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David Carter, a Historian of Stonewall, Is Dead at 67

His research into the 1969 uprising that was a turning point in the gay rights movement helped get the site of that uprising recognized as a landmark.

Burying My Bubby During the Pandemic

The coronavirus is a deep, dark life lesson in how to experience something awful while quietly leaning over to your neighbor and whispering, “Can you believe these schmucks?”

100 Babies Stranded in Ukraine After Surrogate Births

Travel bans have prevented the babies’ parents from entering the country. One official says as many as 1,000 babies will be born before restrictions are lifted.

The Return of Sports During Coronavirus

When Sheltering in Place Puts Your Tax Strategy at Risk

Advisers say taxpayers facing residency questions because of quarantine orders need to keep detailed records to explain where they lived, for how long and why.

Who’s Enforcing Mask Rules? Often Retail Workers, and They’re Getting Hurt

The risk of a violent reaction now hangs over jobs already fraught with health perils.

She’s 108, Lived Through the Spanish Flu and Just Beat Covid-19

Sylvia Goldsholl, who lives in a New Jersey nursing home, is one of the country’s oldest survivors of the coronavirus. “She’s very feisty,” her nephew said.

6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Nevada, Strongest Since the 1950s

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake in a remote area of the state, felt as far as California and Utah, was the strongest there since the 1950s, an expert said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

These No-Bake Bars Are the Next Best Thing to a Peanut Butter Cup

Sweetened peanut butter topped with a simple chocolate shell, you’ll want to keep these treats on hand in the fridge — if they last that long.

Christie’s Gets Creative for 20th-Century Art Auction in July

The sale, which includes works that were to be sold in New York in May, will be a hybrid: in-person (where allowed) and online in a format tailored for the coronavirus era.

Looking at Albert Camus’s “The Plague”

In 1948, Stephen Spender wrote for the Book Review about Albert Camus’s “The Plague,” a novel about an epidemic spreading across the French Algerian city of Oran.

Tanglewood, Musical Haven in the Berkshires, Cancels Summer Season

The shuttering of the Northeast tradition seems to represent the end of live performance in America this summer.

Gil Loescher, 75, Refugees Expert Who Survived Iraq Bombing, Dies

He lost his legs in a 2003 suicide attack but continued his scholarship and field work on behalf of the world’s displaced.

Love Letter: Living Alone in a Pandemic

Plus, proposals are not on pause.

As His Pay Shrinks in the Absence of Tennis, His Heart Grows Fonder

Ron Yu, a racket technician for some of the best players in the world, has lost his primary source of income during the coronavirus pandemic but also remembered how much he loves the sport.