The Weekender

Sep 2, 2023

Times editors have handpicked 11 stories for you to enjoy. Welcome to The Weekender.

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Our Opinion section asked 16 writers — most of them respectable adults — about the irresponsible, immoral, indulgent things they do.

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After her parents passed down their rent-stabilized apartment, Hattie Kolp used it to start a new career as a content creator in the home décor space.

The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has prompted what some commentators have called Spain’s #MeToo moment.

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A diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adulthood has solved a mystery for some women, helping them get control over their finances.

Meiko Locksley, who was shot and killed at 25, was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.

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For a group of men in a Texas prison, the fantasy game became a lifeline — to their imaginations and to one another.

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Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a New York Times data investigation revealed.

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A grass-roots movement aims to transform life in Paris and other cities around the world with a hyperlocal sense of neighborliness.

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The people who coached Frances Tiafoe as a child said they could see even then that he would become one of the world’s top players. But how did they know?

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Our fashion critic explored when it’s OK to abandon the undergarment.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is considered the most effective treatment for people who continually struggle to fall or stay asleep.

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Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next weekend.

This edition of The Weekender was edited by Jonathan Wolfe.