Downtown Los Angeles is a diverse hub, home to historic museums, cultural landmarks and innovative cuisine. The cityscape’s bar scene is another highlight, hosting everything from modern lounges with clarified cocktails to members-only rum clubs that serve drinks in a fresh coconut. Chic rooftops are a dime a dozen; however, if you prefer a more […]
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Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. One show I need to shut up about is 2023’s “Manet/Degas” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I went to see it many,
In the account of attorney Alessandro Mignacca, Italian citizenship is not merely a matter of legal provisions, but also a reflection of major historical changes. Laws, he explains, must adapt to a world in flux and to an Italian community that for centuries has lived and grown well beyond the geographical boundaries of the peninsula.
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Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Dwarkesh Podcast Meta, along with a few of its peers in big tech, is in an enviable place. Like Google and Microsoft, its core business — in Meta’s case, advertising across its popular platforms — is doing extremely well. Also like Google and Microsoft, however, it’s investing breathtaking amounts of money in AI
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The hectic crowds of Oxford Street fade away into a quieter hum as you turn the corner onto Great Cumberland Place and approach Montcalm Mayfair. The hotel, one of London’s latest luxury openings, stands among an impressive row of Georgian townhouses. The lively thoroughfare nearby feels like a distant memory as the entrance looms, evoking
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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch have taken an important step toward making New York City a more livable, welcoming place by launching the NYPD’s new Quality of Life Division. This initiative deserves praise — not only for its practicality, but for the message it sends: that small, everyday concerns matter. Too often,
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ENDOMETRIOSIS RESEARCH: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory opened a research center on Thursday focused on endometriosis, hoping to uncover information about a difficult-to-treat disease that affects more than 250 million women globally. The Seckin Endometriosis Research Center for Women’s Health launched with a $10 million donation from EndoFound, a nonprofit that supports endometriosis research and public
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Northwell Health increased its profits from last year, boosting its operating performance as health systems statewide prepare for looming cuts to federal health funding. The New Hyde Park-based health system recorded a $292 million operating surplus and a 1.6% margin last year, increasing gains by nearly $100 million compared to 2023, according to a yearly
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Mayor Eric Adams’ executive budget proposal adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the current spending plan to stave off some short-term funding shortfalls for Medicaid and other public health services. The mayor’s $115.1 billion plan, unveiled at Bayside High School, his alma mater, on Thursday, includes money to support some recurring programs, including multiple
A local health-tech company raised big with a pitch that its AI-backed social service platform can assess and refer seniors to the providers they need without any human interaction. Flatiron-based startup Blooming Health recently closed a $26 million Series A to advance its digital service, the company announced this week. The early investment round places
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