estrella pop viajó grandes distancias (y a través del tiempo, en cierto sentido) para asistir al partido. Al final, vio a Travis Kelce y a Kansas City vencer a San Francisco en tiempo extra. https://ift.tt/4cRIFG5 https://ift.tt/85bWHxP

2 Teenagers Charged in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting The authorities said the teenagers had been charged with resisting arrest and gun violations, and that additional charges are expected. https://ift.tt/inkvUFo https://www.nytimes.com

No, Michael Cera no es la mente maestra detrás de CeraVe Entonces, ¿a qué se debe la campaña de márketing en redes que insinúa lo contrario? Este domingo en el Super Bowl lo sabrás. https://ift.tt/AsThHGZ https://ift.tt/o0Dp19x

How Does Technology Play a Role in Your Love Life? We Want to Hear From You. Dating apps, smart sex toys and artificial intelligence have changed the way many of us romantically connect. We’re interested in your stories. https://ift.tt/elnga3b https://ift.tt/3BdN6pw

She Promoted His Music From the Start. Romance Waited. Carissa Bauman volunteered to hand out fliers for one of Dylan Jakobsen’s music gigs. She later became his best friend and manager. https://ift.tt/SOBeAGJ https://ift.tt/U4Cc3Ez

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better ‘Memory’ The A.I. start-up is releasing a new version of ChatGPT that stores what users say and applies it to future chats. https://ift.tt/oc97GZI https://www.nytimes.com

Over Tacos and Beer, Journalists Mourn Their Lost Jobs Hundreds of newsroom staff have been laid off in the last month. On Friday, they gathered to commiserate at the National Press Club. https://ift.tt/TQ18Lfu https://ift.tt/eADkoyw

No Deposits This Year at Love Bank, a Museum of Affection Hit by Fire Efforts are underway to restore the Love Bank museum in Slovakia, which celebrates the “world’s longest love poem” and rents tiny boxes to house romantic keepsakes. https://ift.tt/50mIkGy https://www.nytimes.com

Chuck Close’s Final Works to Go on Display at Pace Gallery The artist’s longtime gallerist, Arne Glimcher, has organized an exhibition of the artist’s final portraits at Pace, opening Feb. 22. https://ift.tt/UMzDduY https://www.nytimes.com

You Don’t Want to Drink Sake From Just Any Old Cup Copper cups, hammered by hand, are a specialty at Gyokusendo, a Japanese family company established in 1816. https://ift.tt/hrQetfU https://ift.tt/PbMEnt4

No, Michael Cera Is Not the Mastermind Behind CeraVe So what’s with the elaborate online marketing campaign implying otherwise? https://ift.tt/UMzDduY https://ift.tt/PbMEnt4

At First, He Was in His Head, but Her ‘Gut Instinct’ Prevailed Yuna Yang and Christopher Seck became good friends before she proposed becoming something more. He took three months to consider. https://ift.tt/v4Ih1yF https://www.nytimes.com

Over Tacos and Beer, Journalists Mourn Their Lost Jobs Hundreds of newsroom staff have been laid off in the last month. On Friday, they gathered to commiserate at the National Press Club. https://ift.tt/Yi8HJht https://ift.tt/6CbsDaV

Andy Kim Wins a Vote Rich in Symbolism in Race to Replace Menendez The third-term congressman won key Democratic support Saturday in his run for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, beating the state’s first lady, Tammy Murphy, on her home turf. https://ift.tt/lVFbf9x https://www.nytimes.com

Willy Chavarria Is Redefining American Fashion Willy Chavarria makes the case for a new (multi)national style. https://ift.tt/ZTngfA2 https://www.nytimes.com

Williamsburg. What Happened? A four-decade timeline of total transformation in Brooklyn. https://ift.tt/Egud7kh https://ift.tt/Ev7xp2J

Kamala Harris Calls Special Counsel Report on Biden ‘Politically Motivated’ The special counsel, Robert K. Hur, put President Biden’s age and memory in the spotlight during an investigation into his handling of classified documents. https://ift.tt/zlSJj85 https://www.nytimes.com

Grammys 2024 Red Carpet: How Music’s Biggest Stars Made Their Entrance See what nominees and performers including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa and Ice Spice wore to arrive for the ceremony. https://ift.tt/KqAWbow https://ift.tt/psG1qtA

‘Vamos a verte a los 21’: la generación milénial comparte sus fotos en Instagram Tienen entre veintitantos y cuarentaipocos años y por estos días han recordado con nostalgia una época más despreocupada. https://ift.tt/ZHz5Sea https://ift.tt/psG1qtA

