National Lifestyle

ROME — The Vatican is calling for a new paradigm of care for older people after what it calls the “massacre” wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately killed people living in nursing homes.

Jeremy Atherton Lin’s “Gay Bar” (Little, Brown & Co.) Part memoir and part anthropological exploration, Jeremy Atherton Lin’s “Gay Bar” takes readers on a grand, cross-continental adventure through the gay bars that have shaped his life.

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that indoor restaurant dining can reopen in New York City at 25% capacity on Friday, two days before the Valentine's Day opening he had announced earlier.

SALT LAKE CITY — Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state’s troubled teen industry.

MILAN — COVID-19 restrictions have brought a novelty to art lovers: The possibility of seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” without waiting in line, and with same-day tickets possible.

TORONTO — On set they called her "COVID Cathy," or "CC" for short.

NASHVILLLE, Tenn. — Fans of Morgan Wallen are buying up the country star's latest album after a video showed him shouting a racial slur last week.

NEW YORK — Joe Allen, whose Times Square-adjacent bistro which bears his name has been a decadeslong draw for theatre folk and where a post-show drink is part of the Broadway experience, has died. He was 87.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says it has once again amended its credit agreement with lenders as it struggles through the financial impact of the COVID-19 virus on its operations.

TORONTO — Amazon Prime Video says it's committing C$1.25 million to support creators who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour in Canada.