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In-N-Out Burger to Require Doctor’s Note for Employees to Wear Masks
In-N-Out Burger, the California-based restaurant chain, will soon prohibit employees at its locations in five states from wearing a mask unless they obtain a doctor’s note, a company customer service representative confirmed Tuesday.
In Gilgo Beach Slayings, a Wife Nearby but Apparently Unknowing
NEW YORK — As the news of Rex Heuermann’s arrest in the Gilgo Beach killings rippled through his Long Island neighborhood, shock gave way to questions about another person in the rundown red house.
In Phoenix, 18 Days of Extreme Heat With No End in Sight
On Monday, Phoenix reached a miserable milestone: It was the first time since 1974 that it had 18 days in a row of 110-degree or more temperatures. On Tuesday, it was poised to break that 49-year-old record and hit Day 19. The forecast called for a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
Federal Prosecutor Urges Takeover of Rikers Island
NEW YORK — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor is calling for an outside authority to take control of New York City’s troubled jails, a major shift that could help persuade a judge to strip Mayor Eric Adams of his power over Rikers Island.
Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Quash Investigation
ATLANTA — In a ruling Monday, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a long-shot attempt by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to scuttle an investigation into election interference weeks before indictment decisions are expected.
Lionel Messi Chose Miami, and Miami Loves Him for It
Miami’s Messi madness — over the arrival of soccer superstar Lionel Messi, one of the most famous humans on the planet — reached a fever pitch last week when he was spotted at a Publix grocery store near Fort Lauderdale, buying Lucky Charms and Froot Loops.
In Phoenix, Firefighters Battle an Invisible Inferno
PHOENIX — Deirdre’s temperature was 104 degrees when the paramedics arrived on Saturday afternoon and started infusing ice-cold saline into her veins, racing to cool her before she became another victim of Phoenix’s merciless heat wave.
Netanyahu Released From Hospital After Undergoing Tests
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was discharged from the hospital Sunday in what medical officials described as “excellent condition,” after an overnight stay involving a series of tests and being fitted with an implanted heart monitor.
The U.S. and China Are Restarting Climate Talks: Here’s Where Things Stand
For nearly a year, talks between the planet’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, have been suspended as the impacts of global warming have only grown more intense in the form of deadly heat, drought, floods and wildfires.
The Gilgo Beach Victims Were Always More Than Escorts
NEW YORK — Twelve years ago, on the Monday after Easter in 2011, on a gray afternoon in New London, Connecticut, Melissa Cann sat at a picnic table on a pier, talking about her big sister, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared on a trip to Manhattan four years earlier. While Cann described herself as a homebody, she said her older sister was a free spirit, artistic, daring and often clashed with their mother. Brainard-Barnes had worked as a blackjack dealer, as a clerk at a ShopRite and, in the six months or so before she vanished, as an escort.
For Many Small-Business Owners, a Necessary Shift to Digital Payments
When Egypt Otis opened her business, Comma Bookstore and Social Hub, three years ago in Flint, Michigan, the pandemic was full blown. But her neighbors welcomed the literature and art she sold in her store that celebrated people of color, as well as the community programs she hosted.
Trump Seeks Court Order to Quash Investigation in Georgia
In his latest legal maneuver, Donald Trump sought a court order Friday that would throw out the work of an Atlanta special grand jury and disqualify Fani Willis, the prosecutor leading an investigation into election interference in Georgia.
Alcohol Poisonings Rise in Iran, Where Bootleggers Defy a Ban
When a renowned Iranian artist hosted friends at his apartment in Tehran last month, he served, as he did often, a bottle of homemade aragh, a traditional Iranian vodka distilled from raisins, that he had secured from a trusted dealer.
In a Texas City, Heat Proved Deadly Even for Those Long Used to It
LAREDO, Texas — Alfredo Garza Jr. died in his bedroom with two broken air conditioners, on a downtown street in Laredo, Texas, across from a coffee shop and a bakery. When his body was found, the temperature inside the room was 106 degrees.
Jury in Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial Finds Gunman’s Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty
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 on Thursday found that the crimes the defendant has been convicted of committing were eligible for the death penalty.
Biden Pledges Long-Term Backing for Ukraine, but a U.S. Election Looms
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Moments after President Joe Biden assured Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he could count on United States support for as long as it took, the Ukrainian leader used the opportunity to speak not only to NATO allies but also to an audience thousands of miles away.
In Classrooms, Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
NEWARK, N.J. — On a recent morning, Cheryl Drakeford, a third grade teacher at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, projected a challenging math question on her classroom’s whiteboard: “What fraction of the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN are consonants?”
She Steals Surfboards by the Seashore. She’s a Sea Otter.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — For the past few summers, numerous surfers in Santa Cruz have been victims of a crime at sea: boardjacking. The culprit is a female sea otter, who accosts the wave riders, seizing and even damaging their surfboards in the process.
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