The Latest More flooding isn’t certain, but it is possible. A moderate risk of excessive rain capable of causing flash flooding is forecast for southern Vermont and a portion of upstate New York on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Light rain Thursday morning was expected to ease before thunderstorms approach the area in […]
The federal trial of the man who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue will move to its final phase next week, after the jury found on Thursday that the crimes the defendant has been convicted of committing were eligible for the death penalty. The jury’s decision, which was expected, came after two and a […]
Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll look at an artist who focused on less-than-famous sections of a famous cemetery in Brooklyn. We’ll also find out why some officials consider City Hall’s reaction to last month’s wildfire smoke sluggish. Many well-known people are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, among them the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the conductor […]
The News The University of Idaho said on Wednesday that it would hold off on demolishing the house near its campus where four students were stabbed to death last fall, reversing its initial plan after pressure from some of the families of the victims. Why It Matters In an email to students and employees, the […]
Several flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Arkansas and Louisiana on Wednesday morning, following days of destructive flooding across the Northeast. The National Weather Service office in Shreveport, La., said the radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain could impact Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette and Nevada counties in southwestern Arkansas and Claiborne Parish in northwestern […]
With hours left in his presidency, Donald J. Trump granted pardons to a long roster of people. Prominent among them was his former chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who had been charged by federal prosecutors in Manhattan with conspiring to swindle donors of money to build a wall along the Mexican border. This week, the […]
Despite billions of federal dollars spent to help make up for pandemic-related learning loss, progress in reading and math stalled over the past school year for elementary and middle-school students, according to a new national study released on Tuesday. The hope was that, by now, students would be learning at an accelerated clip, but that […]
Continued rain and widespread flash flooding are expected Monday in New York and into New England, a day after heavy rain flooded homes, stranded vehicles, made roads impassable and caused other damage in the Hudson Valley on Sunday. At least one person died, the authorities said. State Senator James Skoufis, who represents Orange County, said […]
Emergency workers had contained a fatal fire aboard a cargo ship at Port Newark, N.J., to its 11th deck and had reduced the risk that it could capsize, officials said on Sunday. The fire on the Italian cargo ship the Grande Costa d’Avorio continued to burn but was no longer spreading, according to the U.S. […]
Two years into their marriage, Talia and Malissa Williams were working diligently to lay the groundwork for the rest of their lives together. Both were taking online college classes that could lead to stable careers. They had taken tentative steps toward adopting a child. The couple had talked about settling permanently in Rolling Fork, the […]