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How Old Is That Polar Bear? The Answer Is in Its Blood.
Susannah Woodruff can’t wait to stop pulling teeth out of polar bears. Woodruff, a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, keeps tabs on Alaska’s population of the bears. She needs to know how old they are to estimate how many will soon die of old age, and how many will enter their reproductive years and start producing cubs.
Should Opioid Settlement Money Be Spent on Law Enforcement?
After years of litigation to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the deadly abuse of prescription painkillers, payments from what could amount to more than $50 billion in court settlements have started to flow to states and communities to address the nation’s continuing opioid crisis.
Relationships Carved From Clay Bring New Partners to Museums
NEW YORK — Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready. First she gives thanks to the Clay Mother — the Earth — in prayers and offerings that include a sprinkling of cornmeal, a small piece of turquoise and, always, water — the high desert’s most precious gift. She also thanks the women who came before her, especially her grandmother Lucy M. Lewis, a much-acclaimed potter who worked well into her 80s and whose hands, smooth and soft from years of clay, never lost their strong grip.
NYPD’s New Intelligence Chief Takes Reins of Secretive Unit
NEW YORK — Rebecca Weiner learned about catastrophic threats at an early age: She grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, near the cradle of the nuclear bomb. Her grandfather, a mathematician, fled Poland in 1939, studied at Harvard University and then moved to New Mexico in 1943 to help develop atomic weapons. In college, Weiner studied the ethical questions that Manhattan Project scientists, and their wives, confronted as they devised the bombs that annihilated two Japanese cities, but that they hoped would “end war as we know it,” she said.
‘These Old Guys?’ Short on Lifeguards, New York City Finds New Recruits
NEW YORK — It was late afternoon at the pool in the Jesse Owens Playground in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and the heat had climbed into the mid-80s. Children, some in bold pink neon swimwear and others in white cotton tank tops, streamed into the water. It wasn’t long before splash battles broke out. Laughter mixed with the thumping music from a block party outside.
The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.
Information wants to be free. That observation, first made in 1984, anticipated the internet and the world to come. It cost nothing to digitally reproduce data and words, and so we have them in numbing abundance.
As Hollywood Strikes Roll On, Viewers Have a Chance to Catch Up
With Hollywood’s labor disputes grinding on, and virtually all production stopped, anxiety began creeping into Zain Habboo’s house in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She and her husband had recently finished the latest season of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones,” but now they were worried that new episodes of favorite shows like “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be significantly delayed.
Make the Whole Place Shimmer: America Spends Big for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
Beyoncé told us that girls run the world. This summer, she and Taylor Swift seemed to prove it. Both Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” and Swift’s “Eras” tours have become cultural phenomena that have swept across social media and are poised to shatter real-world records. “Eras” could top $1 billion in sales, making it the first concert in history to cross that mark. Some estimates suggest that Beyoncé’s world tour could gross even more than that by the time it wraps in October.
Grim Search Continues on Maui as Death Toll Rises
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Uncertainty and dread continued to mount Friday over the number of dead and missing from one of the worst natural disasters in Hawaii’s history, as emergency workers were set to begin searching more than a thousand structures burned by the fast-moving flames.
Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch
Donald Trump’s legal problems aren’t just piling up — his legal bills are, too. New financial reports show that the former president’s various political committees and the super political action committee backing him have used roughly 30 cents of every dollar spent so far this year on legal-related costs. The total amounts to more than $27 million in legal fees and other investigation-related bills in the first six months of 2023, according to a New York Times analysis of federal records.
Survivors Describe ‘Total Inferno’ That Scorched West Maui
Officials were meeting to assess the damage and death toll Thursday morning on the devastated Hawaiian island of Maui, as tourists continued a grim exodus by bus and car to the airport and evacuation shelters. Survivors described fleeing for their lives from a fast-moving “total inferno” that left the historic town of Lahaina in smoking ruins.
Hurricane Forecast Worsens Amid High Ocean Temperatures
In places still scarred by the devastation of recent storms, the anxiety and apprehension that come with the arrival of hurricane season pushes many people to search for any sign — some based more on superstition than science — that might offer predictability in a time of year defined by uncertainty.
Florida Schools Try to Adapt to New Rules on Gender, Bathrooms and Pronouns
As a new school year begins in Florida this week, parents are filling out a flurry of new forms — specifying a student’s nickname or new name; allowing a child to check certain books out of the library; and opting in or out of health services ranging from counseling to temperature checks, calamine lotion and ice packs.
Why Ohio Voters Said No to Ballot Measure
A little after 2 p.m. Tuesday, David Chrzanowski, 31, walked into Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, pushing his baby daughter in a stroller. He was there to vote on Issue 1, a measure meant to raise the vote threshold needed to approve a state constitutional amendment from a simple majority, as most states require, to 60%.
Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump’s Twitter Account
Prosecutors working for Jack Smith, the special counsel who has twice brought indictments against former President Donald Trump, obtained a search warrant early this year for Trump’s long-dormant Twitter account as part of their inquiry into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday.
A Pianist Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s Disease
HAMBURG, Germany — In the fall of 2018, pianist Nicolas Hodges noticed his body shaking. He brought it up at a routine doctor’s appointment in Tübingen, Germany, where he lives. The doctor said it was probably stress but recommended that he make an appointment with a neurologist.
Should Bronx Parkland Be Used for a Cricket World Cup Stadium?
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has made no secret of his desire to push New York City as a sports mecca. He struck a deal in November to build the city’s first professional soccer stadium. He has pitched the region as a site for the 2026 World Cup final.
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