by Aimee Ortiz and Misty White Sidell Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewelry designer and a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died Monday, just weeks after she had emergency surgery for a brain bleed following a skiing accident in December.

Ban had designed jewellery worn by celebrities including Rihanna, Beyonce and Madonna. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Aspen Idea,” wrote Mortimer Adler, “uniquely demonstrates that in the scale of values the Platonic triad of the good, the true and the beautiful takes precedence over the Machiavellian triad of money,

Below, a winter guide to where to ski, stay, dine, and aprés in Aspen, Colorado. Aspen Mountain serves as the heart of Aspen itself: in the 1940s, the resort opened right in town, and people ...