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Turkey’s coffeehouses, a hub of male social life, may not survive virus

December 15, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

A lockdown earlier this year closed coffeehouses across the country, along with bars and restaurants, and when the government allowed them to reopen in June, it forbade the usual games,...

Silent night: Scenes of a pandemic Christmas

December 15, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Like the part in "It's a Wonderful Life," when George Bailey is granted his request that he had never been born, the coronavirus pandemic is giving us a holiday season...

Istanbul is locking down. But not if you’re a tourist.

December 14, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

Foreign tourists are exempt from a strict curfew order, meaning that they were free to see the sights, walk the streets and ride the ferries across the Bosporus, even as...

Holidays in a pandemic? Here’s what happened in 1918

December 14, 2020 at 9:28 a.m.

The national conversation around private family gatherings appeared to have been less charged in 1918 than it is today, as many weary from months of restrictions bristle at guidance from...

An unwelcome silent night: Germany without Christmas markets

December 11, 2020 at 2:33 p.m.

Germany this December doesn't feel right.

J.R.R. Tolkien house comes on the market

December 11, 2020 at 2:15 p.m.

The longtime home of author J.R.R. Tolkien is about to reenter the market, and a crowdfunding campaign has been started with hopes that "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" fans...

How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is inspiring women to take up chess

December 11, 2020 at 2:02 p.m.

Actress Beth Behrs has a new obsession — chess — and the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit" is to blame. Her obsession even got her into trouble on the set...

The Olive Garden is open, but Marilyn Hagerty isn’t eating there

December 11, 2020 at 12:32 p.m.

North Dakota's most famous restaurant critic has been eating at home lately. It's not that there's nowhere to go in and around Grand Forks, where she lives and writes. Her...

‘Is Exxon a survivor?’ The oil giant is at a crossroads.

December 11, 2020 at 11:16 a.m.

Over the last 135 years, Exxon Mobil has survived hostile governments, ill-fated investments and the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill. Through it all, the oil company made bundles of money.

More men reach for sewing machines

December 10, 2020 at 11:21 p.m.

Growing up in foster homes, Norris Dánta Ford, a fashion designer, cleverly used clothes to impress his future parents, dressing himself and his sister up in multiple outfits to show...

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