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New SAT Data Highlights the Inequality at the Heart of American Education
An SAT score of 1300 or higher can open a path to America’s top public and private colleges. But new data, for the first time at this level of detail, shows that just a sliver of the country’s poorest students reach that level.
34 Hours of Fear: The Blackout That Cut Gaza Off From the World
For 34 hours, the vast majority of the more than 2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza had no way to reach the outside world, or one another. They had no way to know whether their loved ones were alive or dead. Emergency phone lines stopped ringing. Desperate paramedics tried to save people by driving toward the sound of explosions. Wounded people were left to die in the street.
Maine Gunman Disclosed He Had Mental Health Issues, Gun Shop Owner Says
Nearly three months before Robert R. Card II fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, a gun shop declined to give him a firearm silencer he had purchased after he disclosed on a form that he had mental health issues, the shop’s owner said in an interview Sunday.
Reaction to Hamas Attack Leaves Some Jews in Hollywood Feeling Unmoored
LOS ANGELES — With the exception of the rare conservative, Hollywood has long seemed to exist in an ideological bubble — a bastion of progressive politics, where Jewish people have thrived, Democratic politicians have been celebrated and stars have espoused liberal ideas from the Oscars stage and rushed to support movements such as Black Lives Matter.
Pence Bows Out of 2024 Presidential Race That Trump Is Dominating
LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who spent four years dutifully serving President Donald Trump but refused to carry out Trump’s demand that he block the 2020 election results, ended his presidential bid Saturday, with a final appeal for his party to return to conservative principles and resist the “siren song of populism.”
Israeli Troops Surge Into Gaza in Deepest Incursion Yet
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military appears to have begun an invasion of the Gaza Strip, one that is shrouded in secrecy and ambiguity, with troops advancing into the northern part of the enclave Friday evening accompanied by an enormous aerial and artillery bombardment, and remaining there through Saturday afternoon.
The Good. The Bad. The Ugly. Inside Berlusconi’s Art Collection.
ROME — As his political fortunes sank, his legal and love life tangled, and his age caught up with him, Silvio Berlusconi stayed up late in his mansion outside Milan calling the hotlines of late-night art shopping television channels.
How a Dentist Protects Her Family’s Teeth on Halloween
Dr. Apoena Ribeiro is a pediatric dentist and microbiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She’s also a parent. When her daughter was little and growing up in Brazil, Ribeiro encouraged her to enjoy a holiday called the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian, which involves children collecting large bags of candy. But she also had some strategies for keeping the dental dangers at bay.
Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement
The Adidas team was huddled with Kanye West, pitching ideas for the first shoe they would create together. It was 2013, and the rapper and the sportswear brand had just agreed to become partners. The Adidas employees, thrilled to get started, had arrayed sneakers and fabric swatches on a long table near a mood board pinned with images.
How Elon Musk Changed the Meaning of Twitter for Users
SAN FRANCISCO — After Nicholas Campiz evacuated from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in February 2022, he stayed glued to Twitter. As battles raged across the country, he tracked them on the app, staying up through many nights in a hotel room in Tbilisi, Georgia, to read updates as they rolled in, one tweet at a time.
Johnson Faces the Same Spending Dilemmas That Plagued McCarthy
WASHINGTON — Newly installed Speaker Mike Johnson is confronting a multitude of crises during his first days in office, chief among them a deadline just weeks away to avert a government shutdown and an urgent request from President Joe Biden for a behemoth $105 billion aid bill for Israel and Ukraine.
As Violence Surges, Nations Seek U.S. Defense Pacts. Some Americans Are Wary.
WASHINGTON — From around the world, they come to the halls of power in Washington seeking one thing: a commitment from the U.S. government to protect their countries in a time of rising geopolitical crises.
For Many in Wyoming, a Biden Plan to Protect Land Is Beyond Unpopular
Of all of the efforts by the Biden administration to protect environmentally fragile lands, few have generated as much vitriol as a proposal that would block oil and gas drilling on 1.6 million acres of high desert sagebrush steppe in Wyoming.
UAW and Ford Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract, the union announced Wednesday, nearly six weeks after the union began a growing wave of walkouts against the three Detroit automakers.
U.S. Seeks Delay in Gaza Ground Invasion to Put Air Defenses in Place
The Biden administration has asked Israel to delay a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip for a few days to give the United States more time to put air defense batteries, fighter planes and other military assets in place to protect American troops, U.S. officials said.
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Packaged Onions Sickens 73
A salmonella outbreak linked to packages of diced onions has sickened at least 73 people across 22 states, 15 of whom were treated at hospitals, public health officials said. Gills Onions, a California-based company, voluntarily recalled packages of diced yellow onions, red onions, and onions and celery, as well as a mix of onions, celery and carrots known as mirepoix. The products had use-by dates of August 2023, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
As Ukraine War Grinds On, Widows Try to See Life After Loss
KYIV, Ukraine — Maria and her husband, Artem, dreamed of visiting the Grand Canyon. Alyona and Ilya fantasized about building a bar, with a stage for local musicians. Yulia and Oleksandr talked about taking a road trip in the mountains.
Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like
When Maine lawmakers tried to rein in large-scale access to the state’s freshwater this year, the effort initially gained momentum. The state had just emerged from drought, and many Mainers were sympathetic to protecting their snow-fed lakes and streams.
Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand By 2030
For more than a century, the world’s appetite for fossil fuels has been expanding relentlessly, as humans have continued burning larger amounts of coal, oil and natural gas almost every year to power homes, cars and factories.
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