Author: KnowledgeHippo

Whether you want to stroll along a beach or cuddle up by a campfire, these getaways prove that romantic accommodations come in many forms, from a new luxury resort in Mexico, an estate in the English countryside, to just opening cabins for birdwatching. stars in the Catskills. a California wine country farmhouse and hotels with February sales on the coast of Maine. Wherever you go, you’ll find Valentine’s Day dinner menus and activities for two, like couples’ massages and private yoga sessions — though many rooms at these properties are so luxurious, you might decide to ditch your plans and…

Hamas’s response to a new cease-fire proposal was met with optimism by mediators, but details emerging from its counter-proposal on Wednesday, including a demand for a full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza, revealed many of the same obstacles that have stymied previous ones. efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war.Under the militant group’s proposal, both sides would observe a three-stage ceasefire for 135 days, each stage lasting 45 days, during which hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israel would be released. It calls on the Israeli military to leave Gaza permanently – a demand that Israeli officials have so far publicly rejected.Neither…

In the world of American legal scholarship, Seth Barrett Tillman is an outsider in more ways than one. An associate professor at a university in Ireland, he has proposed unusual interpretations of the meaning of the US Constitution that have for years been largely ignored – if not outright dismissed as unusual.But at 60, Professor Tillman enjoys some level of vindication. When the U.S. Supreme Court considers Thursday whether former President Donald J. Trump is shut out of the Colorado primary, a seemingly contradictory theory that Professor Tillman has championed for more than 15 years will take center stage and…

Henry Timms, who guided Lincoln Center through the turmoil of the pandemic and helped complete a $550 million renovation of David Geffen Hall, will step down as leader this summer after five years, he announced Wednesday.Timms will become managing director of the Brunswick Group, a global public relations firm. He said he had always intended to stay at Lincoln Center for five to seven years, and that the Brunswick Group, which advises leading corporations and cultural groups, had approached him about a position there late last year.”I feel proud of what we’ve done,” he said in an interview in his…

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that they will merge and sell access to all the sports they televise through a new streaming service. It will be available this fall, but many other details, such as the price or who would manage the service, are not yet known.The bottom line of the deal — and of most decisions made by media companies — is that the cable bundle is collapsing. A decade ago, about 100 million homes in the United States subscribed to a cable or satellite television package. Today, that number is about 70 million, and falling.Media…

In July, Michael Puglia drove home what seemed like the coolest vehicle he’s ever owned — a Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck.It was big enough to lug around his kids and all their hockey gear. He would never have to throttle it, and the ride was exhilarating. “It’s incredibly fast and responsive,” said Mr. Puglia, a pediatric anesthesiologist in Ann Arbor, Mich. “Technology is amazing.”But as colder weather arrived, the truck’s range — or how far it could travel before needing to be plugged in — was significantly reduced. Once, after Mr. Pullia had driven 35 miles to an ice…

Transgender and non-binary Americans face high rates of unemployment and harassment, according to the largest survey of their lived experiences to date. The data reflect a longstanding pattern of discrimination at a time when states across the country have passed laws limiting their health care, bathroom access and participation in sports.The findings come from the US Trans Survey, which many researchers and policymakers have relied on since a version of it first appeared in 2011. The National Center for Transgender Equality, an advocacy group, conducted the latest iteration of the survey in end of 2022, gathering responses from more than…

Four bolts used to secure the panel that ultimately blew up an Alaska Airlines plane during a flight last month were removed — and do not appear to have been replaced — at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, according to a preliminary report released on Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets in the plane’s fuselage, according to Boeing records. The report did not say who removed the bolts holding the door plug in place. However, the safety panel said it appears that not all of the bolts…

“There is a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that a deal is possible and indeed necessary, and we will continue to work tirelessly to achieve it,” Mr Blinken said.Hamas’s response came as a surprise to Mr. Blinken and the White House, who had little time to review it before being publicly questioned about it. Qatari officials received the Hamas proposal just an hour before Mr Blinken arrived for his first meeting in Doha and about three hours before the joint press conference, said a senior US official who spoke on condition of anonymity to…

Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and 80s played a leading role in identifying, defining and promoting black cinema as an art form, died on January 24 at his home in Los Angeles. It was 92.His daughter, Rahdi Taylor, a filmmaker, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.As a young professor in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s—first at California State University, Long Beach, and then at the University of California, Los Angeles—Dr. Taylor was at the center of a push to bring his study Black culture in academia.Black culture was not simply an appendage…