One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant and took out her phone. She ...

Kelsey Pfendler has been at sea for 28 days, in a 24-foot fiberglass boat, totally alone. On May 21, she departed from Monterey, California, with the goal of rowing to Oahu, Hawaii, 2,400 miles away.

It’s a big holiday weekend, so let’s revisit a letter from Love Letters history. This question is from 2013. I stand by my advice — and I love the comments. Q. I’m having an issue with the term “we” ...

Dear Annie: My best friend, “Ashley,” and I have worked at the same marketing agency for three years. We started on the same day, bonded over bad coffee, and we have been inseparable ever since. We ...

Dear Carolyn: I am the last of my hometown girl group not married with children. Over the last several years, they have become distant due to family life and their various obligations. On average I’ll ...

His friend has accused him of being distant, even hinting that he’s a social climber for not wanting to hang out with them. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times ...

Although nobody else could play Paulette Bonafonté quite like her, Jennifer Coolidge went into Legally Blonde with other ideas. While reuniting with her co-stars from the beloved 2001 comedy at Prime ...

Co-signing everything she said. By now everybody’s probably sick of hearing about the bombshell divorce between Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie Xo. To be honest I’m sick of writing about it, but as ...

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Most medium to large sized animals on this plant have the potential to be dangerous and even deadly. Most people live a relatively sheltered life away from nature but when we venture into the ...

Her dalliance with the reclusive billionaire, her childhood friendship with Monroe, her brief affair with Tony Curtis — the 95-year-old one-time pinup spills all in a candid new memoir. By Seth ...