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LOMA LINDA, Calif. — “This is your life,” the doctor said. “You’re a quadriplegic.” When she heard the news, Kim Gervais broke down. The tears rolled out, and her daughter clasped her mother’s head, overcome by her own inability to help. Then came Ms. Gervais’s trip home to Southern California.

LOMA LINDA, Calif. — “This is your life,” the doctor said. “You’re a quadriplegic.” When she heard the news, Kim Gervais broke down. The tears rolled out, and her daughter clasped her mother’s head, overcome by her own inability to help. Then came Ms. Gervais’s trip home to Southern California.

The moment I laid eyes on Daffodil, I vowed I would give her a good home. I found her at an adoption event for more than 50 rescued rabbits, sponsored by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals two winters ago.

The moment I laid eyes on Daffodil, I vowed I would give her a good home. I found her at an adoption event for more than 50 rescued rabbits, sponsored by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals two winters ago.

Judging from the pages of shelter magazines and interior designers’ Instagram feeds, dark colors are in. And paint companies are offering plenty of options. Earlier this month, Sherwin-Williams picked a rich, moody blue called Oceanside as its 2018 color of the year.

Judging from the pages of shelter magazines and interior designers’ Instagram feeds, dark colors are in. And paint companies are offering plenty of options. Earlier this month, Sherwin-Williams picked a rich, moody blue called Oceanside as its 2018 color of the year.

ATLANTA — The white nationalist and provocateur Richard Spencer had left the University of Florida on Oct. 19 when the day’s most serious trouble erupted just beyond the campus. Three of Mr.

WASHINGTON — Justin Muzinich, a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, was deep into writing the administration’s tax plan this fall when he got an email from his high school math teacher imploring him to remember his old lessons and not deliver a giveaway for the rich. “He quickly wrote back and immediately said, ‘It’s great to hear from you,’” recalled Hoyt Taylor, a retired teacher and squash coach at the elite Groton School in Massachusetts.

MANASSAS, Va. — Kumar Iyer whipped out his smartphone the other day to eagerly show a photo of himself with Ralph S. Northam, the Democratic candidate for governor. He was thrilled to meet him, he said, and excited to vote for him. At least he is now. Mr. Iyer, a restaurant owner who came to the United States from India in 1999 and became a citizen 10 years later, was chagrined to admit that until he catered a party to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, that Mr. Northam attended, he might not have known that Nov.

The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience. A woman in San Jose, Calif., says she’s finally looking for a counselor to help her cope. In Washington, a woman who said she was raped by her boss two years ago said she found the courage to report it to the police.