Author: Michelle Korhonen

The millions of people who crowd into New York City’s busiest subway stations every day have recently encountered a sight reminiscent of a frightening, bygone era: National Guard troops with long guns patrolling platforms and checking bags.After 9/11 and at moments of high alert in the years since, New York deployed soldiers in the subway to deter would-be terrorists and reassure the public that the transit system was safe from attack. The National Guard is now there for a different reason. Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul sent 1,000 state police officers and National Guard troops into the city’s underground…

By Freya Barnes Published: 12:39 EST, 9 March 2024 | Updated: 12:41 EST, 9 March 2024 A health board has been forced to apologise to a grieving family after it emerged that a hospital had given them the wrong body.The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board discovered the mix-up at The Grange hospital in Cwmbran, South Wales, several months later and had to break the news to the family who had already cremated the body and held a funeral.The health boards chief executive Nicola Prygodzicz met with the family who had to hold a second funeral two weeks later for the correct…

What is the correct distance from which to film a dictator? You could give him a close-up, revealing his psychic wounds, in a biopic or drama. You could turn on a spotlight, make him sing and dance onstage. Perhaps it’s best not to put him on-screen at all, and to focus instead on those who suffered at his hands.Pablo Larraín, the director of the Oscar-nominated black comedy El Conde, wrestled with this question carefully. He feared that using a dramatic lens to depict Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-year-long military dictatorship in Chile made torture and forced disappearance state policy, could risk…

Whether you’re a die-hard vegetarian or just trying to eat more meatless meals, it’s not always easy to find a nutritious vegetarian option at popular fast-food chain restaurants. While more and more restaurants are offering vegetarian and vegan fast-food options, others are still stuck in the meaty past. To help sift through all of the options out there, we talked with dietitians to get their ideas on the best vegetarian fast-food meals.But first, what food is considered vegetarian? A vegetarian diet is based on plant foods including fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, and grains. Some vegetarians add milk and dairy…

International Women’s Day, on March 8, celebrates the achievements of women. We share stories from women in the the Kibera community, which locals call a “slum,” about their setbacks and successes.

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.A Columbia historian said he’d discovered evidence of a lost sacred text with scandalous implications about the life of Jesus. Was it a fake? In a new Atlantic feature, the writer Ariel Sabar reports on the bitter ongoing debate—and the largely unexamined early life of the man who found it.The story is the latest of Sabar’s numerous explorations of the mysterious, the illusive, and…

Being a “weekend warrior,” or practicing “exercise stacking” on weekends, comes with its benefits. According to recent research published in Obesity, leaving your workouts solely for the weekend—and exercising hard—can be just as effective as exercising throughout the week when it comes to burning fat and achieving your fitness goals.We spoke with Tyler Read, BSc, CPT, the founder of PTPioneer.com and a personal trainer who has been involved in the health and fitness world for the past 15 years, who breaks down everything you need to know about exercise stacking, along with how it can speed up your progress. Keep reading…

The Chevrolet Bolt was the little electric car that could. Never the fastest or the fanciest EV, the Bolt and its sticker price of roughly $30,000 made it cheaper than lots of gas cars, all while delivering a respectable 259 miles of range. With its legion of fans, the Bolt outsold every non-Tesla EV in America last year. But if you want to buy a new one, you’d better hurry: Chevy’s parent company, General Motors, stopped making the Bolt at the end of 2023.The demise of the Bolt was supposed to mark the end of the beginning. In place of…

For millions of tired parents juggling children and work, a steaming cup of coffee (or six) is a crucial crutch to get them through the day.But what do you do if, like me, you can’t have caffeine at all? Or are one of many seeking to cut down after suffering some of the side effects, like twitches or jitters? A caffeine intolerance, which began in my early teens, means even the smallest trace can make me feel so faint and dizzy I can’t function, as well as triggering severe nausea and shakes.As such, coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks and even dark chocolate…

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here.As the 96th Oscars approach, I’ve been thinking about how closely intertwined Hollywood and the literary world are. Arguably, publishing’s biggest contribution to the movies today is providing an intellectual-property source for new projects. Lots of films in the running for statues, such as Oppenheimer, American Fiction, The Zone of Interest, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon, are adapted from books. And for as long as we’ve had movie stars and blockbusters, we’ve had tell-alls and journalistic…