NYTIMES (Lydia DePillis) - In a Summer of Climate Misery, Businesses Confront the Need to Adapt
Repeated heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms are solidifying the understanding that new investments are unavoidable.
NYTIMES (Jazmine Ulloa, Maia Spoto and Jill Cowan) - New Evidence Shows Agents Using Slurs, Bolstering Profiling Claims
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
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NYTIMES (Ian Frisch) - Should Letting Children Play Alone Outside Be a Crime?
Some parents have been surprised to find themselves in the legal system’s cross hairs.
NYTIMES (Nanna Heitmann and Abdi Latif Dahir) - A Syrian Holdout Province, Sweida, Fears a Government Takeover
In Sweida Province, dominated by the country’s Druse minority, many say it is just a matter of time before the central government moves to assert control over the region.
| Keywords | syriasweidadruzemiddle-eastgovernment-takeoverminority-rightspolitical-instabilityconflictregional-securitysyrian-civil-warethnic-groupspower-strugglered-green-axis |
NYTIMES (Patricia Mazzei) - Will the Left Keep Winning in the Midwest? What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primaries.
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.
| Keywords | midwestdemocrat-primarieswisconsinminnesotasenategovernor-racedarline-grahamelectionspoliticsprimary-electionsblue-wallleft-wingdemocratic-partyvoter-demographicspolitical-strategy |
NYTIMES (Carolyn Ryan, Jillian Eugenios, Megan DiTrolio, Michael Johnson, Adam Wolffbrandt, Leland James, Lauren Pruitt, Mike Abrams and Patrick Healy) - How We’re Covering an ‘Identity Crisis’ in Politics
Recent primary wins have posed critical questions for both Republicans and Democrats as they head into the fall midterms. Carolyn Ryan, managing editor of The New York Times, shares how reporters approach coverage of shifting political dynamics.
NYTIMES (Emily Davies) - Democrats Plan New Push to Defeat Max Miller in Ohio After Abuse Accusations
The party’s congressional campaign arm added Mr. Miller’s opponent, Brian Poindexter, to its highly competitive “Red to Blue” list.
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NYTIMES (David C. Adams and Frances Robles) - What to Know About the Cuban Mafia in Quintana Roo
A group of Cuban men in Mexico was charged with smuggling people to the United States. One of its leaders said Raúl Castro’s grandson helped, according to interviews and court records.
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NYTIMES (David C. Adams and Frances Robles) - How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker
The Castro family envoy, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, who has been in talks with the Trump administration, was once named in a case targeting a Cuban smuggling ring.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Elizabeth Vargas) - Flesh-eating bacteria puts liver disease, immune compromised patients at risk
The bacterium has already reached as far north as Massachusetts as global warming expands its range.