“President Biden yesterday encouraged Americans who have been waiting for the F.D.A. “Following the announcement that the F.D.A. has officially approved the Pfizer vaccine, President Biden is now calling on companies in the private sector to adopt a shot mandate. …Read the full story
In an effort to win over a group of moderates who had threatened to block the budget proposal, Democratic leaders promised a Sept. Low elderly vaccination rates in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada have coincided with surging rates of hospitalization and death. The F.D.A.’s approval has finally given companies some of the cover they […]
He had four seasons with at least 80 points, including in 1971-72 when he had 43 goals and 54 assists. He had learned he’d been selected as an emergency call-up to the Rangers, but while playing in a junior game in 1960, he skated over debris and fell into the boards, sustaining an injury that […]
championship games in the early 1960s with his outstanding pass-catching and blocking, but who found considerably less success coaching the N.F.L.’s other New York team, the Jets, for most of the 1980s, died on Sunday in Englewood, Fla. Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, announced his death, but did not […]
It’s not merely that they’ve produced a Christmas episode — albeit one airing in August — it’s that it’s an episode that, back in the day, would have been billed as a “Very Special Christmas Episode”: absurdly uplifting — even for “Ted Lasso”!—seasonally sweet, devoid of tension or discord, et cetera. Our newest episode, by […]
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who kept one foot in folk and the other in country and was blessed with a soaring voice equally at home in both genres, died on Friday. The song was a country hit in 1986 — but for Kathy Mattea, not for Ms. Griffith. Nanci Caroline Griffith was […]
In March, Little, Brown plans to publish “Run, Rose, Run,” a collaboration between Patterson and Parton, in print, e-book and audio editions. Parton will simultaneously release an album, also titled “Run, Rose, Run,” featuring 12 new songs inspired by the novel. He’s worked with around 35 co-writers and currently has multiple books on the best […]
In the women’s race, the Jamaican team, with all three medalists from the 100 meters, outran the U.S. In the women’s 1,500, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya foiled Sifan Hassan’s bid for a 1,500-5,000-10,000 triple; Hassan finished third. By winning her 10th Olympic medal in the 400-meter final, she has matched Carl Lewis as the most […]
Workers have been so hard to find, even after the restaurant raised wages, that the owners had to call in relatives from across the country to help. New Yorkers began the summer with expectations of a grand reopening — tourists flocking to visit, curfews lifted, and dining and nightlife regaining their former effervescence. Though clearly […]
In 1966, a pouty-mouthed Udo Kier made his movie debut in a zippy short called “Road to Saint Tropez,” playing a gigolo who has a fling with an older woman. In “Swan Song,” a new movie from the writer-director Todd Stephens, Kier plays Mr. Pat, a flamboyant former hairdresser languishing in a grim nursing home […]
While it belongs, more or less, to the durable genre of backstage musical, “Annette” aims to be something darker and stranger than another angsty melodrama about the entanglements of ambition and love. “We love each other so much.” That is the refrain that sticks in your head as you attend to the tragic tale of […]
The two women, both 58-year-old New Yorkers, were among 1,055 people who braved concerns about the highly contagious Delta variant in order to, once again, see a play on Broadway. The night was significant, not only as Broadway seeks to rebound from a shutdown of historic length, but also as it seeks to respond to […]
Jay Pickett, an actor known for his roles in TV soap operas like “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives,” died on Friday while filming a movie in Idaho. Travis Mills, the director of “Treasure Valley,” which was set to star Mr. Pickett, said on Sunday that Mr. Pickett fell ill while preparing to shoot […]
“Jungle Cruise,” a period comedic adventure that cost at least $200 million to make and another $100 million to market, collected about $34 million at 4,310 theaters in the United States and Canada, including Thursday-night previews, according to Comscore, which compiles box office data. “There’s Covid, there’s simultaneous streaming, there’s piracy, there’s the nature of […]
But it was a first-place silver medal from the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 — there were no gold medals then — that commanded six figures on the eve of this year’s Games. Bill Russell, the Boston Celtics legend, will put his gold medal from the 1956 Olympics, when he served as captain […]
Softball was then dropped from the Games, and on its return the same two teams met. Biles, Team U.S.A.’s star, said she pulled out of the event because she wasn’t in the right place mentally to perform the difficult and often dangerous skills she is known for, after feeling so much pressure to be successful. […]
Representatives for Odenkirk said in a statement, “We can confirm Bob is in stable condition after experiencing a heart-related incident. On “Better Call Saul,” which made its debut in 2015, Odenkirk received four Emmy Award nominations for lead actor in a drama series. And Bryan Cranston, the star of “Breaking Bad,” wrote on Instagram that […]
Dusty Hill, the quiet, bearded bass player who made up one third of ZZ Top, among the best-selling rock bands of the 1980s, has died at his home in Houston. The band paired their grungy sound and innuendo-filled lyrics with a knowing, sometimes comic stage act — Mr. Hill and Mr. Gibbons, in matching sunglasses […]
Australia swam away with the women’s 4×100 relay, and the United States, with Simone Manuel swimming the anchor leg, won the bronze medal. Simone Biles made her debut, but the American women’s gymnastics team was overshadowed by Russia. title with the Milwaukee Bucks, scored 18 for the United States less than 24 hours after landing […]
The Booker Prize’s judges, who are led by the historian Maya Jasanoff, were unequivocal in believing the novel deserved a place on the prize’s 13-strong longlist. The list also includes Maggie Shipstead’s “Great Circle,” about a woman who devotes her life to flying and an actress set to play her onscreen, and Francis Spufford’s “Light […]