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Welcome to Grapevine, our weekly look at the most thought-provoking and original feature stories from The Wall Street Journal. As the coronavirus pandemic reshapes life in the U.S. and world-wide, we will continue to bring you important stories from across the WSJ to enhance your understanding of relevant issues, people and events. Please stay healthy and continue to read. — Lisa Bannon, Life & Arts Coverage Chief |
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| Maria and Maximos Hatziiliades recently got the clan back together at their home in Belmont, Mass. PHOTO: DAVID DEGNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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The Great American Reunion |
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After a year-and-a-half of isolating Covid lockdowns, Americans are emerging from seclusion into the joy and comfort of others. Jennifer Levitz writes about the meetings and get-togethers that are making this America’s Reunion Summer, as photographers fan out across the country to capture the brightening mood. READ FULL STORY >> |
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| Steven Satterfield, executive chef and co-owner at Miller Union, in tan apron, worked with his team during dinner service at the Atlanta restaurant. NICOLE CRAINE FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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The Economic Recovery Is Here. It’s Unlike Anything You’ve Seen. |
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The U.S. economic recovery is powered by consumers with trillions in extra savings, businesses eager to hire and enormous policy support, write Gwynn Guilford and Sarah Chaney Cambon. “We’ve never had anything like it—a collapse and then a boom-like pickup,” said Allen Sinai, chief global economist and strategist at Decision Economics Inc. “It is without historical parallel.” The speed of the rebound is also triggering turmoil. READ FULL STORY >> |
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| Kat’a (played by Katerina Knezikova) and Boris (David Butt Philip) in a performance of ‘Kat'a Kabanova’ in the U.K. RICHARD HUBERT SMITH/GLYNDEBOURNE PRODUCTIONS |
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Opera Makes a Strange Comeback: No Touching, N95s for the Chorus |
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Opera houses across Europe have cautiously begun to welcome small numbers of masked spectators in recent weeks. Georgi Kantchev looks at the creative ways directors and designers are adapting plots and stage-sets to social-distancing rules. “In a Wagner opera, how can you have an 80 people chorus with two meters between them?” said French opera director Christophe Gayral. “You’d need a football field.” READ FULL STORY >> |
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| Surfers’ Beach Park in Waianae on the west coast of Oahu. PHOTOS: YOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE |
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| Roadside flowers in Haleiwa, on Oahu’s North Shore. |
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| A lone palm tree soars above Ulehawa Beach Park, in Waianae on the west coast of Oahu. |
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U.S. Travelers Say ‘Aloha’ Again |
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| Naomi Osaka’s openness about her mental health highlights a challenge for employers of young workers. PHOTO: CAROLINE BLUMBERG/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK |
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What Happens When Mental-Health Issues Get in the Way of Work |
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Tennis player Naomi Osaka—the world’s highest-paid female athlete—isn’t a typical professional, nor is the French Open a traditional workplace. But Ms. Osaka’s openness about her mental-health struggles, and withdrawal from the tournament, is a public example of private issues companies are increasingly facing as a young generation more candid about such challenges joins the workforce, Te-Ping Chen writes. It highlights a thorny question: How can an individual’s mental-health needs be accommodated when those needs affect the ability to do parts of the job? READ THE STORY >> |
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| Oxitec’s genetically modified mosquitoes at its facility in Piracicaba, Brazil. PHOTO: PAULO WHITAKER/REUTERS |
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Genetically Altered Mosquitoes Target Deadly Dengue Fever and Zika |
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In the Florida Keys, thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes have been set free to breed for the first time in the U.S., writes Robert Lee Hotz. The field trial, by a U.K. biotechnology company called Oxitec, is aimed at combatting the mosquito that transmits dengue, Zika and other infectious ills. “This is a big deal,” says molecular biologist Anthony James at the University of California, Irvine. READ FULL STORY >> |
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| Parisians headed to cafes and restaurants last month as France lifted some Covid-19 restrictions. KIRAN RIDLEY/GETTY IMAGES |
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Traveling to Europe? Here’s What’s Open to U.S. Tourists |
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The Eiffel Tower reopens next month, and the Louvre already welcomes visitors—but you need to book a spot. For U.S. travelers planning a summer vacation in Europe, Eric Sylvers gives a rundown on what you can do in France and five other countries. READ FULL STORY>> |
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You’re Finally Going Back to the Office. What Are You Going to Wear? |
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After more than a year of working from home, millions of Americans are heading back to the office—and retailers are trying to anticipate what they will now want to wear to work, writes Suzanne Kapner. Among the offerings: yoga pants that look like dress pants, T-shirts suitable for the office and a dressier version of cork-lined sandals dubbed the “Work Birk.” What will you wear? READ FULL STORY>> |
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Why Willie Nelson Is America’s Favorite Outlaw |
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| After 25 years, ‘Judge Judy’ is ending as Judy Sheindlin prepares to launch a new court show on Amazon’s IMDb TV. PHOTO: CBS |
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Judge Judy Is Taking Her Gavel From Broadcast TV to Streaming |
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Judy Sheindlin has been an unwavering force in an industry where names like Oprah made more splash. “Judge Judy,” the No. 1 first-run show in syndicated TV for 11 consecutive seasons, looks on track to end with a 12th, with an average 7.8 million viewers, writes John Jurgensen. Now, at age 78, Ms. Sheindlin is headed for streaming, instead of retirement. Next on her docket: a new court show that will premiere on Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service, IMDb TV, later this year. SEE FULL STORY>> |
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| Julianne Moore in ‘Lisey’s Story.’ APPLE TV+ |
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What to Watch: 10 Series and Movies to Stream This Week |
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In time for the weekend, Chris Kornelis runs through items to add to your streaming queue, including “Lisey’s Story,” a new miniseries on Apple TV+ that Stephen King adapted from his 2006 novel of the same name, starring Julianne Moore. SEE FULL STORY>> |
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