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In Grief, a Mother Asks Strangers to ‘Sit Here’ at a Ballgame

Rhenda Strub invited strangers to accompany her to Seattle Mariners games this season to help overcome the loneliness of grieving for her son’s death.

© Chona Kasinger for The New York Times

Rhenda Strub at the final 2026 game of the Seattle Mariners’ season.
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He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
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