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Choose the right time. Be vulnerable. Don't try to solve all their problems. Here are some tips on checking in on friends and loved ones.https://nyti.ms/2XdFArW 

Breaking: Wilford Brimley is dead. A character actor in films, he was also a TV fixture as a Quaker Oats pitchman.https://nyti.ms/3k9Y4U7 

Malls were already changing. Because of the pandemic, they may never be the same again. Here's what the mall of the future may look like.https://nyti.ms/2EE4lXM 

A new documentary about the Los Angeles band the Go-Go’s explores the punk roots that came before its pop sheen, and the power dynamics that led to its split.https://nyti.ms/30jDYPk 

Tucked away in the northern reaches of Lake Superior lies one of the U.S.'s least visited national parks: Isle Royale.https://nyti.ms/30ftZu8 

“Folklore,” Taylor Swift's alternately soothing and soppy, pensive and suffocating 8th album, is a jolt away from the last decade of her high-gloss, style-fluid, emotionally astute big-tent pop.https://nyti.ms/2PbvEdN 

"You can fight with your kids about too much screen time," writes Anya Kamenetz. "Or you can smoosh in next to them on the couch and ask, 'Can I have a hug? Hugging you makes me feel better.'"https://nyti.ms/319iZ0u 

“Found photographs not only remind me of this delicate thing we run both toward and away from — time — but they also hold something else. The humbling, steadying truth that, one day, that’s all we’ll be: a photo.”https://nyti.ms/33drTNi 

“It’s literally a shock to your system,” said Beverly Grant of the grief that flooded her when she lost her son in 2018. She found yoga and meditation provided some semblance of peace and balance.https://nyti.ms/2EHwJZb 

Travel looks very different in 2020. Wondering if you should travel, fly or drive this year? Here are some questions to help you decide whether you would feel comfortable taking a trip during the pandemic.https://nyti.ms/33cb05G 

A missed diagnosis of disordered eating is likely when a young person’s relatives or doctors have preconceived notions about how someone with an eating disorder looks or behaves, experts sayhttps://nyti.ms/2Pal6Mh 

This is a great way to use up all the bits: a bag of frozen berries and those oats in the back of your pantry.https://nyti.ms/2EyWuul 

Trader Joe's is defending its international-themed product labels, such as Trader José and Trader Ming’s, after earlier saying they may have fallen short of an “attempt at inclusiveness." A petition had denounced the labels as racist.https://nyti.ms/3hX0MtZ 

“I May Destroy You” is really a show about what it’s like to live in an abusive culture: a system of dominance in which almost no one is safe, in which everyone’s trust is violated, in all kinds of ways, all the time.https://nyti.ms/30fPzP5 

Connie Culp, the first patient in the U.S. to receive a face transplant, died on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic, which had performed her procedure in 2008. She was 57.https://nyti.ms/33i32I4 

In Opinion I was searching for facts, for a lost friend, and for what couldn’t be explained, writes Sarah Gerardhttps://nyti.ms/2D7ZNZ6 

Suburban House districts have long been critical bases of Republican support. This year, they're slipping from the party’s grasp. “I have always been a mostly straight-ticket voter," one voter said. "I don’t think I will be this coming election."https://nyti.ms/3fkMW35