EditorialA classic sweet noodle kugel, rich with sour cream, cottage cheese, light brown sugar and optional raisins, in New York, Nov. 22, 2022. Food styled by Brett Regot. (Linda Xiao/The New York Times)
EditorialAn usher reminds attendees to wear masks before a performance of “The Kite Runner” at the Hayes Theater in New York, Aug. 19, 2022. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialFish sauce is optional but helps bolsters the other ingredients for the spicy clam dip in New York on May 12, 2022. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialScene inside 1st flight to Las Vegas where passengers are allowed for the first time to not wear masks on a flight in nearly two years since Covid 19 pandemic
EditorialPeople, some masked and some not, at a rock climbing gym which made them optional in Los Angeles, March 10, 2022. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialDaria Minhas, 16, left, and Oscar Kaye, 17, both juniors at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, shed their masks on Monday, March 7, 2022. Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialGov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia visits a coronavirus testing site in Roanoke on Jan. 20, 2022. Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia visits a coronavirus testing site in Roanoke on Jan. 20, 2022.
EditorialStudents at the University of Texas at Austin, where masks are optional and the state banned mask mandates, in Austin, Texas, Sept. 2, 2021. (Susannah Kay/The New York Times)
EditorialLamborghinis new Huracán EVO $260k super car cooks your dinner and vacuums your house as it becomes first car to partner with Amazons Alexa digital assistance service
EditorialOffice Furniture Liquidations in San Antonio made the decision to make face coverings optional after the new CDC guidelines. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialErik Darmstetter, owner of a furniture store called Office Furniture Liquidations, works in the customer service area in San Antonio, Texas on May 14, 2021. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe shrine of Marija Bistrica, Croatia, Europe. Marija Bistrica is the largest sanctuary Marian of Croatia, is located in the part southeast of Croatian Zagorje on the northern slopes of the mountain above Zagreb is about forty kilometers away from the...
EditorialStudents wait outside Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School before taking the SAT in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., on Sept. 26, 2020. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
EditorialStudents wait outside Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School before taking the SAT in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., on Sept. 26, 2020. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)