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Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the COVID-19 Story
Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name COVID-19, a team of scientists from the United States and China released critical data showing how quickly the virus was spreading, and who was dying.
Zelenskyy Signs Ban on Russian Place Names in Struggle Over National Identity
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has signed two laws that strictly reinforce his country’s national identity, banning Russian place names and making knowledge of Ukrainian language and history a requirement for citizenship.
Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy
For the past decade, the White House and Congress have relied on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a renowned advisory group, to help shape the federal response to the opioid crisis, whether by convening expert panels or delivering policy recommendations and reports.
Say Hi to SoFi. It’s Suing to Force You to Repay Student Loans Faster.
The online personal finance company called SoFi first made a name for itself by rounding up money from Stanford alumni to help the university’s MBA students get cheaper student loans. Later, it held mixers for single borrowers with fancy degrees. Social Finance, get it?
NYPD Shoots Man in Mental Distress After Responding to 911 Call
NEW YORK — A New York City police officer Friday shot and critically wounded a man who officials said was in mental distress and holding scissors and a 12-inch kitchen knife outside an assisted-living home in the Bronx.
No More Begging for Treats. Dogs Now Have Restaurants.
To celebrate the 10-month anniversary of the successful spinal surgery on Jagger, her goldendoodle, Cat Torrejon-Nisbet didn’t buy him the traditional rawhide dog bone. Instead, she paid $15 for a light pink, rose-shaped dog pastry made with antelope heart from Dogue, a canine restaurant in San Francisco.
The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache. An exam confirmed that she needed two wolf teeth extracted and the sharp edges of some molars ground down, procedures that required propping her jaws open with a speculum.
Signed Letters, Mar-a-Lago Dinners: Trump’s Personal Touch in Fighting DeSantis
When Anna Paulina Luna’s father was killed in a car crash in January 2022, she received notes from two prominent Florida Republicans. One was from former President Donald Trump — a condolence letter that he signed “Donald.”
DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold in Florida
MIAMI — Florida will become the state with the lowest threshold for imposing the death penalty under a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, which will allow juries to recommend capital punishment without a unanimous vote.
Victim’s Father Breaks Down After Bail Denied in Wrong-Driveway Shooting
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. — A man accused of shooting a young woman who had inadvertently driven up his driveway in a rural area of upstate New York was returned to jail without bail on Wednesday, a move hailed by the victim’s shattered family.
Man Sentenced to 10 Months for Leaving Nooses and Racist Notes
A Michigan man who tried to intimidate Black Lives Matter supporters by leaving nooses and threatening notes around his community and making racist phone calls in the summer of 2020 has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison and a year of supervised release, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Missouri Man Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting of Teen Who Mistakenly Came to His Door
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andrew D. Lester, the 84-year-old man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school student, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a brief appearance in a county courthouse in Missouri.
Supreme Court to Decide Availability of Abortion Pill as Appeal Moves Forward
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is expected Wednesday to decide the fate of a crucial abortion pill that is used in more than half of abortions across the United States while an appeal moves forward.
Man Arrested in Killings That Terrorized Manhattan Gay Bars
NEW YORK — A man whom the Police Department described as a leader of a gang that perpetrated a series of robberies and killings at Manhattan gay bars has been arrested, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
As Possible Debt Limit Crisis Nears, Wall Street Shrugs
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy chose the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to deliver his most detailed comments yet on House Republicans’ demands for raising the nation’s borrowing limit. But his comments made little impression on Wall Street, where investors continue to trade stocks and Treasury bonds under the assumption that Congress and President Joe Biden will find a way to avoid a calamitous government default.
Swiss Bank Accused of Impeding Hunt for Accounts Linked to Nazis
WASHINGTON — The troubled banking giant Credit Suisse is facing new accusations that it has not been fully forthcoming about the scope of its historical assistance to Nazis, a quarter-century after it agreed to take part in a $1.25 billion settlement of lawsuits by Holocaust survivors.
Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of Woman Who Went Up Wrong Driveway
A man in upstate New York was charged with murder Monday in the killing of a woman who was in a car that mistakenly drove into his driveway, officials said. The woman and the three friends she was with never got out of the car Saturday night, Jeffrey J. Murphy, the Washington County sheriff, said at a news conference. They were turning around after realizing their error when the man, Kevin Monahan, 65, stepped out of his house, in Hebron, New York, and fired at least two shots at the car, the sheriff said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood before the Lincoln Memorial in January 2022 and condemned the federal government’s coronavirus response by railing against totalitarianism. Jews in Nazi Germany, he suggested, had more freedom than Americans facing vaccination mandates and school, church and business closures in the era of COVID-19. “Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland,” he told a crowd of flag-waving anti-vaccine enthusiasts at a “Defeat the Mandates” rally. “You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did.”
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