Who would have thought behind the engine of a powerful 22-wheeler is a 40-year-old woman, relying on nothing but her strength and heart to keep going. A single mother, Marlia Ramli began her career ...

The prize pieces of April Hershberger’s rainbow-hued cookware collection are her matched Le Creuset Dutch ovens (in the front row).Credit...Kristian Thacker for The New York Times Supported by ...