Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The number of migrant children being housed by the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the shelter system, has increased more than fivefold since last summer. The median income rose in 2017 for the third straight year, the Census Bureau reported. But the details of the report raised concerns about whether middle-class households will simply tread water. President Trump plans to take $20 million in foreign assistance funds and use it to help Mexico deport as many as 17,000 people in a bid to slow crossings into the United States. The administration girded for a test of its ability as Hurricane Florence continued to bear down on the Carolina coast. The legislature passed a law in 2012 to ignore evidence of sharp long-term rises in sea level, so the state’s fragile coastline would go on booming. Jeff Fager was dismissed four days after the network’s chief executive, Leslie Moonves, stepped down following numerous misconduct allegations. The agency gave top makers of popular vaping devices 60 days to come up with a plan to keep their flavored products away from teenagers or face removal from the market. Ms. Raimondo, the Democratic incumbent, defeated Matt Brown, who tried to depict her as overly close to moneyed interests. But she is considered vulnerable in the fall. David Lobl, a former special assistant to the governor, wrote the emails providing text for the flier, which falsely suggested that the governor’s opponent, Cynthia Nixon, was anti-Semitic. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to use the power of incumbency and a huge fund-raising edge to defeat his upstart Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon. Apple showed new smartphones — including its biggest ever — for higher prices, and upgraded its smart watches so they become more of a health device. Executives at a company meeting expressed dismay about the election in the footage, which was posted by the right-wing news site Breitbart. Congress should move poor families to healthy neighborhoods. You’re not getting older, you’re getting … elected. And, candidly, we’re struggling with it. Not everyone comes up with a Who or Beatles on the first try — not even the Who and the Beatles. Laws are designed to keep turnout low and protect incumbents. Rewrite them. The Swedish election is a reminder of just how far populism has come, but also how a disliked and weakened center holds. What’s the highest calling of higher education? St. John’s College has some enduring answers. Here are The Times’s endorsements. When we firefighters step into a life-threatening situation, we need to work as a team. Hate and discrimination within our ranks make that impossible. Nearly a quarter of the men sent to fight in Europe in 1918 were foreign-born. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is critical to reduce the risks of exposure to extreme weather like the hurricanes now barreling across the Atlantic. What’s behind a recent rage for designer ruffles, calicos, gingham and high collars? Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” continue to be controversial even today. The officers face charges in connection with an illegal gambling and prostitution ring in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. She broke the barrier in 1954, a feat — like women’s distance running in general at the time — was not recognized by the track and field establishment. Activists wanted the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to review whether the president met the city’s “good character” test for holding a liquor license. The United States can continue aiding a military campaign in Yemen after the State Department said a Saudi-led coalition is doing enough to minimize deaths. Francis called on leaders of bishops’ conferences around the world to gather in February to address a crisis that has rattled the church, and his papacy. The painting belonged to a Jewish art dealer when it was taken from a bank vault in Paris during World War II. He never saw it again. The author of “Speak,” one of the first Y.A. novels to focus on sexual violence, said fiction gives teenagers a language to describe the trauma. More Recent Articles |
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