“This was his first tournament, but it didn’t seem like it,” said Danny Patalot, the chief executive of BJJ Tour, which organized the daylong event at a local high school. “He was...
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Read moreA few days after their wedding on June 3, 2017, Lorenzo Vinti and Gregory DelliCarpini Jr. honeymooned in Thailand and Vietnam. Shortly after returning to Forest Hills, Queens, they decided to begin...
Read moreBy talking frequently for the first year of the pandemic, Ahmad Maksoud and Josef Perou brought each other light in a dark time. Then they finally met.
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Read moreAndrew Shepard Markoff was in awe of Stephanie Nicole Spies even before they first met. Both were debate competitors, and Ms. Spies was considered a legend for her talent, Mr. Markoff said....
Read moreIt was the greatest gathering of royals outside of a major coronation: the wedding of Hussein, the crown prince of Jordan, to Rajwa Al Saif. It was also a striking display of...
Read moreAbout six months ago, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, a screenwriter in Los Angeles, was shaving his beard when he reached the region between his nose and his upper lip and thought, What if I...
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