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April 18, 2025
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Amelia Newcomb
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Have you ever done something that left you utterly exhilarated? You’ll be reminded of it when you read our director of photography’s photo-essay about taking his 30-year-old bike and heading to Tuscany. For a few days every year, the town of Gaiole in Chianti turns into an energetic show of cosplay on vintage wheels. You won’t want to miss his account and his pictures. 

And take note as well of a major point of progress today: an unprecedented drop in overdose deaths from opioids in the United States last year.


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