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She’s Out to Save Rare Wildflowers, but First She Has to Find Them

The white Toyota Tacoma bumped along the dirt path, up and down hills, brush scratching the sides of the truck with a high-pitched whine. Naomi Fraga, her hair in pigtail braids under a ball cap, drove like a slightly more cautious Indiana Jones guided by an ancient map. She stopped the vehicle on a perch […]

A Movement to Make Workplaces ‘Menopause Friendly’

In the last few years, managers at Nvidia, the global computer graphics company, began hearing a new kind of complaint: Some of their female employees were struggling with hot flashes, fatigue and brain fog — common symptoms of the menopause transition — and their regular doctors weren’t offering guidance or relief. Listen to This Article […]

Daniel Penny Gives First Interview Addressing Subway Killing

Nearly three weeks after he was captured on video choking Jordan Neely, a homeless man, to death on a New York City subway, Daniel Penny spoke publicly about the episode for the first time on Saturday in an interview with The New York Post. Mr. Penny, 24, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the […]

At Least 9 Dead in Soccer Stadium Stampede in El Salvador

At least nine people have died in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the authorities said, in a chaotic scene that left other fans injured and at least two hospitalized in critical condition. Videos circulating on Twitter and published by local news sites showed dozens of people clad in white […]

Tropical Storm Mawar Expected to Strengthen as It Moves Toward Guam

Tropical Storm Mawar rapidly strengthened in the Pacific and was expected to become a powerful typhoon, threatening to bring high winds and possible flooding to the Mariana Islands, including Guam, the National Weather Service said. The storm, which formed early on Sunday morning local time and was slowly moving northward, could hit Guam, a U.S. […]

Ugly Tale of Migrants Displacing Veterans Makes Waves and Then Dissolves

The story seemed tailor-made for opponents of outsiders. “VETS KICKED OUT FOR MIGRANTS,” blared the front page of The New York Post, one of many outlets that last week carried the tale of homeless military veterans’ being expelled from their temporary hotel rooms north of New York City so that people coming from the Mexican […]

With Feinstein Ailing, Newsom’s Vow Looms Over Senate Race

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vowed on national television that if Senator Dianne Feinstein stepped down early, he would appoint a Black woman to replace her. It was a promise that was only theoretical at the time even though questions were already emerging about the fitness of Ms. Feinstein, who turns 90 […]

Small Earthquake Hits Just North of New York City

A minor earthquake rumbled through parts of Westchester County in New York early on Friday, with tremors reportedly felt in New York City and towns in northern New Jersey. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 2.2, occurred around 1:50 a.m. about a mile south […]

How a Hip Megachurch Became Entangled in Scandal

The global megachurch Hillsong was known for its hipster trappings, celebrity congregants and wildly popular worship music in the 2010s, but in recent years it has been more closely tied to a series of scandals, including the firing of its charismatic celebrity pastor, Carl Lentz, for “moral failures.” A four-part documentary series, “The Secrets of […]

In N.Y. Prisons, Guards Who Brutalize Prisoners Rarely Get Fired

Shattered teeth. Punctured lungs. Broken bones. Over a dozen years, New York State officials have documented the results of attacks by hundreds of prison guards on the people in their custody. But when the state corrections department has tried to use this evidence to fire guards, it has failed 90 percent of the time, an […]