A better way to buy homesAustralia has hit on a genius way to take the guesswork out of real estate deals
Evan Duby had been a real-estate broker for just a few years when he decided to try an unusual method of selling a home. Five buyers were offering to pay similar amounts for one of his listings, a one-bedroom co-op unit in a leafy Brooklyn neighborhood with an asking price of $485,000. Rather than instructing…
I took my 3 kids to India to relive my study-abroad days. Traveling in my 40s is a whole new kind of magic.
Wendy Altschuler visited the Taj Mahal when she traveled back to India with her husband and three kids. It was dark when I arrived in India, the air was slothful with a gluey viscosity. I was still in college and had never traveled this far away from home before. I hadn’t decided to study abroad…
I serve my kids dinner at 4:30 p.m. It guarantees we have family time and they sleep better.
Olivia Napoli feeds her kids dinner after they get off the school bus. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with health and food expert Olivia Napoli. It has been edited for length and clarity. I grew up on a farm in Massachusetts, eating fresh produce. I had always been interested in food and…
Jennifer Lopez said she wondered whether she was enough for her kids as a single mom
Jennifer is the mom of 16-year-old twins. Jennifer Lopez said she wondered if she was enough for her kids. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published on Monday, the actor opened up about being a single mom. “I’ve been a single mom at times in my life and [I’ve asked], ‘Am I enough for them?’”…
After giving birth, I felt detached from my body. I decided to cut my hair and start hormone replace therapy.
The author, not pictured, began their gender journey after giving birth. My morning sickness began at six and a half weeks. I told others it was like having a monthslong stomach bug. As I fought nausea while teaching lesson after lesson in my elementary classroom, I wondered if this would be the hardest part of…
I’m a life coach for the children of the ultrawealthy. I see the same problems over and over again.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aprajita Anand, 41, a life coach in New York City. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I’ve been a life coach for children of the ultrawealthy for 12 years. I started on this career path very organically. I was working as a tutor in New…
A US Navy destroyer has come under missile fire 3 times in 3 months as the Houthis try to score a hit on a warship
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale during a transit from the South China Sea to the Philippine Sea in 2021. US Navy warships operating off the coast of Yemen fought off another Houthi attack over the weekend, shooting down a collection of missiles and drones. One of the two US warships that came under…
Russia wants its pro-war bloggers to identify themselves by 2025. Only about 10% of its top channels are complying, analysis says.
Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk, pictured here, runs the Telegram account Rybar. Nearly 90% of Russia’s top pro-war Telegram channels have been ignoring a government directive to identify themselves in an official registry, per an analysis by independent media outlet Vertska. The findings come four months after Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree on…
A US ally in the Pacific spotted a Russian submarine in the contested South China Sea
The Philippines said it spotted a Russian submarine 80 nautical miles from its coast. The Philippines said it spotted a Russian submarine in the South China Sea last week, in the latest sign of tensions in the contested waters. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said a Russian UFA…
