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Mark Birnbaum Catches the Next Wave at Mexico’s Private Nauka Community
Mark Birnbaum and Jaime Fasja. Nauka Mark Birnbaum, the co-founder of Catch Hospitality Group, is ready to trade wild late nights for gloriously active mornings. He’s ready to go from scene dining to family-friendly excursions. He’s ready to literally dip his toes in the sand as he heads into his next adventure. Birnbaum is still…
Read MoreScreening at Venice: Anuparna Roy’s ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’
Roy’s approach is melodic and understated, and mines drama from human corners where other storytellers might not think to look. Courtesy Celluloid Dreams A tale of two young female roommates hustling in Mumbai, Songs of Forgotten Trees premiered in the Orizzonti (or Horizons) section at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, where it won debuting filmmaker…
Read MoreSports Art Has Carved a Market Niche But Rarely Makes It into the Museum Canon
A screenprint of Chris Evert by Andy Warhol hangs in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Photo: John Corbett, courtesy the International Tennis Hall of Fame Generalizing, one can both say that art depicts life, and that for many people, sports are life. Yet sports are rarely the subject of works found in art galleries…
Read MoreInside Nina Dobrev and Shaun White’s Summer Before Break Up
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White will always have summer. Ahead of the Vampire Diaries alum and Olympian’s breakup following five years together and a one-year engagement Sept. 11, they shared a glimpse into the final sweet moments as a pair just weeks prior. In a collection of photos Nina, 36, shared to Instagram Sept. 5,…
Read MoreSavannah Chrisley “Devastated” by Death of Friend Charlie Kirk
“I was supposed to be standing next to him at every college this October,” she explained. “Instead, I sit here with a broken heart, devastated beyond words.” Describing his killing as a “political assassination,” Savannah shared the pain she feels for Charlie’s wife Erika Frantzve Kirk, who shared two young kids with the conservative activist.…
Read MoreThe Cost of Limiting Shareholder Voice: How New Restrictions Threaten Economic Growth
Restricting shareholder proposals undermines the checks and balances that protect markets, innovation and social responsibility. Unsplash+ Illegal child marriages. Coerced sterilization. Debt bondage. Until recently, shareholders had the right to raise such human rights concerns through formal proposals to corporate boards, a right protected by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for nearly a century.…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About the ‘Kissing Bug’ Disease
Millions of people around the world are estimated to have Chagas disease, a potentially fatal, parasitic illness that can lie dormant for years after the initial infection. Some 280,000 people in the U.S. are among them, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the disease is not officially considered endemic to…
Read MoreAI Is Revolutionizing Health Care. But It Can’t Replace Your Doctor
The next time you get a blood test, X-ray, mammogram, or colonoscopy, there’s a good chance an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm will first interpret the results even before your doctor has seen it. Over the course of just a few years, AI has spread rapidly into hospitals and clinics around the world. More than 1,000…
Read MoreMajor RFK Jr. Health Report Sows Vaccine Fears; Experts Push Back Hard
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The nation’s top health officials, regulators, and policy wonks huddled on the eighth floor of the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday to take a victory lap for a new…
Read MoreHow to Tell If Your Outdoor Air Is Safe
When George Thurston leaves his cottage in the woods of Waccabuc, N.Y., to head for work, a pollution monitor clipped to his belt—called an AirBeam—shows pristine air quality. As he takes the train through the suburbs, the device’s digits rise, meaning more pollution. By the time he gets to his office in Manhattan, they’re even…
Read More10 Questions to Ask Your Kid Besides ‘How Was School?’
Every parent has been on the receiving end of a one-word answer. You ask your kid how their day was, and they generously offer that it was “fine,” “good,” or “OK.” It probably triggers your own single-word reaction, even if you don’t say it out loud: “Ugh.” “As parents, we’re desperate for information,” says Stevi…
Read MoreTrump Cracks Down on Drug Ads
Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on drug companies to be more transparent about the risks associated with their prescription products. In a memorandum signed on Tuesday, the President ordered federal health agencies to enforce existing rules about misleading prescription drug advertisements. The order falls short of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
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