Maria Cramer
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Ditching the Car and Enjoying the View on a Trip to the Berkshires
For the first time in 50 years, a weekend train route is taking passengers directly from New York to the Berkshires. The Berkshire Flyer will...
How Did Women’s Sports Teams Get Their Start?
As the 50th anniversary of Title IX arrives in June, historians are reflecting on the legacy of women’s sports teams and whether it’s time to...
MacKenzie Scott Gives $436 Million to Habitat for Humanity
The donation is part of an ongoing effort by Ms. Scott to give away her fortune.
A Year After Suez Blockage, Another Evergreen Ship Is Mired in the Chesapeake
The Ever Forward ran aground after leaving Baltimore on Sunday, nearly a year after the Ever Given became lodged in the Suez Canal, disrupting global...
McDonald’s Ice Cream Woes Have Inspired Memes, Mockery and Now, a Federal Lawsuit
A California tech company that tried to solve the problem of malfunctioning ice cream machines claims in the suit that it was thwarted by McDonald’s.
Vaseline, a Staple of Grandma’s Medicine Cabinet, Gets Hot on TikTok
People have coated their faces in Vaseline for decades, but a TikTok trend with a catchy name (“slugging,” anyone?) has introduced the skin-protecting petroleum jelly...
Plane Passengers Partying Without Masks Draw Outrage
A group of Canadian social medial influencers and others flouted Covid-19 rules on a flight to Cancún, Mexico, resulting in airlines shunning and stranding many...
Lawsuit Accusing Nirvana of Sexually Exploitive Imagery Is Dismissed
Spencer Elden, who was pictured naked as a baby on the cover of “Nevermind,” said Nirvana had engaged in “child pornography.”
Huge QVC Distribution Building Heavily Damaged in Fire
The blaze began on Saturday morning at a 1.2 million-square-foot building in Rocky Mount, N.C.
Zia Chishti Steps Down as C.E.O. of Afiniti
Zia Chishti resigned from the artificial-intelligence company he founded after a former employee accused him of sexual misconduct.