NYTIMES (Charlotte Druckman) - How Our Personal Stories Became the New Soap Opera
Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.
NYTIMES (Thomas Gibbons-Neff) - Where Did All the AK-47s Go?
A family of guns that was once ubiquitous in the U.S. firearms marketplace has started to vanish for a variety of reasons.
NYTIMES (Sarah Maslin Nir and Wesley Parnell) - A Bronx Neighborhood Loses Its ‘Monarch’ to Arson
The police charged a 45-year-old man with three counts of homicide and one count of arson in a bodega fire that spread upstairs and killed a beloved resident.
NYTIMES (Sally Goldenberg) - Mamdani’s Opponents Raise More Than $1 Million to Fight His Agenda
The new group, which will be led by Jim Walden, a lawyer who ran for mayor last year, will run attack ads and be prepared to sue the Mamdani administration.
NYTIMES (Mihir Zaveri) - Affordable N.Y.C. Homes Stay Empty for Months. That May Soon Change.
With affordable housing in extremely high demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is announcing plans to reduce red tape and get people into those apartments faster.
NYTIMES (Lauren McGaughy and Meridith Kohut) - Corpus Christi Faces Water Crisis as Drought and Industrial Growth Strain Supply
Rising demand, municipal dysfunction and drought have pushed Corpus Christi to the edge of a water emergency, offering a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
NYTIMES (Cecilia Kang) - Silicon Valley’s A.I. Lobbying Blitz Reaches a Fever Pitch
OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
NYTIMES (Theodore Schleifer and Ashley Cai) - Andreessen Horowitz Is Playing Politics Like No Other
“If you think there’s a lot of money in politics now,” Marc Andreessen said in 2000, “you haven’t seen anything yet.” His firm is now the biggest known spender on this campaign cycle.
NYTIMES (Claire Cain Miller, Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh) - Your School District Is Probably Scoring Worse Than 10 Years Ago
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
NYTIMES (Jordan Kisner and Sasha Arutyunova) - A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life
The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.