Heat Kills Thousands in the U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?
After a string of scorching days in June 2023, the body of an 88-year-old man was discovered in his home in Maricopa County, Ariz. His air-conditioner, set to 70, was…
Guatemala Arrests 7 Over 2022 Deaths of 53 Migrants in Texas
The Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven people in connection with a June 2022 human smuggling operation that caused the deaths of 53 people, including children, in one of the…
Google Joins $250 Million Deal to Support Newsrooms in California
Google, a news industry trade group and key California lawmakers announced a first-in-the-nation agreement on Wednesday aimed at shoring up newsrooms in the state with as much as $250 million.…
Why Too Few Homes Get Built in the U.S.
The housing crunch has been well documented in high-cost big cities, where rents and mortgages break the bank. Now it has moved into the rest of the country. The culprit…
Bible Teaching in Every Classroom? In Oklahoma, Few Signs It’s Happening.
Three days after Oklahoma’s state superintendent, Ryan Walters, directed every teacher in the state’s public schools to teach the Bible this summer, he walked onstage to a standing ovation. “We’re…
The Hard Way Into the U.S. Open: The Battle of the Qualifiers
Michael Zheng shifted uncomfortably on the base line of Court 13 at the U.S. Open, an outdoor court he had played on as a boy in an elite training program.…
The U.S. Open Is Free This Week. Yes, Really.
Long lines of limousines stretching out at the V.I.P. entrance. A-list celebrities in luxury boxes flashing on the giant video screens to fans who pay $4,000 for a fifth-row seat…
Army and police missed chances to remove Maine gunman’s weapons
The US Army Reserve and Maine police missed opportunities to intervene before a man carried out a 2023 mass shooting that killed 18 people, according to a state inquiry. An…
The Obamas Electrify in Chicago, and a Secret U.S. Nuclear Defense Plan
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The Small-Town Nebraska Tim Walz Put Behind Him, but Never Fully Left
Tim Walz was 14 or so, trouble-seeking with his cousins across a shaggy patch of family land where they liked to shoot air guns at birds. They had come upon…