Seeking a Family, They Got More Than They Bargained For After multiple cycles of I.V.F. and donor eggs, doctors told Andres and Karen Castaño — who married in 2019 — that they would be having triplets. https://ift.tt/nGCP8k2 https://ift.tt/IWQta83

FAFSA Delays Make Affording College Even Harder Federal financial aid programs were created to open the doors to higher education. FAFSA delays affect those who can least afford to pay for college. https://ift.tt/yYrH8ED https://www.nytimes.com

When It Comes to Dating, Ambition Might Matter More Than Politics Toward a grand theory of modern young love. https://bit.ly/3jvLQpp https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Wrong Orders and Fakes: Return Fraud Mishaps Make for Viral TikTok Videos Return fraud is a rampant problem for both shoppers and retailers — and the mishaps often make for viral videos on TikTok. https://bit.ly/3jvLQpp https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

How One Couple Modernized Their 19th-Century Salem Home Here’s how one couple brought their Federal house in Salem, Mass., into the 21st century — with ‘color, character and eccentricity.’ https://bit.ly/3jvLQpp https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Keith McNally, of Balthazar, Discusses His Filmmaking Past Hundreds of moviegoers went to rare screenings of the New York restaurateur’s little-known 1990 film. Afterward, he treated them to half-price dinners at Balthazar and Minetta Tavern. https://bit.ly/3w7Eh1Y https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price. They vowed to fix water woes and save cities millions. But a Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before. https://bit.ly/485aofR https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Jesse L. Martin on Starring in NBC’s Series ‘The Irrational’ The classically trained actor taps into his powers of observation to play a behavioral science professor in the NBC series “The Irrational.” https://bit.ly/3Owizer https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Women Dressing Women, in Jewelry ‘As a woman, I really imagine each piece for myself first,’ one designer said. https://bit.ly/3jvLQpp https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

Two Theater-Making Couples Reflect on Mortality and Renewal A meditation on mortality and renewal, “The Following Evening” presents mirror images of two married pairs of theater makers. https://bit.ly/3SIaYvJ https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

‘#HagamosBebésJudíos’, escribió en un cartel. Hay quienes se lo toman en serio Irina Barskaya, una mujer de 33 años de Brooklyn, sintió el impulso de tener hijos con una persona judía tras los atentados de Hamás del 7 de octubre. Y no es la única. https://bit.ly/3SH2GUX https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

Is It a Crush or Have You Fallen Into Limerence? How an intense longing for a romantic connection can lead to a serious addiction. https://bit.ly/3jvLQpp https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

When a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home The move to a long-term care facility is often difficult but necessary for frail patients. For their partners, it can mean a new set of challenges. https://bit.ly/3Snd0jv https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

NYPD Stops Act: What to Know About the Law Requiring More Data A new law requires greater transparency by the police about their interactions with the public. Mayor Eric Adams and police officials call the law onerous. https://bit.ly/3w2VglW https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

How Do I Dress While I’m Losing Weight? A reader contemplates clothing purchases during a period in which her body is changing. https://bit.ly/42GH7ax https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

U.N. Court to Rule on Whether Ukraine Committed Genocide The highest court of the United Nations will render a verdict on a claim that has been used by Russia to justify its invasion. https://bit.ly/3UpVIEQ https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Hark, the Millennial Death Wail The largest living generation in America peers into the abyss of middle age. Are we really worried, or is it just a shtick? https://bit.ly/48hgWIF https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

How to Quit Your Smartphone Readers who have taken the plunge said it had improved their lives, marriages and mental health, and offered advice to those going without their smartphones for “Flip Phone February.” https://bit.ly/47YfpH5 https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

‘#HagamosBebésJudíos’, escribió en un cartel. Hay quienes se lo toman en serio Irina Barskaya, una mujer de 33 años de Brooklyn, sintió el impulso de tener hijos con una persona judía tras los atentados de Hamás del 7 de octubre. Y no es la única. https://bit.ly/3SH2GUX https://nyti.ms/3oXc7QK

Tax Bill Moves Forward, but Election-Year Politics Threaten Its Chances Republicans planned on Wednesday to push a $78 billion bipartisan tax bill through the House. The effort is a test of whether a dysfunctional Congress can pass major legislation in an election year. https://ift.tt/QxBJgsr https://www.nytimes.com

Naomi Watts, Demi Moore and Diane Lane Swan at the Plaza The stars of Ryan Murphy’s new series, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” celebrated the premiere at the site of the famed 1966 Black and White Ball. https://ift.tt/idFDEsY https://ift.tt/mkqVFtJ