NYT National News
Breaking news and features from the National Desk of The New York Times. Follow our correspondents here: bit.ly/2n7nSmV
Last synced from Twitter 1005d ago
Judge Halts Trump Policy That Allows States to Bar Refugees
President Trump’s order allowing state and local officials to veto refugee resettlement in their communities is likely “unlawful,” the judge said.
2
NYT National News
A federal judge temporarily suspended a new Trump administration policy that allowed state and local authorities to opt out of receiving refugees, concluding that the policy would likely be found to be illegal
3d
Rich People Don’t Just Live Longer. They Also Get More Healthy Years.
Wealthy men and women generally have eight to nine more years of “disability-free” life after age 50 than poor people do, according to a new study of English and American adults.
1
NYT National News
Not only do wealthy people live longer than poor people, they also get an extra 7 to 9 years of getting around without problems, a new study found
5d
Why the Equal Rights Amendment Is Back
For nearly a century, advocates have tried to add a provision to the Constitution guaranteeing equal rights to men and women. The effort, stalled for decades, has come back to life.
1
NYT National News
Virginia voted on Wednesday to approve the E.R.A. What does that mean? Here's what you need to know.
5d
Plight of Newspapers Generates Uncommon Bipartisan Unity
Lawmakers from both parties blame companies like Facebook and Google for the struggles of local newspapers.
1
NYT National News
"Perhaps no issue about the tech companies has united lawmakers in the Capitol like the decimation of local news," writes @ceciliakang
8d
Race and Medicine: The Harm That Comes From Mistrust
Racial bias still affects many aspects of health care.
1
NYT National News
Routine medical practice continues to treat black and white patients differently.
8d
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump
The Democratic presidential candidate said he would spend big even if the nominee was someone he had sharp differences with, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.
1
NYT National News
Michael Bloomberg said he would mobilize his well-financed political operation behind the eventual Democratic nominee, even if it was someone he has sharp policy differences with, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren
9d
‘A Blood Bath’: 5 Dead as Gang Violence Rocks Mississippi Prisons
Five inmates were slain last week, and two inmates escaped. The violence has illuminated an understaffed system troubled by gang warfare.
1
NYT National News
Mississippi's prisons have exploded into violence and chaos. Officials have blamed gangs, but others point to systemic problems that paved the way toward unrest. “You’ve heard the saying, pressure busts pipes,” one advocate said.
9d
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.
We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas. Here’s how political divides shape what students learn about the nation’s history.
1
NYT National News
The Times reviewed 6,400 pages of American history textbooks, and found that a conservative state and a liberal one tell different stories about American history. Here's what we learned.
9d
Second U.S. Baby to Be Born From a Dead Donor’s Uterus Is Delivered
Researchers at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia said the procedure could pave a new path to parenthood for women with uterine factor infertility.
1
NYT National News
A second baby has been born using a transplanted uterus from a deceased donor in the United States, doctors at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia announced on Thursday.
10d
Courtney Everts Mykytyn, Crusader for School Integration, Dies at 46
She challenged privileged white parents to send their children to schools with predominantly black and Latino student bodies.
1
NYT National News
Courtney Everts Myktykyn saw her white neighbors sending their children to schools outside of their gentrifying neighborhood. It made her mad. “You’re not too good to live here but you’re too good for the schools?”
11d
Mamie Kirkland, Witness to an Era of Racial Terror, Dies at 111
She endured the horrors of the African-American experience — lynchings, riots, the Ku Klux Klan — and worked to ensure that they never slipped from collective memory.
1
NYT National News
Lynchings, riots, the Ku Klux Klan — Mamie Kirkland survived it all, and spent her centenarian years working to ensure that these realities never slipped from collective memory. nyti.ms/2uDP7wT pic.twitter.com/Iuu4Hzzc8C
11d
Expanding Medicaid Was a Pipe Dream in Kansas. Now It May Become Reality.
The bipartisan proposal announced Thursday must still pass the Legislature. The state’s past expansion efforts have stalled.
1
NYT National News
Kansas’ Democratic governor said that she had reached a deal with Republicans who control the Legislature to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act
11d
Why Your State Is Growing or Stalling or Shrinking
As U.S. population growth slows, more states depend on immigration.
1
NYT National News
Illinois has been losing population since 2014. It's one of four states to lose population this past decade.
12d
Army Warns of Fake Texts Drafting Civilians for ‘Immediate Departure to Iran’
Fraudulent text messages circulating around the United States this week tapped into fears about a military draft. The draft has not been in effect since 1973.
1
NYT National News
Fraudulent text messages circulated around the country this week, falsely ordering young people to report for a military draft. The draft has not been in effect since 1973.
12d
Army Officer Says His Mother’s Deportation Is ‘Completely Inhumane’
Second Lt. Gibram Cruz, whose mother had lived in the United States for 31 years, said her removal was mishandled.
1
NYT National News
Second Lt. Gibram Cruz called his mother's deportation to Mexico "completely inhumane."
15d
Police Investigating the Release of Bedbugs at a Walmart
Pill bottles filled with bedbugs were left inside a Pennsylvania Walmart, the authorities said.
1
NYT National News
Two pill bottles filled with bed bugs were found inside a Walmart in Pennsylvania, the authorities said
15d
Iranians in Los Angeles Shed Few Tears for Suleimani. But What Comes Next?
Amid painful memories, members of the Iranian-American diaspora in Los Angeles are navigating mixed feelings about the Trump administration’s escalation with Iran.
1
NYT National News
Los Angeles is home to the world's largest community of Iranians outside Iran, and there are now anxious feelings. Few sympathized with the Iranian general killed in a drone strike. But some criticized “imperialistic” U.S. policy in the Mideast.
16d
From the Brig to Mar-a-Lago, Former Navy SEAL Capitalizes on Newfound Fame
After receiving presidential clemency, Edward Gallagher has left the SEALs to become a pitchman and conservative activist.
2
NYT National News
The retired Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher has a his new apparel line called Salty Frog Gear, which is a described as a “coastal lifestyle brand with an edge"
17d
‘It’s Creepy’: Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado
Sheriffs in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado say they don’t know who’s flying the drones — or why. The F.A.A. is investigating.
1
NYT National News
The F.A.A. is investigating unexplained drone sightings in Colorado and Nebraska that have unnerved residents and baffled local officials.
20d
In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite Campus, Almost Everyone Was White
The video was created to show off the University of Wisconsin. Instead, it set off a furor, and a reckoning over what it means to be a black student on campus.
1
NYT National News
A short homecoming video for the University of Wisconsin prompted a burst of student activism, an attempt by university officials to educate about diversity and a reckoning over who feels at home at the school
21d