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For These Veterans, ‘Free’ Health Care Is a 5-Hour Flight Away
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — Ovenny Jermeto was on a combat tour 7,000 miles away from his island home in the Pacific when a bomb blew up his vehicle in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. He survived and completed his deployment, but later lost feeling in his right foot and struggled with anxiety and depression.
Missteps and Miscalculations: Inside Fox’s Legal and Business Debacle
In August 2021, the Fox Corp. board of directors gathered on the company’s movie studio lot in Los Angeles. Among the topics on the agenda: Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against its cable news network, Fox News.
‘Never a Reason to Take Off Your Socks’: A Flight Attendant’s Etiquette Rules
After 21 years as a flight attendant, I’ve seen it all. The pandemic heightened tensions on board, with the most extreme incidents of bad passenger behavior escalating to violence. More commonly, though, I see discourteous behavior lead to verbal disagreements or general unpleasantness.
Colleges Will Be Able to Block Out a Student’s Race on Admissions Applications
Each year, the 1 million or so students applying to college through the Common App are given the option to check a box, disclosing whether they identify as Hispanic, Asian, Black or white, among other choices.
Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy that prohibited states from removing people from the program.
A Man Called 911. Police Shot Him While He Was Still on the Phone.
Charles Frederick Sharp III had called police to his home in southwest New Jersey in the middle of the night to report trespassers in his backyard. One was carrying a gun, Sharp, who spent more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, told a 911 dispatcher.
Military Spending Emerges as Big Dispute in Debt Limit Talks
WASHINGTON — Funding for the military has emerged as a key sticking point in reaching an agreement to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a catastrophic default, with Republicans pushing to spare the Defense Department from spending caps and make deeper cuts to domestic programs like education.
The Surprising Obstacle to Overhauling How Children Learn to Read
NEW YORK — As New York embarks on an ambitious plan to overhaul how children in the nation’s largest school system are taught to read, schools leaders face a significant obstacle: educators’ skepticism.
AI Needs an International Watchdog, ChatGPT Creators Say
The leaders of OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab that developed the chatbot ChatGPT, have called for regulation of “superintelligent” AI technology, saying it “will be more powerful than other technologies humanity has had to contend with in the past.”
A Year After the Uvalde Massacre: Did Anything Change?
UVALDE, Texas — The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022 in some ways changed the conversation yet again on gun violence in the United States: 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers died in one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.
How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards
Martyna Majok, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was revising her musical adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” after a long day in a developmental workshop when she heard the news: The union representing striking screenwriters was not going to grant a waiver for the Tony Awards, imperiling this year’s telecast.
Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to ER, Study Says
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care for heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses, a new study suggests.
Last-Known ‘Colored’ School in Manhattan Becomes a Landmark
NEW YORK — For years, New York City Department of Sanitation workers ate their lunch in a three-story yellow brick building on West 17th Street in Chelsea without knowing about its history: It was once a “colored” school that served Black Americans during racial segregation in the city’s public schools.
Biden Sees Coming ‘Thaw’ With China, Even as He Rallies Allies Against Beijing
HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden and his allies spent much of the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima announcing new arms packages for Ukraine, including a pathway to providing F-16 fighter planes. They spent hours discussing strategy with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the next phase of a hot war started by Russia.
What Ultraprocessed Foods Can Do to the Brain
Roughly 60% of the calories in the average American diet come from highly processed foods. We’ve known for decades that eating such packaged products — like some breakfast cereals, snack bars, frozen meals and virtually all packaged sweets, among many other things — is linked to unwelcome health outcomes, like an increased risk of diabetes, obesity and even cancer. But more recent studies point to another major downside to these often delicious, always convenient foods: They appear to have a significant effect on our minds, too.
A Year After a School Shooting, Divisions Run Through Uvalde
UVALDE, Texas — At a school board meeting this month in Uvalde, Texas, parents and administrators found themselves locked in what had become a familiar argument: Nearly a year had passed since a gunman breached Robb Elementary School and killed 19 children and two teachers. The community was still waiting for officials to fully disclose how it happened.
Ukraine May Be Finally Getting the F-16s It Asked For. Why Did It Want Them?
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began over a year ago, officials in Kyiv have been asking their Western allies to supply Ukraine’s air force with advanced warplanes such as the F-16. But the United States, which manufactures the fighter jet, was long reluctant to provide it, or to allow other countries that have F-16s to re-export them to Ukraine.
As Boston’s New Mayor Seeks Big Changes, Old Power Brokers Push Back
BOSTON — When Mayor Michelle Wu cracked down on outdoor dining in Boston’s congested North End neighborhood last year, appeasing residents beleaguered by crowds, trash and blocked sidewalks, restaurant owners made their displeasure known, protesting at City Hall and filing a lawsuit.
Tim Scott’s Run for President Shines a Spotlight on Black Republicans
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., addressed the Charleston County Republican Party at a dinner in February, offering a stirring message of unity and American redemption that has become the center of his stump speech. The next day, he called the chair of the county party to ask for his support.
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