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In Hurricane’s Wake, a Down-to-Earth Florida Beach Town Won’t Be the Same
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Melissa Hill has gotten used to the transformed view outside the restaurant where she tends bar in Fort Myers Beach: the concrete slabs where bustling businesses once stood, the bald fishing pier pilings, the elevator shaft that is the only, eerie remnant of a two-story shop.
In Michigan, Biden and Trump Offer a Preview of 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — It’s going to be a long road to November 2024. And the first steps started this week. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traveled to Michigan, one day after the other, to speak directly to working-class voters in what amounted to a preview of a likely 2024 campaign.
The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas
In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Mississippi, made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney’s office. He needed grand jury subpoenas, he said, to force the phone company to turn over records of calls and text messages for what he called a “confidential internal investigation.”
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Garbage, feces and needles run through the rivers in Missoula, Montana. On the streets of San Francisco, tents are so thick that sidewalks in the Tenderloin neighborhood have become “unofficial open-air public housing.” In Portland, Oregon, a blaze shut down an on-ramp to the Steel Bridge for several days in March after campers tunneled through a cinder block wall and lit a campfire to stay warm.
In a Port City Severed From the Sea, Young Sailors Feel Adrift
ODESA, Ukraine — From the first hours of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the famous port city of Odesa has largely been without a working port. Once bustling with cargo vessels, cruise ships, sailboats, yachts and fishing trawlers, the harbor is now a vast expanse of open water.
JPMorgan Settles Epstein Suits With U.S. Virgin Islands and James Staley
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims that it facilitated the activities of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019, according to a statement released by the bank Tuesday.
‘Are You OK?’ San Francisco Residents Say They Certainly Are.
SAN FRANCISCO — Soon after Karan Mathur arrived in Brooklyn for a new job last year, New Yorkers couldn’t wait to congratulate him for fleeing San Francisco. He heard over and over about the abandoned downtown in his former city. The shuttered Nordstrom store that once anchored the retail core, but now symbolizes its decay. The people who stumble along the city’s sidewalks in a drug-fueled haze. The rampant car break-ins leaving puddles of shattered glass.
ChatGPT Can Now Respond With Spoken Words
ChatGPT has learned to talk. OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence startup, released a version of its popular chatbot Monday that can interact with people using spoken words. As with Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and other digital assistants, users can talk to ChatGPT and it will talk back.
A New Border Crossing: Americans Turn to Mexico for Abortions
The text message Cynthia Menchaca received this summer was one she was seeing more and more: A woman living in Texas said she had left a violent relationship only to discover she was pregnant, and she desperately wanted an abortion. The woman had learned that Menchaca could send her abortion pills from Mexico, where the procedure has been decriminalized in several states.
U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine
A group of Ukrainian army soldiers pierced by Russian grenades and mortar shells arrived at a hospital recently in need of surgery. It would have been a familiar scene from the bloody war grinding on in Ukraine, except for two crucial differences: Most of the wounded soldiers were American, and so was the hospital — the U.S. Army’s flagship medical center in Germany.
In North Carolina, Republicans Seek More Control Over Elections
Shortly before Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., began his first term in 2017, his rivals in the Republican-controlled legislature voted to strip the position of key powers, including the governor’s long-standing authority to appoint majorities to the state election board and local election boards in all 100 counties. After the state Supreme Court ruled that move illegal, the lawmakers put the idea on the ballot, but the state’s voters shot that down, too.
Where Did All the Dark-Suited Japanese Businessmen Go?
TOKYO — It was the tail end of another long, hot Tokyo summer, and salarymen across the city were looking at their wardrobes with dread. Every year from May to September, Japan’s famously conservative corporate workers and government employees set aside their stiff, dark suits for more casual attire. Out go the neckties and starched shirts; in come short-sleeved polos and linen shirts, even the occasional Hawaiian. Then, as the calendar approaches October, formality returns, if not drastically cooler temperatures.
Union Deal With Ford Would Put Pressure on Other 2 Detroit Automakers
The Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers continued to negotiate Saturday, company representatives said, a day after the union expanded strikes in a way that could curtail the supply of spare parts for vehicles made by General Motors and Stellantis, which owns Jeep and Ram.
In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.
Liv Grace came down with respiratory infections three times over the course of four months. Each occurred after a visit to a medical provider in the San Francisco Bay Area. Grace, 36, a writer who uses they/them pronouns, was infected with respiratory syncytial virus, which led to pneumonia, in December, after they were treated by a nurse wearing a surgical mask who complained about her children being ill with the virus.
Inside the Deal to Free 5 American Prisoners in Iran
The prisoner swap was all arranged, or so the American negotiators thought. After years of painstaking negotiations with Iran, secretly mediated by Persian Gulf nations, top aides to U.S. President Joe Biden had finally struck a deal June 6 that would free four Americans held in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons. In exchange, the United States would unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and drop charges against Iranians accused of violating U.S. sanctions.
With ‘Young Love,’ Matthew A. Cherry Weaves a Warm Chicago Tale
In 2006, Matthew A. Cherry was a wide receiver struggling to get playing time in the NFL, bouncing between teams and getting signed and cut again and again. After injuring his shoulder and being placed on reserve for the Baltimore Ravens, he was ready to move on. Using the Hollywood Creative Directory, he looked up three Black showrunners in Los Angeles and mailed letters to each of them asking for a job.
When He Missed a Beyoncé Concert, the Hive Went to Work
Jon Hetherington was ready for Beyoncé. He had been ready for 25 years. He had his outfit — black pants and a gray T-shirt with an image of the superstar and a cobalt-blue graphic for her song “Heated” emblazoned on the back. He arranged a ride to take him to the airport in Eugene, Oregon. And most importantly, he had a highly coveted ticket to the Renaissance World Tour in Seattle, purchased after painstakingly navigating a competitive ticket sale process.
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