NYTIMES (Dani Blum) - More Americans Than Ever Are Taking Weight-Loss Drugs
The number of U.S. adults taking an obesity medication has nearly quadrupled from just two years ago.
NYTIMES (Mihir Zaveri) - The New York City Plumber Who Made Over $465,000 in a Year
A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.
NYTIMES (Chris Buckley) - Why China Fired a Long-Range Missile Into the Pacific
Beijing had long tested nuclear missiles only within its borders. A rare launch over an ocean shows it is determined to narrow the gap with the United States.
NYTIMES (Judson Jones) - Inside the United States’ Billion-Dollar Blind Spot: Hail
Scientists have never quite understood how hail works. Meet the storm chasers trying to change that.
NYTIMES (Azam Ahmed and Meridith Kohut) - Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.
By 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond.
NYTIMES (David Waldstein) - Gotham F.C., the Women’s Soccer Team, Is Leaving New Jersey for Queens
After years of sharing a stadium with the Red Bulls in New Jersey, Gotham announces a partnership with the New York City Football Club at their new stadium in Willets Point, Queens.
NYTIMES (Ed Augustin and Lisette Poole González) - How a Four-Generation Cuban Family Survives on $60 a Month
The U.S. oil blockade has deepened a humanitarian crisis, forcing Cubans to lean on the island’s long tradition of community solidarity to provide a cushion.
NYTIMES (The New York Times Food Desk, Cole Saladino and Heather Willensky for The New York Times) - New York’s Best Burgers
The best of New York’s dynamic dining scene (mostly) between two buns.
NYTIMES (Jennifer Schuessler) - The History at the Smithsonian That the White House Finds Unpatriotic
The administration’s report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump’s push to reshape the American story.
NYTIMES (Zachary Small) - Anthea Hartig, Smithsonian Museum Director, Faces the White House’s Wrath
Historians defended Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, after the Trump administration accused her of spreading “radical activist ideology.”