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As Deborah Yarchun and Benjamin Parr traveled across the country during the pandemic, their bond became stronger at each stop. Deborah Jennifer Yarchun was shocked when her friend swiped left [...]

Talia Bernstein and Kristen Zublin became friends after meeting at an improv class in Los Angeles, but their relationship shifted after Ms. Bernstein invited Ms. Zublin over for homemade pizza. [...]

''Transforming Spaces'' is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Jam the towel under the door. Open the window. And hide the bong. For decades, college students [...]

When the Rev. Peter Manning learned that Garth Wingfield had also completed the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, he thought, ''Don't screw this up.'' At first, the striking similarities in [...]

Byline: Joshua Needelman 'Transforming Spaces' is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Jam the towel under the door. Open the window. And hide the bong. For [...]

When the Rev. Peter Manning learned that Garth Wingfield had also completed the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, he thought, “Don’t screw this up.” At first, the striking similarities in [...]

The wrestling superfan, Tim Rivera, leads a troupe of performers that cosplay as their childhood heroes in front of unsuspecting subway riders. For many New Yorkers, the city's subways are [...]

The wrestling superfan, Tim Rivera, leads a troupe of performers that cosplay as their childhood heroes in front of unsuspecting subway riders. For many New Yorkers, the city’s subways are [...]

The smell of marijuana is drifting over Court 17. The explanation appears to have nothing to do with tennis. Those familiar with New York City know it's a place where [...]

Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. Are blacksmiths going extinct in America? Not according to Craig Kaviar, a prominent practitioner [...]

We’re not done: Savor these last few weeks of summer with dance parties, a vegan festival and more. Here’s the bad news: On Aug. 11, the sun in New York [...]

Byline: Joshua Needelman More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. To Shirley Raines, they are royalty: The [...]

The video begins with an instructor and a barbell, like so many others on Instagram. But then, as Casey Johnston, the instructor, dead-lifts the barbell — 45 pounds, plus 160 [...]

More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. To Shirley Raines, they are royalty: The woman with the [...]

Conrad Benner’s phone camera was fixed on Nile Livingston, an artist who stood in front of a blank wall. Mx. Livingston would soon paint a massive mural, and the “canvas” [...]

We all have our summer routines, but this month why not try something new -- including leaving the city behind? About a month ago, as the sun rose over Central [...]

Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. Freeman Vines was chasing a sound. He couldn't remember where he'd heard it, but [...]

Recommendations Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island (through Sunday) ''I did the cocktails for the event for many years, and always enjoyed being a part of it,'' said Julie [...]

Before he was New York Nico (handle: https://www.instagram.com/newyorknico/?hl=en), the popular social-media documentarian of New York’s quirks and characters, Nicolas Heller was the “mayor of 16th Street” — at age 3. [...]

This past fall, when he got to Franklin & Marshall College, where he was the lone Asian player on the lacrosse team, Trosset found himself thinking about the people he'd [...]

For Jaeki Cho’s Righteous Eats, food is the hook, but the social media series is really a platform to celebrate the people who make up one of the world’s most [...]

Freeman Vines was chasing a sound. He couldn’t remember where he’d heard it, but it reverberated in his mind. His attempts to replicate it on mass-produced guitars were fruitless, so [...]

Summer is just around the corner. We’ll help you navigate all the city has to offer — with some help from New York-based experts. Fire up the barbecues. Memorial Day [...]

The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks. About 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, [...]

Are blacksmiths going extinct in America? Not according to Craig Kaviar, a prominent practitioner of the craft who is based in Louisville, Ky. If anything, he said, “there’s been a [...]

The textile artist Bisa Butler was working in her studio in Jersey City, N.J., one day when her husband, John Butler, a D.J., played the song “The World Is Yours” [...]

The motive of the gunman so far remains a mystery. The shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets left nine people dead, including the suspect. The residents and authorities in a [...]

The bike's battery was being charged near the front door of the apartment building when the blaze ignited and quickly spread. Two young people were killed in ''an explosion of [...]

The bike’s battery was being charged near the front door of the apartment building when the blaze ignited and quickly spread. Two young people were killed in “an explosion of [...]

Lester Chanin was asleep the night that the paintings were taken. He was only 15 and, though it happened over 50 years ago, he still remembers waking the next day [...]

Lester Chanin was asleep the night that the paintings were taken. He was only 15 and, though it happened over 50 years ago, he still remembers waking the next day [...]

The products, which were sold at Trader Joe’s, Costco, Aldi and other retailers, have been linked to five cases of illness, a federal agency said. Frozen organic strawberries sold at [...]

Where We Are is a series about young people coming of age and the spaces where they create community. Jason Trosset, 19, grew up living a double life. In the [...]

The number of runaway and homeless young people using drop-in programs has surged. Now, the city says they must stay awake, even overnight. The city's overnight drop-in centers for homeless [...]

The number of runaway and homeless young people using drop-in programs in New York City has surged. Now, the city says they must stay awake, even overnight. The city’s overnight [...]

In New York, incidents of people riding outside of train cars have more than quadrupled in one year. Two recent deaths show the dangers of a trend stoked by social [...]

For the Taking the Lead series, we asked leaders in various fields to share insights on what they've learned and what lies ahead. Janice Washington, head coach of the Lincoln [...]

Last summer we shared stories of people who were part of 2022's surge in quitting. Months later, we asked them if they were still glad they switched gears. Calling It [...]

If there is still no measurable snowfall on Sunday, it would be the longest stretch of winter without snow since 1973. It has been an unusually snowless winter in New [...]

The charges were the latest in a litany of such accusations amid a growing crisis at the jail complex, where conditions have worsened during the pandemic. Three New York City [...]

The first time Reneé Jones overdosed on drugs last year, she was at her daughter's Bronx apartment and had gotten up to get one of her seven grandchildren a cup [...]

Misconduct claims against Judge Harriet Thompson of Brooklyn Surrogate's Court were scheduled to be considered at a hearing next week. A Brooklyn judge accused of making racist and homophobic remarks [...]

In a city facing wide-ranging challenges, the gospel music you hear at Praise Fest can be a balm for the collective spirit. On the final day of the 13th annual [...]

Creating your own candleholder can be a fun way to teach kids about the holiday -- and to spread a bit of festive light. Rica Allam, who lives in Stuttgart, [...]

''Transforming Spaces'' is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Where was the mud? The oil? The Jell-O? When Jeanie Buss attended her first WOW -- Women [...]

In Titletown, games of catch have an open invite. Deangelo Marshall, for instance, had gone to the regulation-size football field at the complex -- a 45-acre mixed-use development adjacent to [...]

This article is part of Our City, a series focused on how people around the United States use public and shared spaces to build community. It was just before midnight [...]

Byline: Joshua Needelman This article is part of Our City, a series focused on how people around the United States use public and shared spaces to build community. It was [...]

This is part of the I Want to Thank You series. We asked readers to tell us about who helped get them through the pandemic; these are a selection of [...]