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Diners Are Fed Up With Minimal Service. Will a Little Warmth Win Them Back?
As prices rise and seasoned help is harder to find, some restaurants are trying to provide a more welcoming experience for their underwhelmed guests.
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How to turn a soulless kitchen into a warm, inviting space
Whether it’s with color, pattern or vintage accessories, kitchen design is (finally!) embracing personality and even imperfection.
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Ask Amy: My new friend’s drama is too much for me
How can this reader gracefully back away from a new friend whose drama is all-encompassing?
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Miss Manners: Why do people keep asking me why I haven’t retired yet?
A letter-writer is tired of the questions about retirement.
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Carolyn Hax: How to curb a controlling urge to drop ‘many, many hints’
Fearing that spouse will become overweight like his family, a letter-writer drops “many, many hints about healthy eating.”
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Trump campaign braces for Iowa battle as DeSantis team sees an opening
The former president faces well-funded resistance and other headwinds in the GOP’s first nominating contest, even as he pulls ahead in national polls.
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Centuries later, Connecticut expunges crimes of accused witches
On Thursday, Connecticut’s Senate passed a resolution absolving dozens of residents convicted and executed for the crime of witchcraft in the 1600s.
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Russian Guards Beat and Tortured Kherson Prisoners, Leading to Deaths
Ukraine has charged four members of Russia’s National Guard with war crimes in Kherson. The four acted with such impunity, the authorities say, they did not mask their identities.
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Kyiv Residents Scramble for Shelter From Daytime Russia Missile Barrage
A drone attack on Tuesday came after a barrage of missiles on Monday sent schoolchildren running for shelter as explosions echoed across the Ukrainian capital, rare daytime aerial assaults on the city.
