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May 11, 2022 at 8:54 am

Elon Musk, an erratic visionary, revels in contradiction VIEW

Many people are puzzling what a Elon Musk takeover of Twitter would mean for the company and even whether he’ll go through with the deal.

Business

Gerald Riley stands for a portrait over the chair of his best friend and fellow barber, Sherman Peebles, at his barber shop in Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Months after Peebles died from COVID, Riley still arrives at the shop each Saturday expecting to see Peebles’ truck parked outside. At day’s end, he thinks back to the routine he and his friend of more than 20 years always followed when closing. “I love you, brother,” they’d tell one another. How could Riley have known those would be the last words they’d ever share? (AP Photo/David Goldman) USDG319 USDG319

April 12, 2022 at 9:05 pm

A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID’s cruel US toll VIEW

The idea that the toll could reach 1 million was “almost certainly off the chart,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said in March 2020. “Not impossible, but...

January 11, 2022 at 7:03 am

How fleeting choices, circumstances doomed 17 in Bronx fire VIEW

A series of fleeting choices and troubling circumstances fueled a staggering tragedy — the fire at a Bronx apartment building that left 17 people dead.

Betty Bednarowski strokes the cheek of her daughter, Susan Ryder, as they return from using the bathroom, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Rotterdam Junction, N.Y. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) NYWM513 NYWM513

December 20, 2021 at 9:02 pm

Feeling powerless, families bring elderly home in pandemic VIEW

After nursing homes filled up with COVID cases and shut out visitors, some U.S. families brought their loved ones home. It's been a source of...

November 24, 2021 at 5:44 pm

2 trials, 1 theme: White men taking law into their own hands

The murder trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery were united by a dangerous theme: The move by some white...

FILE – Travis McMichael listens to attorneys question a pool of prospective jurors during jury selection for the trial of he and his father Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan, at the Glynn County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga. Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, was convicted of murder Wednesday, Nov. 24. The conviction carries a minimum sentence of life in prison (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool, File) GAAP301 GAAP301

November 24, 2021 at 3:48 pm

2 trials, 1 theme: White men taking law into their own hands

The murder trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery were united by a theme: The move by some white Americans...

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee and whistleblower, testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times) XNYT70 XNYT70

October 10, 2021 at 3:01 am

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network

When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit over safety, it was likely the most consequential choice of her...

Business

September 9, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities VIEW

About 130 Black morticians have died of COVID-19 across the United States

August 24, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood VIEW

Gaza's story can be seen through the prism of Zaki and Jawaher Nassir, their family and their neighbors in the town of Beit Hanoun

Nation & World

Double lung transplant recipient Kari Wegg kisses her dachshund, Maisie, in her home in Westfield, Ind., Monday, March 22, 2021. The Indiana nurse came down with COVID-19 in the summer of 2020; her condition spiraled downward, and her life was saved only by grace of a double lung transplant. The road to normal is a long one, but she’s bolstered by the love and support of her husband and sons, and by her own indomitable spirit. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) INCA514 INCA514

April 21, 2021 at 10:15 pm

Searching for footing in a life nearly extinguished by COVID VIEW

Like so many health care workers battered by the pandemic, nurse Keri Wegg is searching for footing in a life after COVID. The scars across...