NYTIMES (Judson Jones and Desiree Rios) - When Tornado Weather Hits, These Scientists Break Out the Colored Pencils
With a battery of modern technology at their fingertips, meteorologists often turn first to an old-fashioned tracking technique.
NYTIMES (Emma G. Fitzsimmons) - Mamdani’s First City-Owned Grocery Store Planned for South Bronx
Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to announce that the store will open in the Hunts Point neighborhood next year. Some merchants are pushing back.
NYTIMES (Josh Tyrangiel) - Josh Tyrangiel book excerpt: How OpenAI and Khan Academy Made a Chatbot
Inside a collaboration to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom.
NYTIMES (Ivan Nechepurenko and Mary Gelman) - He Shut Liquor Stores and Banned Abortion, All for the Glory of Russia
A firebrand governor aims to transform his region into a laboratory for the Kremlin’s reactionary ideals.
NYTIMES (Amanda Taub) - Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.
NYTIMES (Alan Rappeport) - G7 Finance Ministers Look to Contain Iran Economic Fallout
Top policymakers were expected to discuss rising energy prices and sanctions policy at a critical summit in Paris this week.
NYTIMES (Raja Abdulrahim) - A Search for Ways Around Blocked Strait Leads to Syria
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.
NYTIMES (Alexis Soloski) - How the Music of ‘Schmigadoon!’ Echoes Broadway’s Past
The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.
NYTIMES (Miriam Jordan and Jeff Adelson) - Brookings Institution Report: Over 100,000 Family Separations in Trump Crackdown
The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.
NYTIMES (Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Anton Troianovski and Eric Schmitt) - In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland
Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.