Houston has begun assessing the damage of Harvey, but the storm marched on to conquer a new swath speckled with small towns and home to millions. Houston in the wake of Harvey is a study in contrasts: of some neighborhoods moving on and of others doing anything but that. As it reels from the impact of Hurricane Harvey, a muscular metropolitan area that embraced growth now wonders whether growth made its flooding woes worse. Catch up on the news about Hurricane Harvey, which has devastated large areas of Texas. With the death toll of Hurricane Harvey climbing to 38, those who survived the storm are just now learning the names of those who did not. Residents of cities in Jefferson County, Tex., about 100 miles east of Houston, called for help on social media as the floodwaters rose. Thousands are applying for federal assistance, but it may be slow to arrive and require them to take on debt that could take years to pay off. Powerful photos from the storm and aftermath. In a speech on Wednesday in Springfield, Mo., President Trump laid out the case for cutting taxes for businesses and individuals and for simplifying the tax code. The temporary ruling prevents the state from going ahead with controversial provisions that were to go into effect on Friday. An administration official refused to say what, if anything, the government would do to encourage people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. While Mr. Trump’s threats against North Korea have been unnerving, it is the prospect of a risky dialogue that most unsettles former officials. In a letter to Congress, Michael Cohen disputed allegations about him contained in a dossier compiled by a former British spy. The $255 million in military aid will be put into escrow. Unlocking the funds will require Islamabad to stop supporting the Taliban. After Monday’s emotional return to tennis following a doping ban, Sharapova won a second-round match against Timea Babos of Hungary in three sets. After the New America Foundation praised a large fine levied on Google, the man behind the statement was fired. In Mumbai, a megacity of 18 million where torrential rain is an annual reality, the comparisons to Houston have not gone unnoticed. The ruling comes amid a fight between conservationists and President Michel Temer over environmental protections and indigenous rights. The rebuke by Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said the president’s words could incite violence and had potentially dangerous consequences outside the United States. The Defense Department had for years publicly disclosed only the number of troops taking part in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, not counterterrorism forces there. With Britain commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, we looked through archival photographs and our own pages to remember her life. Ed Cunningham, who called games for ESPN and ABC, said: “I just don’t think the game is safe for the brain. To me, it’s unacceptable.” Crisscrossing Spain, a fleet of trucks gives viewers a new perspective on art as it zooms by on the highway. A lifelong entrepreneur from a wealthy family, he founded a succession of businesses catering to the affluent but also backed democracy for Hong Kong. The City Council is following Europe’s example with a new department devoted to life after dark. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer. It will cost $475,000. The subarctic town of Churchill has been stranded since May, when floods washed out its only link to the south. And the rail’s American owners don’t want to fix it. For a coach who won more than 800 games, none was sweeter than the 1985 N.C.A.A. final against Georgetown. Los Angeles, Detroit, Boston and Chicago are among the other large cities that have imposed restrictions during trying times in the past half-century. Scientists found in the remote rain forests in British Columbia that letting people hunt more moose led to fewer wolves and more endangered mountain caribou. The ruling was a preliminary victory for Travis Kalanick, Uber’s former C.E.O., who has been sued by Benchmark, an investor in the ride-hailing company. The ants spring into survival mode in floods, oozing a sticky secretion that helps them cling together, forming mats or log-shaped rafts that float through the waters. First spotted by Korean astronomers in 1437, scientists have found it again in the form of a violent star system that experienced a nova explosion. “There are no happier people, no more satisfied people, than us,” said the wife of a victim who, with other families, spent 45 years pressing for a worthy memorial. Danielle Allen’s new book is about her cousin’s troubled life and death, and his experience in and out of the California criminal justice system. Sylvia Brownrigg’s sequel to “Pages for You” revives a secret lesbian affair between a college freshman and her teaching assistant, 20 years on. More Recent Articles |
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