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To Help Cool a Hot Planet, the Whitest of White Coats
Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, didn’t set out to make it into the Guinness World Records when he began trying to make a new type of paint. He had a loftier goal: to cool down buildings without torching the Earth.
Iowa Republicans Move to Sharply Limit Abortion
DES MOINES, Iowa — Less than a month after a deadlocked Iowa Supreme Court left a six-week abortion ban unenforceable, lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday and passed a nearly identical set of restrictions on the procedure.
Helicopter and Boat Rescues Underway Across a Devastated Vermont
Downtown streets in Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier remained underwater on Tuesday and rescuers tried to reach people stranded in remote mountain towns after days of heavy rain drove rivers across the region to some of their highest levels on record.
Trump Lawyers Seek Indefinite Postponement of Documents Trial
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge on Monday night to indefinitely postpone his trial on charges of illegally retaining classified documents after he left office, saying that the proceeding should not begin until all “substantive motions” in the case had been presented and decided.
Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’
Catastrophic floods in New York’s Hudson Valley. An unrelenting heat dome over Phoenix. Ocean temperatures hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit off the coast of Miami. A surprising deluge in Vermont, a rare tornado in Delaware.
U.S. and EU Finalize Long-Awaited Deal on Sharing Data
LONDON — A deal to ensure that data from Meta, Google and scores of other companies can continue flowing between the United States and the European Union was completed Monday, after the digital transfer of personal information between the two jurisdictions had been thrown into doubt because of privacy concerns.
Why China’s Young People Are Not Getting Married
SEOUL, South Korea — It has been a brutal three years for China’s young adults. Their unemployment rate is soaring amid a wave of corporate layoffs. Draconian coronavirus restrictions are over, but not the sense of uncertainty about the future they created.
Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals
For years, meals at the summer sun dance ceremonies on the Eastern Shoshone tribe’s lands in Wyoming were missing something that was once a staple of the sacred rituals. There was no presence of homegrown bison, an animal central to the spiritual customs and beliefs of the Shoshone and other Native Americans.
NATO Tries to Remember What It Means to Fight a European War
PABRADE, Lithuania — Late last month, a German convoy of 1,000 troops with tanks, drones and armored vehicles made its way some 750 miles to a Lithuanian military compound in Pabrade in three days, using trains, ferries, trucks and planes — all NATO practice for a possible incursion by foreign (read: Russian) troops.
He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He’s Not Done.
Edward Blum has been working toward the end of race-based admissions in higher education for years. He first brought the issue of affirmative action before the Supreme Court in 2012, with Fisher v. University of Texas — a case he ended up losing. Since then, the 71-year-old legal activist has founded a group called Students for Fair Admissions, which just won at the Supreme Court against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, in a decision that effectively ended race-based affirmative action policies in American college admissions.
Alone in an Empty House, Female Real Estate Agents Face Danger
Sara Ghodsi sold auto parts before moving to San Diego and becoming a real estate agent. She didn’t have to sit in an office all day, made a good income and had the freedom to work on her own schedule, all of which she enjoyed.
The Mango Is King of the Miami Summer
MIAMI — The air gets thick with humidity as summer arrives in South Florida. Evening thunder murmurs. The tropics begin to stir. Then, something magical happens: The mango trees bear fruit. In good years, they produce so much that strangers give away mangoes on their lawns. Neighbors pack them in boxes to mail to loved ones. Friends offer homemade pies.
Five Weeknight Dishes: Corn and Coconut Soup, But Make It Lazy
A co-worker recently used the phrase “spiritually out-of-office” to describe the vibe of summer. That slowing-down feeling applies to weeknight cooking, too. It’s hot. It’s vacation season. I say it’s normal to crave a few extra shortcuts and a little more time on the couch.
U.S. Raises Pressure on China to Combat Global Fentanyl Crisis
Just four years ago, a joint U.S. and Chinese effort to stem the flow of fentanyl produced in China from reaching the United States appeared set to take off. Beijing had unveiled a sweeping new law banning the synthetic opioid, leading the Trump administration to praise China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, for “a wonderful humanitarian gesture.�
Antibiotic Shortage Could Worsen Syphilis Epidemic
A new shortage of a type of penicillin crucial to the fight against syphilis is alarming infectious disease experts, who warn that a protracted scarcity of the drug could worsen the U.S. epidemic of the sexually transmitted infection.
What 120 Degrees Looks Like in One of Mexico’s Hottest Cities
People in Hermosillo are used to the heat: Enduring scorching temperatures is a local point of pride in this northwestern Mexican city known for its blistering weather and nicknamed the “city of sun.”
Trump Aide Pleads Not Guilty in Classified Documents Case
Walt Nauta, a personal aide to former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of conspiring with Trump to obstruct the government’s monthslong efforts to retrieve a trove of highly sensitive national security documents from the former president after he left office.
Hudson Tunnel Project to Get $6.9 Billion in Largest U.S. Transit Grant
NEW YORK — The federal government is on track to give $6.88 billion, the most ever awarded to a mass-transit project, for the construction of a second rail tunnel under the Hudson River to New York City, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday.
Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Ukraine
Few issues have been more divisive among the Republican presidential candidates than the war in Ukraine and how, if at all, the United States should be involved. It has illuminated one of the biggest ideological divides within the Republican Party: between traditional members who see the United States as having a significant role to play in world affairs, and an anti-interventionist wing that sees foreign involvement as a distraction from more important issues at home.
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