When Florida set out to revamp its standards for teaching Black history this spring, a natural place to turn would have been the state’s African American History Task Force. The volunteer task force — a group of Black educators, Democratic politicians and community leaders, appointed by the commissioner of education — has helped shape African […]
Good morning. It’s Friday. On a day when an excessive heat warning is in effect, we’ll see what climate change might mean for future summers in New York. We’ll also look at places where you can keep cool. Here’s a forecast for a Friday in late July. The temperature in New York this morning is […]
For nearly 40 years, the remains of a body found on an abandoned farm in rural Indiana were known as those of Adam Doe. The remains were discovered in October 1983 along with those of three other bodies. All four were victims of Larry Eyler, the serial killer known as the Highway Killer, who murdered […]
Something many people have criticized as a political stunt playing out elsewhere in the country arrived in Southern California starting in mid-June. A busload of 42 migrants from Texas landed in Los Angeles, dispatched with little warning by Texas authorities as part of a continuing protest against President Biden’s immigration policies. Los Angeles officials condemned […]
Nearly a year after 11 people were murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue where he worshiped, Stephen Cohen wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney general. The Justice Department had not yet declared its intent to seek a death sentence in the case, and Mr. Cohen, the co-president of New Light, one of the three congregations […]
Three weeks after two firefighters from his city died battling a blaze aboard an Italian cargo ship, the mayor of Newark said he wanted to create a unit within the fire department that would be specially trained to respond to emergencies in the city’s giant commercial port. The mayor, Ras J. Baraka, said on Wednesday […]
A wildfire in southern Oregon that started over the weekend was so intense that it disrupted 911 services and burned dozens of homes, which officials were not able to reach for days. The Golden fire, which started on Saturday, damaged an estimated six miles of fiber-optic cable and more than 100 power poles, Lake County […]
A linguistics professor found that even Miamians who aren’t fluent in Spanish use or understand phrases that are direct translations. By Patricia Mazzei Patricia Mazzei reported from Miami, where she lives and has become super fluent in Miami English, bro. The stereotype of how many Miamians speak involves a sing-songy rhythm with a heavy-sounding “L” […]
Carlos Macci spent decades struggling with addiction, selling heroin and fentanyl not to make money but to ease his own cravings, according to court records. He was part of a four-man crew selling drugs out of an apartment in Williamsburg, and on Sept. 5, 2021, he was with a man who sold a bag of […]
Tennessee has sharply restricted the conditions under which it will restore voting rights to people who have completed prison sentences for felonies, joining a growing list of Republican-controlled states that have rolled back access to the ballot by former felons. The state has for years permitted most people with completed felony sentences to restore their […]